Save a draft of a catalog item

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read save-draft-catalog-item.md

Save a draft of a catalog item while requesting it on the Employee Center, Service Portal, and Now Mobile.

Before you begin

Role required: requester

About this task

If enabled, save the draft if you don't want to discard the form and edit it later. For example, this procedure explains how you can save a draft in Employee Center.

For information about enabling Save as Draft, see Catalog Item form.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Employee Center > IT.
Select the item that you want to request and start filling the form.
If you want more information to fill the form and want to save it, select Save as Draft.

Your draft is saved. You can access the saved drafts from the My Request widget in the Drafts tab.

If you open a new but the same item to request, and the draft of the item is already saved, you get a message stating that the draft of this item exists. If you want to save the draft of this new item as well, you must give a unique name to this item in the Save as draft field, and select Save.

The Drafts tab shows all the draft items related to the same item name.
Open a draft item that you want to edit, and if you still don't want to submit it, select Update draft or if you want to submit it, select Submit.

Parent Topic:Service Catalog in Employee Center portal

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---
title: Save a draft of a catalog item
description: Save a draft of a catalog item while requesting it on the Employee Center, Service Portal, and Now Mobile.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/save-draft-catalog-item.html
release: brazil
product: Service Catalog
classification: service-catalog
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Service Catalog in Employee Center portal, Integrating Service Catalog, Service Catalog, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Save a draft of a catalog item

Save a draft of a catalog item while requesting it on the Employee Center, Service Portal, and Now Mobile.

## Before you begin

Role required: requester

## About this task

If enabled, save the draft if you don't want to discard the form and edit it later. For example, this procedure explains how you can save a draft in Employee Center.

For information about enabling **Save as Draft**, see [Catalog Item form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/catalog-item-form.md).

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Employee Center** &gt; **IT**.

2. Select the item that you want to request and start filling the form.

3. If you want more information to fill the form and want to save it, select **Save as Draft**.

Your draft is saved. You can access the saved drafts from the My Request widget in the **Drafts** tab.

If you open a new but the same item to request, and the draft of the item is already saved, you get a message stating that the draft of this item exists. If you want to save the draft of this new item as well, you must give a unique name to this item in the **Save as draft** field, and select **Save**.

The **Drafts** tab shows all the draft items related to the same item name.

4. Open a draft item that you want to edit, and if you still don't want to submit it, select **Update draft** or if you want to submit it, select **Submit**.

**Parent Topic:**[Service Catalog in Employee Center portal](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/service-catalog-in-ec.md)

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