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OSaF — Open Source Activity Formatter for ServiceNow- # OSaF — Open Source Activity Formatter for ServiceNow

September 9, 2019 [servicenow](/tags/servicenow/)

  Enable AI Animation**OSaF** (Open Source Activity Formatter) is a global UI macro for ServiceNow that renders updates, comments, work notes, and related records for a single record on UI16.

The out-of-box activity formatter had limitations that ServiceNow wasn’t opening up, so I built this as an alternative.

## [Download](#download)

[Download OSaF v0.1 Update Set XML](/assets/images/osaf%20v0.1.xml)

## [Installing](#installing)

Download the XML above
- Install it as an update set in your instance
- The UI macro is added to your system — it does **not** change any forms automatically

## [Source](#source)

The full project is on GitHub at [jacebenson/osaf](https://github.com/jacebenson/osaf).

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[OSaF — Open Source Activity Formatter for ServiceNow](https://jace.pro/blog/osaf-%E2%80%94-open-source-activity-formatter-for-servicenow/) [Jace Benson](https://jace.pro) ![Jace Benson](https://jace.pro/icon-512x512.png)

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*This content is from Jace Benson's ServiceNow and tech blog at jace.pro*
*Original post: https://jace.pro/blog/osaf-—-open-source-activity-formatter-for-servicenow/*