Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property modifies the display name of software models by shortening it when the name contains the manufacturer, enhancing clarity. |
| What area does it affect? |
Configuration Management Database |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when adjusting model display settings or improving user interface clarity. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten |
| Sys ID |
47351e72d7131100bbc783e80e61034b |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
false |
| Description |
Generate shorter software model display name if the model name contains the manufacturer |
| Updated |
2024-05-25 04:25:03 |
Sources
Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.
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... 2. In the Model categories field, select Vaccine) 3. On the form, fill in the fields) Model form Field Description Display name Name of the model) A system property called glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten controls how software model display names are generated) Manufacturer The company that built the model) Name The manufacturer-assigned name of the model or abstract name specified by the model manager, ...
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... company names, product names, and logos may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 1016 Field Description Display name Name of the model. The system property glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten controls how software model display names are generated. Users with the admin role can configure this property. The default format is publisher + product + version + edition + platform ...
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... cannot administer all aspects of software models. 2. Click New. 3. Complete the form. Software model fields Field Description Display name [Read-only] Name of the model. A system property called glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten controls how software model display names are generated. Administrators can configure the property. Manufacturer The company that built the model. Name The manufacturer-assigned name of the model or an abstract ...
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... the health auditing process each time they run. This logging helps debugging if there is a failure. • Type: string • Default value: error • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten If true, generates shorter display names for product models if the name of the product model contains the manufacturer name. • Type: true | false • Default value: false • ...
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... > Facility Models. 3. Select New. 4. On the Details tab, fill in the fields. Facility Model form Field Description Display name Name that appears for the facility model. The glide.cmdb_model.display_name.shorten system property controls how display names are generated for the equipment holder model. © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and other ServiceNow marks are ...
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