How to create Non Human User in ServiceNow

Ajit
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Hi Experts,

 

Does ServiceNow supports non human users? 

I went through https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/vancouver-platform-administration/page/administer/users-and-group...

 

Web service access only - Is this configuration parameter that distinguishes between human account and non-human account?

 

Thanks in advance!!! 

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Dr Atul G- LNG
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Hi @Ajit 

Seems you are talking about Service Accounts. 

 

Create a services account in ServiceNow. Login to ServiceNow and navigate to system security > users and groups > users. Click on New.

 

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/vancouver-it-service-management/page/product/site-reliability-ops...

 

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/tokyo-application-development/page/integrate/inbound-soap/task/t_...

 

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/vancouver-it-operations-management/page/product/cloud-management-...

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hi @Ajit ,

 

please see my response - this is how you different normal user from web user.

 

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Ryan Duce
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The two checkboxes on the user form that pertain to service users (non-human users) are

  • Web service access only: This user may not access the UI and may only interact with ServiceNow using APIs.
  • Internal Integration User. This user is typically used in places like placeholder assignments and "Run as" fields on scheduled jobs and should not be logged into by a human user.

A user designated as either one (or both) of these checkboxes should be considered as a non-human service account. They also don't consume Per-User licences - regardless of whether they're assigned licensed roles to grant them access to relevant APIs - but they would consume Unrestricted User licences.