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10-20-2025 07:46 AM
Hi Community,
if we creating a new Business Application the "Application category" field is mandatory. Is there an out of the box possibility to set the field to optional or other possible way to do so.
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10-20-2025 09:05 AM
Hi @YakupT,
To make the "Application category" field optional when creating a new Business Application, you can disable the client script that enforces it as mandatory.
The script responsible is the "Set Application Category mandatory" onLoad Client Script. This script checks if the field exists and then sets it as mandatory.
If your use case requires this field to be optional, you can simply deactivate this client script.
Here is the link: https://<your-instance>.service-now.com/sys_script_client.do?sys_id=1c12958653372010c8d4ddeeff7b120b
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Muhammad Iftikhar
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3 weeks ago - last edited 3 weeks ago
Even after disabling the client script the error is still coming up
This is the correct solution, please like and share if this helped.
Application Category a Mandatory Field? - ServiceNow Community