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Can i add "snc_required_script_writer_permission" directly under admin and catalog admin role.

djsnow009
Tera Contributor

Hi All,

Can i add "snc_required_script_writer_permission" directly under admin and catalog admin role. And then remove all the users from conditional script writer group?

what should be the correct way to use this group/role?

 

Thanks

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GlideFather
Tera Patron

Hi @djsnow009,

 

If you decide to add the role to admin and catalog_admin to inherit.

Then be very careful who will receive the catalog role!!! :))

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To add or remove users to the Conditional Script Writer group, there's Scripting Governance Tool (SGT, accessible with sec_admin, standard admin cannot see it)

 

Navigate to System Security > Scripting Governance Tool

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On default, internal users with functional role are added to the group automatically. See the green box "Auto-assignment" below. Perhaps you will need to disable this.

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To see the role inheritance from role (and group), see this.

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After adding the role under catalog_admin, refresh the SGT to see this (0 became 1)

Screenshot 2026-02-26 at 14.15.22.png

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Then if you want to add/remove users from the Conditional Script Writer group, you need to run the scan afterwards to see any change:

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If you add/remove users on the group record, the number of users will not change until you run this scan ;)) it might save you lots of time and confusions in the future.

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If you want to add users manually, go to the Manual Configuration

 

EDIT I made: rephrased the post and added better screenshots.

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