difference between system property and base property

[sagarpundir]

please specify detailed differences ?

[Hemanth M1]

Hi @sagarpundir ,

Not sure what you meant by 'base property' here. ServiceNow provides properties for various use cases, including platform-level properties that are stored in the sys_properties table. You can update these properties or create new ones as needed.

Example: com.glide.attachment.max_size — Controls the maximum file attachment size in megabytes

Do you have any examples??? so that we can explain.

[Nikhil Bajaj9]

Hi @sagarpundir ,

Base properties- OOB System properties. The term "base properties" in ServiceNow typically refers to the fundamental, out-of-the-box properties and attributes inherent to a record or table. These are the core fields and characteristics that define a specific record type

System Properties - OOB or Customer System Properties. 

System properties are key-value pairs stored in the sys_properties table in ServiceNow. They are used to store configuration settings and values that are frequently referenced by scripts, business rules, UI policies, and other platform components.

[mayankkumar]

Hi @sagarpundir,
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The basic difference between these two we can say is -:
System property -> All properties in sys_properties table (OOB + Custom)
Base Property -> Only out-of-the-box properties provided by ServiceNow

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[Bhimashankar H]

Hi @sagarpundir ,

A system property is any configurable key-value stored in sys_properties that controls behavior; a base property is the Out‑of‑Box definition delivered by ServiceNow that serves as the default “source” value before any customer override.  “System property” is the actual record/value in the instance that code reads via gs.getProperty().

Base property” refers to the Out‑of‑Box (OOB) property value delivered by ServiceNow as part of the base system. 

A system property is a configuration setting stored in the sys_properties table that platform and application code read at runtime

For more detail checkout below article.

System Properties & it's Usage 

Thanks,
Bhimashankar H

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