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# Administer table and field descriptions

# Administer table and field descriptions {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

Users with the report_description_admin role can add and edit
table and field descriptions that users see when they create reports.

A user with the admin role must enable the report_description_admin role. The user with the report_description_admin role can edit field and table descriptions. Report administrators inherit this role by default when it is
activated.  
In the Report Designer, the user sees the table descriptions on the Data tab. When appropriate, the user sees the field descriptions on the Configure tab.  

## Enable the report description admin role {#ariaid-title2}

Users with the admin role can enable the report_description_admin
role. Users with this role can add and edit table and field descriptions.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem DefinitionPlugins.
2. Enter <kbd class="ph userinput">com.glideapp.report.description_config</kbd> in the search bar.
3. Install the Table and field description configuration for report plugin.  
   This plugin enables the configuration of table and field descriptions in reports.
4. Assign the report_description_admin role.  
   For more information, see [Assign a role to a
   user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignARoleToAUser&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US) and [Assign a role to a
   group](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignRoleToGroup&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
   Users with the report_admin role have the new role automatically.

### Result

In the Report Designer, the user sees the table descriptions on the Data tab and the field descriptions, when appropriate, on the Configure tab.

## Edit table and field descriptions {#ariaid-title3}

Users with the report_description_admin role can add and edit
table and field descriptions that users see when they create reports.

### Before you begin

Role required: report_description_admin

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllReportsAdministrationField Descriptions.  
   The Field Labels list has four columns:

   Table
   :   Lists the table the element is associated with. There is one entry
       in this column for every field in the table, plus one for the table
       itself.

   Element
   :   The field in the table that the description applies to. If the
       Element value is empty, then the
       description applies to the table.

   Language
   :   Two-letter code of the language the field is localized in.
       Read-only.  
       Note:  
       Right-click the code of the language you're adding descriptions in and select Show Matching. In this way, you limit the table to only the fields you need for this task.

   Hint
   :   Contains the descriptions of the tables and fields that users see in
       the Report Designer.
2. Double-click the cell in the Hint column and add or edit the description.  
   Click the check icon to save the description.

### Result

In the Report Designer, when you group by a field that you have added a hint to, you see that hint text in the Information popup for the field.  

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