Configuring Data Separation

As an administrator, you can install Data Separation and assign the Data Separation roles to the required users.

Configuration workflow

A Data Separation administrator can define Data Separation hierarchy, enable entities, and map user groups for Data Separation.

Guided setup to configure Data Separation

Guided setup provides a sequence of tasks to help you with the required configuration on your ServiceNow instances. After installing Data Separation, navigate to All > Data Separation > Guided Setup to configure Data Separation.

• Install Data Separation
  You can install the Data Separation application (sn_ds) if you have the admin role.
• Assign roles for managing Data Separation
  Assign Data Separation roles to user groups and to individual users based on user activities and responsibilities.
• Configure a lens for enabling Data Separation
  Configure a data separation hierarchy for enabling Data Separation using a lens hierarchy and its leaf node.
• Enable entities for Data Separation
  Enable Data Separation on select entities as needed.
• Map a user group for Data Separation
  Map a user group for Data Separation to restrict data only to the specified users of a group and sub-groups.
• Synchronize Data Separation
  Synchronize Data Separation when the configuration is changed in the lens, supported entities, or entity-group mappings tables.

Related concepts

• Exploring Data Separation

Related reference

• Data Separation reference