Role API - ServiceNow Fluent

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  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture

    • The Role API defines roles [sys_user_role] that grant specific permissions to users of an application.

    For general information about user roles, see Managing roles.

    Role object

    Create a role [sys_user_role] to control access to applications and their features.

    Tableau 1. Properties
    Name Type Description
    name String A name for the role beginning with the application scope in the following format: <scope>.<name>.
    assignableBy String Other roles that can assign this role to users.
    canDelegate Boolean Flag that indicates if the role can be delegated to other users. For more information, see Delegating roles.
    Valid values:
    • true: The role can be delegated to other users.
    • false: The role can't be delegated to other users.

    Default: true
    description String A description of what the role can access.
    elevatedPrivilege Boolean Flag that indicates whether manually accepting the responsibility of using the role before you can access the features of the role is required. For more information about elevated privileges, see Elevated privilege roles.
    Valid values:
    • true: You must manually accept the responsibility of using the role before you can access its features.
    • false: You don't need to manually accept the responsibility of using the role to access its features.

    Default: false
    grantable Boolean Flag that indicates whether the role can be granted independently.
    Valid values:
    • true: The role can be granted independently.
    • false: The role can't be granted independently.

    Default: true
    containsRoles Array The variable identifiers of other Role objects that this role contains.
    scopedAdmin Boolean Flag that indicates whether the role is an Application Administrator role. For general information about application administration roles, see Application administration.
    Valid values:
    • true: The role is an Application Administrator.
    • false: The role isn't an Application Administrator.

    Default: false
    $meta Object Metadata for the application metadata.
    With the installMethod property, you can map the application metadata to an output directory that loads only in specific circumstances.
    $meta: {
      installMethod: 'String'
}
    Valid values for installMethod:
    • demo: Outputs the application metadata to the metadata/unload.demo directory to be installed with the application when the Load demo data option is selected.
    • first install: Outputs the application metadata to the metadata/unload directory to be installed only the first time an application is installed on an instance.
    		 
    import { Role } from "@servicenow/sdk/core";

const managerRole = Role({ 
   $id: Now.ID['manager_role'], 
   name: 'x_snc_example.manager' 
})

const adminRole = Role({ 
   $id: Now.ID['admin_role'], 
   name: 'x_snc_example.admin', 
   containsRoles: [managerRole] 
})