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# Service Catalog scoping

# Service Catalog scoping {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Scoping support is available to define the limits of entities in Service
Catalog.  
* A catalog can have categories from different scopes.
* A category can only be in the same scope as its parent category.
* You can associate a catalog item with categories of a different scope.
* Catalog items can contain variable sets from a different scope.
* Variables can only be in the same scope as the catalog item or variable set.
* Catalog UI policies can only be in the same scope as the catalog item or variable set.
* Catalog client scripts can only be in the same scope as the catalog item or variable set.
* Catalog data lookup can only be in the same scope as the catalog item or variable set.
* The rule base of an order guide can have items from different scopes.
* The scope of the record producer and the target table should be the same.
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* **[Referencing Service Catalog variables in server-side scripts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/NvDf7nMZJR8GtES9VXu3Fw)**   
  You can use scripting to reference any request item variable from a table in scoped and non-scoped environment.