View permissions for a group

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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  • Use Access Analyzer to view permissions for a selected group.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin, access_analyzer_admin

    The following procedure describes the sample steps to view permissions for a selected group (Incident Management) to view the permissions of an Incident UI page using the evaluate access in Access Analyzer.

    Note:
    Access Analyzer is a ServiceNow® Store product.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Access Analyzer > Analyze Permissions.
      The Analyze access and permissions homepage is displayed.
    2. Select your criteria as follows:
      Table 1. Select your criteria for analyzing access and permissions
      Field Description
      Analyze by * Select Group.
      Select user * Specify a user name to select from the list. For example, Incident Management.
      Rule type * Analyze access for a table, a UI page, a REST Endpoint, or a client callable script include. For example, UI page.
      UI Page * Specify the UI page. For example, incident.do.
    3. Specify the description in the Description field.
    4. Select Analyze permissions.
      View permission of the group for a UI page

      The Access results for the Incident Management group is displayed.

      Permission results

      The results can be read, by referring to the Legends, access control list (ACL), IAccesshandler, and Data filters.

      The overall access for the group is passed, which means that the users within the group (Incident Management) are able to access the Incident record.