View permissions for a role

Use Access Analyzer to view permissions for a selected role.

Before you begin

Role required: admin, access_analyzer_admin

The following procedure describes the sample steps to view permissions for a selected role (user_admin) to view the permission for a REST API Endpoint 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 Role.
   Select user *	Specify a role to select from the list. For example, user_admin.
   Rule type *	Analyze access for a table, a UI page, a REST Endpoint, or a client callable script include. For example, REST Endpoint.
   REST endpoint*	Specify a REST endpoint. For example, /api/global/user_role_inheritance. Note: The complete REST endpoint must be used when using the selected field.
   REST endpoint method *	Specify a REST endpoint method. For example, GET.

3. Specify the description in the Description field.
4. Select Analyze permissions.
   

   The Access results for the user_admin role is displayed.

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

   The overall access for the role is passed, which means that the role (user_admin) is able to access the REST endpoint for the selected GET method.