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View permissions for a role

Use Access Analyzer to view permissions for a selected role.

Before you begin

Role required: access_analyzer_admin

This procedure explains how to view the permissions for a specific role (such as user_admin) on a REST API endpoint by using the Evaluate Access feature in Access Analyzer.

Note: Access Analyzer is a ServiceNow® Store product.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Access Analyzer > Analyze Permissions.

    The system displays the Analyze access and permissions homepage.

  2. Select your criteria as follows:

FieldDescription
Analyze by \*Select Role.
Select user \*Specify a role to select from the list. For example, user_admin.
Rule type \*Analyze access for the following:- Table - UI page - REST Endpoint - Client callable script include - AI Agent - Agentic workflow. 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.
  1. Specify the description in the Description field.

  2. Click Analyze permissions.

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REST endpoint 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.