Access Control rules in ServiceNow define who cancreate, read, write, or deleterecords in a table or specific fields. These rules are applied at thetable or field leveland follow a specificnaming convention:
TableName.FieldName
Naming Convention for Access Control Rules:
If an Access Control rule applies to a specifictable, its format isTableName(e.g.,incident).
If it applies to a specificfield, it followsTableName.FieldName(e.g.,incident.major_incident).
Major Incident is a field in the Incident table:
Theincidenttable represents the ITSMIncident Management module.
Major Incidentis aspecific fieldwithin theincidenttable.
To apply anAccess Control Ruleto this field, the rule name must beincident.major_incident.
A. Incident.Major_Incident:Incorrect because ServiceNow Access Control rulesdo not use uppercase table or field names—they are alwayslowercase.
B. incident=>major_incident:Incorrect syntax—ServiceNow does not use=>in Access Control names.
C. incident<=>major_incident:Incorrect syntax—ServiceNow does not use<=>in rule naming conventions.
D. incident||major_incident:Incorrect syntax—ServiceNow does not use||(logical OR) in Access Control naming.
ServiceNow Access Control Rules Guide:ServiceNow Docs
How to Create and Manage Access Control Rules in ServiceNow
Why is the Correct Answer "incident.major_incident"?Why Not the Other Options?References from the Certified System Administrator (CSA) Official Documentation:By usingincident.major_incident, we correctly definefield-level securityfor theMajor Incidentfield in theIncident table.
