Issue
Symptoms
A user does not have access to the sc_cat_item table even when the ACL grants the read access to that user role
Release
All
Cause
Navigate to service catalog > properties > under "Security", check if the User Criteria is enabled
Property name : glide.sc.use_user_criteria
When this property is enabled, any user criteria defined for the service catalog will be taken into consideration over the defined ACLs.
Service catalog has a related list for user criteria "Available for" and "Not Available for": If there is defined user criteria and the user criteria for the service catalog is enabled, it overlooks all the ACLs and follows the defined user Criteria.
Resolution
- Navigate to sc_cat_item.LIST
- Open the service catalog item that has the issue, that is the catalog item which the user is unable to view
- Scroll to the bottom of the record, and notice that there is "Available for" and "not available for" related list
- Adjust the defined user criteria to result in the expected access grant
Additional Information
-- Learn more about user criteria using the below document:
https://docs.servicenow.com/csh?topicname=t_AppUserCritItemsCat.html&version=latest
-- To understand the work flow of the User criteria for service portal:
https://docs.servicenow.com/csh?topicname=user-criteria.html&version=latest
