Property reference

`glide.cost_mgmt.test_mode`

Enables cost-management test actions when set to exactly true. Only admins can use the related actions; unset or other values leave them unavailable through this access check.

Default: Not set
Type: Not stated
Application: Not stated
Category: IT Asset & Software Management

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do?	When set to exactly true, this property satisfies an access condition for several cost-management test actions, which are restricted to admins.
What area does it affect?	Cost management test actions
What does the default mean?	No out of the box record exists and the scripts that read it pass no fallback value.
When should you review it?	Review when changing access to cost-management test actions or troubleshooting why they are unavailable.

Property record

No out of the box record exists. ServiceNow scripts read this property; create it to change the behavior.

Property name	`glide.cost_mgmt.test_mode`
Type	Not stated
Application	Not stated
Default value	Not set
Description	Not stated

Sources

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Used in

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UI action: TEST: Delete All Related Expenses The UI action reads this property as an additional condition for allowing the action: it must be exactly “true,” and the user must be an admin. The code provides no default value, so if the property is unset, the condition is not met. /sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=eb35e195c0a80a6d2eabc31074fae522

UI action: TEST: Delete All Related Expenses The UI action checks this property, and it is available only to admins when its value is exactly “true”; other users or values do not pass the check. No default value is specified. /sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=eb8785a7c0a80a6d7133cadad40a9c02

UI action: TEST: Process (all dates) The action is available only to admins when this property is set to "true"; other users cannot access it through this condition. No default value is specified. /sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=3ce6c0cd37c72000158bbfc8bcbe5dc4

UI action: TEST: Process (all dates) /sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=55c022f737c32000158bbfc8bcbe5d85

UI action: TEST: Process (all dates) /sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=eb868317c0a80a6d3ab6af9bfe16dea0

More in `glide.cost_mgmt`

Other properties in the same namespace.

glide.cost_mgmt.debug This property activates detailed logging of cost management processes, which can assist in identifying… glide.cost_mgmt.process_task_cis This property enables the creation of expense lines for affected configuration items during the generation… glide.cost_mgmt.process_task_top_task This boolean property controls the creation of expense lines for a task's top task when an expense line is… glide.cost_mgmt.service_allocation.method This property specifies whether allocation costs are calculated using total units or only allocated units… glide.cost_mgmt.calc_actual_cost It sums all task expense lines and updates the Work cost field on the task record when an expense line is…

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