Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
Determines whether application installation loads choice selections marked inactive in sys_choice into client databases. |
| What area does it affect? |
Application installation and choice data |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default. |
| When should you review it? |
Review when changing whether inactive choice selections are included in client databases during application installation. |
Property record
Facts stated in the ServiceNow documentation. No out of the box record has been read from an instance yet.
| Property name |
glide.db.table.update_inactive_choices_enabled |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Not stated |
| Default value |
true |
| Description |
Specifies whether choice table selections marked as inactive (sys_choice inactive attribute = true) should be loaded into client databases when applications are installed (true) or not (false). |
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... number of records that appear in a list, report, or exported file. • Type: integer • Default value: 10000 • Location: Add the property to the System Property [sys_properties] table. glide.db.table.update_inactive_choices_enabled Specifies whether choice table selections marked as inactive (sys_choice inactive attribute = true) should be loaded into client databases when applications are installed (true) or not (false). © 2026 ServiceNow, ...
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