Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
It sets the user ID that will be used as the 'opened_by' for certificate tasks and as the 'caller' for incidents created during certificate management. |
| What area does it affect? |
Certificate Inventory and Management |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "Certificate Administrator", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed. |
| When should you review it? |
An admin should review this property when customizing the Certificate Administrator user for specific certificate management needs. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.discovery.certs.cert_admin_user_id |
| Sys ID |
c6a84d756723330022646c706785ef0b |
| Type |
short string (40 characters or less) |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
Certificate Administrator |
| Description |
<b>Certificate Management:</b> User ID of "Certificate Administrator", used to update the "opened_by" field for Certificate task and "caller" field of Incident during the creation of them. |
| Updated |
2019-08-30 05:31:37 |
Sources
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Context preview
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... disable the ADM probes and sensors, nor does it prevent process classification. • Type: true | false • Default value: true • Learn More: Application Dependency Mapping (ADM) for Discovery glide.discovery.certs.cert_admin_user_id Certificate Inventory and Management: Holds the user ID of the user who will be referenced in the certificate task and incident, created via Scheduled Job. © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All ...