Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property modifies access permissions for article contributions based on defined read criteria for users. |
| What area does it affect? |
Knowledge Management |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when adjusting user access levels for article contributions. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.knowman.apply_article_read_criteria |
| Sys ID |
c7f67284b7220010733a08a9ee11a91e |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
false |
| Description |
Override contribute access based on Can Read and Cannot Read user criteria at article level. |
| Updated |
2024-05-25 04:00:10 |
Sources
Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.
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... within a KB's 'Can Contribute' list have the ability to read all of the KB's Users may receive unintended and unauthenticated access to your KB articles. Create the system property glide.knowman.apply_article_read_criteria and set the value to true. Documentation sn_SE10640 1 RecommendDefines a list of roles that can view KB articles that are in a 'Draft State' Users may receive unintended and ...
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... users, use the User Criteria Diagnostics feature. For more information, see Configure access to knowledge bases for unauthenticated users. When a user has contribute access to a knowledge base, the glide.knowman.apply_article_read_criteria property is evaluated to determine contribute access to an article in the knowledge base, as explained in the following table. © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow ...
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