Business stakeholder role for PPM

reference australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read business-stakeholder-role-ppm.md

For PPM users, the Business Stakeholder (com.snc.business_stakeholder) plugin contains the business stakeholder roles for Enterprise Architecture (formerly APM), ITFM, and PPM. Users with this role can read records of the tables that are used to retrieve data for reports and dashboards and can approve demands and timecards. You can assign this role to any user who is a business stakeholder.

Upgrade information

If you have upgraded, the business stakeholder role for PPM is available only when you activate Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.pmo_read_roles).

If you are a new customer, the Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.pmo_read_roles) is activated on zBoot. However, the business stakeholder role for PPM is available only when you install the PPM Standard plugin.

Demand and Timecard approver roles

The Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.pmo_read_roles) installs the sn_ppm_read role. The sn_ppm_read role provides read-only access to the Portfolio, Program, and Timecard dashboards along with the Resources report to the assigned users. The sn_ppm_read role also contains the timecard_approver and demand_approver roles, which allow the assigned users to approve demands and timecards. Commenting is enabled, when a business stakeholder role is added as collaborator in demands.

PPM tables accessible to users with the business stakeholder role

Users with the business stakeholder role for PPM can access the following tables that store the data to load the widgets in the Portfolio dashboard, Program dashboard, and Time Sheet dashboard, and Resource reports:

Label	Table name
Action	project_action
Decision	dmn_decision
Demand	dmn_demand
Demand Task	dmn_demand_task
Fiscal period	fiscal_period
Idea	im_idea_core
Issue	issue
Program	pm_program
Project	pm_project
Project Task	pm_project_task
Program Task	pm_program_task
Project Time Card Exception	project_timecard_exception
Requirement	dmn_requirement
Resource Aggregate Daily	resource_aggregate_daily
Resource Aggregate Monthly	resource_aggregate_monthly
Resource Aggregate Weekly	resource_aggregate_weekly
Resource Plan	resource_plan
Risk	risk
Status Report	project_status
Time Card	time_card
Time Sheet	time_sheet
Time Sheet Exception	time_sheet_exception

Parent Topic:Project Portfolio Management reference

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title: Business stakeholder role for PPM
description: For PPM users, the Business Stakeholder \(com.snc.business\_stakeholder\) plugin contains the business stakeholder roles for Enterprise Architecture \(formerly APM\), ITFM, and PPM. Users with this role can read records of the tables that are used to retrieve data for reports and dashboards and can approve demands and timecards. You can assign this role to any user who is a business stakeholder.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/business-stakeholder-role-ppm.html
release: australia
product: PPM Collaboration
classification: ppm-collaboration
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Project Portfolio Management reference, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Business stakeholder role for PPM

For PPM users, the Business Stakeholder \(com.snc.business\_stakeholder\) plugin contains the business stakeholder roles for Enterprise Architecture \(formerly APM\), ITFM, and PPM. Users with this role can read records of the tables that are used to retrieve data for reports and dashboards and can approve demands and timecards. You can assign this role to any user who is a business stakeholder.

## Upgrade information

If you have upgraded, the business stakeholder role for PPM is available only when you activate Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin \(com.snc.pmo\_read\_roles\).

If you are a new customer, the Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin \(com.snc.pmo\_read\_roles\) is activated on zBoot. However, the business stakeholder role for PPM is available only when you install the PPM Standard plugin.

## Demand and Timecard approver roles

The Read only roles for PPM Standard plugin \(com.snc.pmo\_read\_roles\) installs the sn\_ppm\_read role. The sn\_ppm\_read role provides read-only access to the Portfolio, Program, and Timecard dashboards along with the Resources report to the assigned users. The sn\_ppm\_read role also contains the timecard\_approver and demand\_approver roles, which allow the assigned users to approve demands and timecards. Commenting is enabled, when a business stakeholder role is added as collaborator in demands.

## PPM tables accessible to users with the business stakeholder role

Users with the business stakeholder role for PPM can access the following tables that store the data to load the widgets in the Portfolio dashboard, Program dashboard, and Time Sheet dashboard, and Resource reports:

|Label|Table name|
|-----|----------|
|Action|project\_action|
|Decision|dmn\_decision|
|Demand|dmn\_demand|
|Demand Task|dmn\_demand\_task|
|Fiscal period|fiscal\_period|
|Idea|im\_idea\_core|
|Issue|issue|
|Program|pm\_program|
|Project|pm\_project|
|Project Task|pm\_project\_task|
|Program Task|pm\_program\_task|
|Project Time Card Exception|project\_timecard\_exception|
|Requirement|dmn\_requirement|
|Resource Aggregate Daily|resource\_aggregate\_daily|
|Resource Aggregate Monthly|resource\_aggregate\_monthly|
|Resource Aggregate Weekly|resource\_aggregate\_weekly|
|Resource Plan|resource\_plan|
|Risk|risk|
|Status Report|project\_status|
|Time Card|time\_card|
|Time Sheet|time\_sheet|
|Time Sheet Exception|time\_sheet\_exception|

**Parent Topic:**[Project Portfolio Management reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/project-portfolio-management-reference.md)