User criteria form

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title: User criteria form
description: You can use the User Criteria form to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.
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product: Industrial Process Manager
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# User criteria form

You can use the User Criteria form to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.

**Note:** User criteria configurations aren't available with the ISA Equipment Model version 4.2.0. For more information see, [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/industrial-process-manager/granular-access-control-isa-equipment.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/industrial-process-manager/granular-access-control-isa-equipment.md).

The following table describes the user criteria form fields.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name|Name of the user criteria.|
|Short description|Brief description of the user criteria to access the site's equipment model entities.|
|Users|Users that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the users who can access the entities by selecting the unlock users icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock users icon.\). Add yourself as a user by selecting the add me icon \(\[Omitted image "add-me-icon.png"\] Alt text: Add me icon.\).|
|Groups|Groups that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the groups by selecting the unlock groups icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock groups icon.\).|
|Roles|Roles that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the groups by selecting the unlock groups icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock groups icon.\).|
|Advanced|Option to create a script for the user criteria.|
|Application|Field that is automatically set to `Global`.|
|Active|Option to make the user criteria available.|
|Companies|Companies that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the companies by selecting the unlock companies icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock companies icon.\).|
|Locations|Locations that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the locations by selecting the unlock locations icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock locations icon.\).|
|Departments|Departments that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the departments by selecting the unlock departments icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock departments icon.\).|
|Match All|Option to make every condition required when the user criteria are applied. The conditions are set in the previous fields, such as the **Location**, **Department** fields.|

**Parent Topic:**[Industrial Process Manager reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/industrial-process-manager/manufacturing-process-mgr-reference.md)