Create a group role

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title: Create a group role
description: Create a group role to control access to features and capabilities in applications for all members in a group.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/t\_CreateAGroupRole.html
release: australia
product: User Administration
classification: user-administration
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a role, Managing roles, User administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# Create a group role

Create a group role to control access to features and capabilities in applications for all members in a group.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin.

## About this task

**Warning:** If your organization hasn't manually allocated user-based subscriptions before,subscription assignments are based on user roles and the kind of access each role permits. Creating, customizing, and assigning roles can have subscription usage impact. For more information about how roles are evaluated for subscription assignment, see .

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **User Administration** > **Group Roles**.

2.  Select **New**.

3.  Fill in the fields on the form and then select **Submit**.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Group|Select a group.|
    |Role|Select the role to apply to the group.|
    |Inherits|Select this option to have all members of the group inherit the role. This option is selected by default.|

    **Note:** To move this action to the background so you aren’t waiting when adding a number of group members, add the system property **glide.ui.schedule\_slushbucket\_save\_for\_group\_roles** and set it to true.


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