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# Business stakeholder role for Release Management

# Business stakeholder role for Release Management {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Use the business stakeholder role to read and retrieve data from any table of the Release Management application to generate reports.
When you activate the Business Stakeholder plugin (com.snc.business_stakeholder) in your
ServiceNow instance, the Read only roles for Release Management plugin (com.snc.release_management_read_roles) is also activated.
This plugin provides a business stakeholder role (sn_release_read) with which you can access
all the tables of the Release Management application. You can assign this role to
any user in your organization who is a business stakeholder.

## Plugin availability {#business-stakeholder-role-for-release-management__section_s5t_hmc_cqb}

If you are a new customer, the Read only roles for Release Management plugin
(com.snc.release_management_read_roles) is activated on zBoot. However, the business
stakeholder role (sn_release_read) is available only when you activate the Release Management plugin (com.snc.release_management_read_roles).

If you are an upgrade customer, you must manually activate the read-only roles for Release Management plugin and the Release Management plugin
(com.snc.release_management_v2).

## Release Management tables accessible by users with the business stakeholder
role {#business-stakeholder-role-for-release-management__section_z42_3nc_cqb}

When the Read only roles for Release Management plugin (com.snc.release_management_v2) is active in your ServiceNow instance, the user with the business stakeholder role (sn_release_read) has read access to the following tables.{#business-stakeholder-role-for-release-management__table_fbz_45z_vdb__entry__2}

| Table | Description |
|-|-|
| Product \[rm_product\] | Represent whole products whose releases are being managed. It is optional to use the Product construct. A generic release can also be defined without any specific product. |
| Release \[rm_release\] | Represent individual releases of the product. |
| Release Phase \[rm_release_phase\] | Represent the different stages of work required to complete a release. |
| Release Tasks \[rm_task\] | Represent tasks under a phase for phase activities. |
| Release Items \[rm_m2m_release_task\] | Represents work items and change records associated to the release. |
[Table 1. Release Management tables]

{#business-stakeholder-role-for-release-management__table_fbz_45z_vdb}