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# Apply user criteria to a search source

# Apply user criteria to a search source {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
* 
* Updated August 14, 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Assign user criteria to search sources to limit user access to content in a
portal.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

You can add user criteria to custom or default [Configuring search in a portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ZmQkMke8jkwAU7tQw4PoJw "Service Portal displays search results data within a widget on the search page. To make data searchable from Service Portal, you can fetch data from a single table within your ServiceNow instance, from multiple ServiceNow tables, or from an external site.").

## Procedure

1. In the Service Portal Configuration page (Service PortalService Portal Configuration), navigate to Portal TablesSearch Source in the header menu as shown below.  
2. Open the search source record that you would like to modify.
3. Under related lists, click Who Can View Search Sources or Who Cannot View Search Sources.
4. Click New.
5. Select a criteria from the Can View or Cannot View list.  
   Selecting criteria from the Can View or
   Cannot View list applies user criteria records
   created in [Create a user criteria record for Service Portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/jN83NpZMXWtXFLGPKGxO7A "Create a user criteria record to apply to items in Service Portal and control user access to pages, widgets, widget instances, and search sources.") to
   the selected search source.
6. Click Save.

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