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# Assign or remove access for non-admins

# Assign or remove equipment model site access for non-administrators {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Assign or remove equipment model site access for non-administrators. You can create the user criteria to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Use the user criteria to determine whether certain users can read or edit equipment model entities for specific sites. After you create a user criteria record, you can assign it to a site to control who can read and edit the equipment model entities. You can further assign the OT roles to users or groups to enable them access to OT devices that are assigned to those same sites. For more information, see [Assign Operational Technology Manager roles](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/uxktB~KyimuF3tFvszy8Ug "Assign roles to your users so that you can control their access to the features, capabilities, and data in the Operational Technology Manager application.").  
Note:  
For those users that are upgrading to version 1.0.12, their site user access is migrated to user criteria and groups. For more information, see [Migrating site user access to user criteria and groups](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/8oDeM0qNQSvpBAjeOxom0A "When you upgrade to version 1.0.12 of the ISA Equipment Model, the migration from site user access to user criteria and groups begins automatically.").

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllKnowledge ManagementAdministrationUser Criteria
2. Select New.
3. On the form, fill in the fields.  
   For a description of the field values, see [User criteria form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/TURY_~zdXP6w6u8jK4L4QA "You can use the User Criteria form to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.").

## What to do next

After you create the user criteria, you can assign it to a site. For more information about assigning the Can Edit access to a site, see [Assign the user criteria for Can Edit access to a site](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/2GqBPvYKs3Yq0JhkGfRsIw "Assign the user criteria to a site to define which users can edit the equipment model entities that belong to the selected site."). For more information about adding the Can Read access to a site, see [Assign the user criteria for Can Read access to a site](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ft0w7Z8Kqx9EmlZH_rfuQw "Assign the user criteria to a site to define which users can read or view the equipment model entities that belong to the selected site.").
* **[Assign the user criteria for Can Read access to a site](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ft0w7Z8Kqx9EmlZH_rfuQw)**   
  Assign the user criteria to a site to define which users can read or view the equipment model entities that belong to the selected site.
* **[Assign the user criteria for Can Edit access to a site](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/2GqBPvYKs3Yq0JhkGfRsIw)**   
  Assign the user criteria to a site to define which users can edit the equipment model entities that belong to the selected site.

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