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# Assign Operational Technology Manager roles

# Assign Operational Technology Manager roles {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Assign roles to your users so that you can control their access to the features,
capabilities, and data in the Operational Technology Manager
application.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Users with the roles that are listed in the following table can use the Operational Technology Manager application.

If you want to configure site users, you can create and assign user criteria for equipment model entity site users. For more information, see [Assign or remove equipment model site access for non-administrators](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/_29d6jEkT8N1CqEaFIRddA "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.").  
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| Role | Description |
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| Operational Technology Discovery Administrator \[ot_discovery_admin\] | Can run the Discovery for Operational Technology process, but cannot access the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to view the configuration items (CIs) and related Operational Technology (OT) entities that are created from discovered items. To learn more, see [Create an Operational Technology discovery schedule and run the Discovery process](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/juUC0PHSMctAFzioVLE3yA "Define Operational Technology (OT) discovery schedules that orchestrate how and when the Discovery for an OT function should run. You can also perform an immediate Quick Discovery or an actual OT Discovery run."). |
| Operational Technology Manager Viewer \[cmdb_ot_viewer\] | Read-only access to Operational Technology (OT) device records. |
| Operational Technology Manager Editor \[cmdb_ot_editor\] | Create, read, update, and delete access for [Operation Technology (OT) extension classes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cmdb-ci-class-models-operation-technology&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-servicenow-platform&ft:locale=en-US). Note: Users assigned the cmdb_ot_editor role can edit and delete only OT configuration items (CIs), and don't have the ability to edit IT CIs. |
| Operational Technology Manager Admin \[cmdb_ot_admin\] | Create, read, update, and delete access for Operational Technology (OT) device records. Can also edit and manage specific configurations in the OT entity type. To learn more, see [Operation Technology (OT) extension classes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cmdb-ci-class-models-operation-technology&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-servicenow-platform&ft:locale=en-US). Note: Users assigned the cmdb_ot_admin role can edit and delete only OT configuration items (CIs), and don't have the ability to edit IT CIs. |
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## Procedure

Assign roles to users and groups by using the ServiceNow AI Platform user administration feature.

| Task | User administration feature |
| Assign a role to a user | See [Assign a role to a user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignARoleToAUser&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US). |
| Assign a role to a group | See [Assign a role to a group](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignRoleToGroup&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US). |
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