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title: SPWidgetAccessControl - Global
description: The SPWidgetAccessControl script include provides methods that allow administrators to check whether a provided table is granted public access to a widget and is securely accessed by an intended audience.Instantiates the SPWidgetAccessControl object.Returns information about whether a specified table has public access to a widget.
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# SPWidgetAccessControl- Global

The SPWidgetAccessControl script include provides methods that allow administrators to check whether a provided table is granted public access to a widget and is securely accessed by an intended audience.

For details and instructions about using the SPWidgetAccessControl API in your server script, see [Configure widget security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/configure-widget-security.md) \(Restrict which tables public widgets can access for guest users\).

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## SPWidgetAccessControl – SPWidgetAccessControl\(\)

Instantiates the SPWidgetAccessControl object.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|None| ||

The following example shows how to initialize a new SPWidgetAccessControl object.

```
new global.SPWidgetAccessControl()
```

## SPWidgetAccessControl – hasPublicAccess\(String tableName, Object SPScriptable, String options, Object input\)

Returns information about whether a specified table has public access to a widget.

<table id="table_yjp_zpz_31b" class="parameters"><thead><tr><th>

Name

</th><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

tableName

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Required. Name of the table to query. For example, enter `incident` to query the Incident \[Incident\] table.

</td></tr><tr><td>

SPScriptable

</td><td>

Scriptable Object

</td><td>

Required. Widget's SP Scriptable. Formatted as `$sp` in the request.```
SPScriptable:{
"widgetSysId":widget sys_id,
"request":request object
}
```

</td></tr><tr><td>

options

</td><td>

Object

</td><td>

Optional. Widget/rectangle options passed in the widget.```
"options":{
"table":"incident", "maximum_entries": "10"
}

```

</td></tr><tr><td>

input

</td><td>

Object

</td><td>

Optional. Widget/rectangle input passed during runtime.```
"input":{
"table":"incident", 
"display_field":"name"
}
```

</td></tr></tbody>
</table><table id="table_zjp_zpz_31b" class="returns"><thead><tr><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Boolean

</td><td>

Flag that indicates the widget access status of the specified table. Possible values:-   true: The provided table is granted security access on the widget.
-   false: The provided table is not granted security access on the widget.

Default: false

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>The following example shows confirmation that the Incident table has access to the Simple List Widget as shown in the configuration table, m2m\_sp\_public\_widget\_allow\_table.

```
options.table = "incident";
//$sp,options,input - which are available by default in any widget script
new global.SPWidgetAccessControl().hasPublicAccess(options.table, $sp, options, input);
```

Output:

```
true
```