---
title: Quick start tests for Service Portfolio Management Premium
description: Validate that Service Portfolio Management Premium still works after you make any configuration change such as apply an upgrade or develop an application. Copy and customize these quick start tests to pass when using your instance-specific data.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/service-portfolio-management/quick-start-tests-SPM-Premium.html
release: australia
product: Service Portfolio Management
classification: service-portfolio-management
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Configure, Service Portfolio Management, IT Service Management]
---

# Quick start tests for Service Portfolio Management Premium

Validate that Service Portfolio Management Premium still works after you make any configuration change such as apply an upgrade or develop an application. Copy and customize these quick start tests to pass when using your instance-specific data.

Service Portfolio Management Premium quick start tests require activating the Service Portfolio Management Premium plugin \(com.snc.spm\).

<table id="table_l12_tvt_rjb"><thead><tr><th>

Test

</th><th>

Description

</th><th class="filter">

Release version

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

Portfolio Editor: Not Portfolio Owner, Read Only Taxonomy Access

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor can only read associated non-owned portfolio taxonomies.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Portfolio Editor: Cannot create new Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor cannot create new portfolios.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Portfolio Editor: Valid Portfolio Owner Taxonomy Access

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio owner has access to taxonomies within owned portfolios.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Service Editor: Access

</td><td>

Ensure a service editor can only edit owned services and offerings.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Portfolio Editor: Can Modify Owned Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor can modify and update owned portfolios.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Create a Portfolio

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio admin can create a new portfolio.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Portfolio Editor: Cannot Modify Non-Owned Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor cannot modify non-owned portfolios.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Service Workflow

</td><td>

Verify that a service cannot move forward to Catalog phase without a service portfolio, taxonomy node, and service offering attached to it.

 Verify a service cannot move backward from the Catalog phase to the Pipeline phase.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Service Portfolio \(Normal\)

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio, taxonomy layer, and taxonomy nodes.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Create a Portfolio + 3 Taxonomy Layers

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio with three taxonomy layers.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

Service Portfolio \(Exception\) - Taxonomy Layer Definition Set 01

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio, taxonomy layer, and taxonomy nodes.

</td><td>

Orlando

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

SPM: Create a Portfolio

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Create a Portfolio + 3 Taxonomy Layers

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio, with three taxonomy layers.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Service Portfolio \(Normal\)

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio, taxonomy layer, and taxonomy nodes.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Service Portfolio \(Exception\) - Taxonomy Layer Definition Set 01

</td><td>

Create a service portfolio, taxonomy layer, and taxonomy nodes.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Portfolio Editor: Can Modify Owned Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor can modify portfolios that they own.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Portfolio Editor: Cannot Modify Non-Owned Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor cannot modify portfolios that they do not own.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Portfolio Editor: Cannot create new Portfolios

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor cannot create new Portfolios.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Portfolio Editor: Valid Portfolio Owner Taxonomy Access

</td><td>

Ensure portfolio owners have access to taxonomies that they own.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Portfolio Editor: Not Portfolio Owner, Read Only Taxonomy Access

</td><td>

Ensure a portfolio editor can only read the taxonomies of portfolios they do not own.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Service Editor: Access

</td><td>

Ensure a service editor can only edit services and offerings that they own or are a delegate of.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Service Viewer: Access

</td><td>

Ensure a service viewer has access to view services.

</td><td>

Paris

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

SPM: Service Workflow

</td><td>

Verify a service cannot move forward to Catalog phase without a service portfolio, taxonomy node, and service offering attached to it.

 Verify a service cannot move backward from Catalog to Pipeline phase.

</td><td>

Paris

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Parent Topic:**[Configuring Service Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/service-portfolio-management/SPM2-configuring.md)

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