---
title: User criteria form
description: You can use the User Criteria form to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/operational-technology/industrial-process-manager/user-criteria-form-ipm.html
release: australia
product: Industrial Process Manager
classification: industrial-process-manager
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Reference, Industrial Process Manager, Operational Technology]
---

# User criteria form

You can use the User Criteria form to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.

The following table describes the user criteria form fields.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name|Name of the user criteria.|
|Short description|Brief description of the user criteria to access the site's equipment model entities.|
|Users|Users that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the users who can access the entities by selecting the unlock users icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock users icon.\). Add yourself as a user by selecting the add me icon \(\[Omitted image "add-me-icon.png"\] Alt text: Add me icon.\).|
|Groups|Groups that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the groups by selecting the unlock groups icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock groups icon.\).|
|Roles|Roles that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the groups by selecting the unlock groups icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock groups icon.\).|
|Advanced|Option to create a script for the user criteria.|
|Application|Field that is automatically set to `Global`.|
|Active|Option to make the user criteria available.|
|Companies|Companies that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the companies by selecting the unlock companies icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock companies icon.\).|
|Locations|Locations that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the locations by selecting the unlock locations icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock locations icon.\).|
|Departments|Departments that can access the site's equipment model entities when you apply the user criteria. Select the departments by selecting the unlock departments icon \(\[Omitted image "unlock-icon.png"\] Alt text: Unlock departments icon.\).|
|Match All|Option to make every condition required when the user criteria are applied. The conditions are set in the previous fields, such as the **Location**, **Department** fields.|

**Parent Topic:**[Industrial Process Manager reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/industrial-process-manager/manufacturing-process-mgr-reference.md)