---
title: Exploring Access Simulator
description: Access Simulator helps you pre-validate how access to a specified table would change once a role or group is assigned or removed from the user.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/access-control/explore-access-simulator.html
release: australia
product: Access Control
classification: access-control
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Access simulator, Access Analyzer, Access Management]
---

# Exploring Access Simulator

Access Simulator helps you pre-validate how access to a specified table would change once a role or group is assigned or removed from the user.

Use Access Simulator to simulate access requirements of your users on a specified table and understand how the access controls changes for a user. It helps in quickly troubleshooting and validating the effectiveness of changes.

\[Omitted video\] Description: Access Simulator

Use Access Simulator to pre-validate access for a selected user by:

-   [Adding Roles to users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/access-control/add-role-to-user.md)
-   [Removing Roles from users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/access-control/remove-role-from-user.md)
-   [Adding users to Groups](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/access-control/add-user-to-group.md)
-   [Removing users from Groups](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/access-control/remove-user-from-group.md)

To learn more about Access Simulator settings and Enable Take Actions, see [Configuring the Access Simulator \(Take actions\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/access-control/configure-access-simulator.md).