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title: Survey roles
description: The Survey application uses the following roles.Create and administer surveys. Survey administrators know what types of surveys are necessary, when to send a survey, and to whom. Survey administrators can use all modules in the Survey application menu.View surveys and related information, such as survey responses, survey groups, scorecards, and reports.Create a survey and assign it to the user who can take the survey and submit it. A survey creator can also create assessments.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Surveys reference, Surveys, Assessments and Surveys, Exploring Service Administration, Service Administration, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Survey roles

The Survey application uses the following roles.

To learn more about managing subscriptions, see [Managing per-user subscriptions in Subscription Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/managing-user-subscriptions-v2.md) and contact your account representative.

No role is required to take assigned survey questionnaires.

**Parent Topic:**[Surveys reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/survey-reference.md)

## Survey administrator \[survey\_admin\]

Create and administer surveys. Survey administrators know what types of surveys are necessary, when to send a survey, and to whom. Survey administrators can use all modules in the Survey application menu.

### Contains Roles

List of roles contained within the role.

-   survey\_reader
-   assessment\_admin

### Groups

List of groups this role is assigned to by default.

None.

### Special considerations

None.

## Survey reader \[survey\_reader\]

View surveys and related information, such as survey responses, survey groups, scorecards, and reports.

### Contains Roles

List of roles contained within the role.

None.

### Groups

List of groups this role is assigned to by default.

None.

### Special considerations

None.

## Survey creator \[survey\_creator\]

Create a survey and assign it to the user who can take the survey and submit it. A survey creator can also create assessments.

### Contains Roles

List of roles contained within the role.

None.

### Groups

List of groups this role is assigned to by default.

None.

### Special considerations

None.