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title: Service Catalog administration
description: Service Catalog enables an administrator to configure the service catalog.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/t\_ServiceCatalogAdministration.html
release: australia
product: Service Catalog
classification: service-catalog
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Legacy service catalog access controls, Service Catalog security, Configuring Service Catalog, Service Catalog, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Service Catalog administration

Service Catalog enables an administrator to configure the service catalog.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Service Catalog** > **Maintain Items** or **Service Catalog** > **Maintain Categories**.

2.  Open an item or category, and then configure the related lists in the form to add **Available for Department and Available for Company**.

3.  Click **Update** to save the form layout.

4.  Open the item or category you wish to secure and add companies and departments to related lists.

    The item or category is available only for the companies and departments listed. If no companies or departments are listed, then the item or category is available to all companies or departments.


**Parent Topic:**[Legacy service catalog access controls](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/c_LegcySrvcCatAccessCntrol.md)