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You can create other ACL rules for the odbc role to provide read access to other tables.</p> <div class="section prereq p" id="t_DefineAnACLRuleForTheODBCRole__prereq_ndq_tm4_sbb">Role required: admin</div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Elevate the session permissions to security_admin so you can create ACL rules.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">System Security</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Access Controls (ACL)</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the <span class="ph uicontrol">Operation</span> choice list, select <span class="ph uicontrol">read</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the <span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span> choice list, select <span class="ph uicontrol">Incident [incident]</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">Leave the second <span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span> choice list as <span class="ph uicontrol">None</span>.</p> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the form context menu, select <span class="ph uicontrol">Save</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Requires role</span> related list, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Edit</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Use the slushbucket to add the ODBC role, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Save</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li></ol> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/concept/c_GettingStartedWithODBC.html" title="Before installing the ODBC driver, view the video on this page, create an ODBC user account, assign the odbc role, and define an ACL rule for the odbc role.">Getting started with ODBC</a></div> <div class="previouslink"><strong>Previous topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/odbc-driver/task/t_CreateAnODBCUser.html" title="The ODBC driver communicates with your ServiceNow instance as a specific user. 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