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Did you know, you can impersonate with a sys_id# Did you know, you can impersonate with a sys_id

July 21, 2019 [servicenow](/tags/servicenow/)

  Enable AI AnimationSometimes you’ll have many people with the same name… Don’t judge my users. You also sometimes need to impersonate the user. Did you know you can impersonate by pasting the `sys_id`? I didn’t.

Thanks cmclendon for sharing this!

Source: [https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=9a177495db44f348f7fca851ca961961](https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=9a177495db44f348f7fca851ca961961)

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*Original post: https://jace.pro/blog/did-you-know-you-can-impersonate-with-a-sys_id/*