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Published Jun. 30, 2025

I cannot disable the execution of Groovy scripts in Server Administration

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Orsolya Hegedus

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Issue

  • Despite disabling Groovy scripting in System Settings > Security section > Script Management, Administrators are still able to execute Groovy scripts in the Server Administration > Script tab.

Environment

  • 2024.Q2+

Resolution

  • The above described behavior is the intended behavior
  • The description for the system configuration is:
    • “Administrators can create and execute code in their virtual instance. Disabling this feature deactivates all actions and validations that use Groovy.”
  • As Server Administration is system scoped, this setting does not have an effect on it.

 

What does the Script Management setting do?

  • It disables scripting inside Workflows and Objects

 

Possible solutions to limit the availability of scripting in Server Administration:

  • Creating a virtual instance for the users you would like to limit.
  • Only having a single Administrator account, and creating “Company Admins” with a lower permission level than the Server Admin.

 

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