Create a child topic

---
title: Create a child topic
description: Create child topics for the parent topic in the taxonomy.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/create-child-topics-for-parent.html
release: australia
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create and associate topics, Unified Taxonomy for Employee Center, Setup Employee Center browse experience features, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, EmployeeWorks, Employee Service Management]
---

# Create a child topic

Create child topics for the parent topic in the taxonomy.

## Before you begin

Role required: taxonomy\_admin

User criteria required: Taxonomy Manager, Taxonomy Contributor, Topic Manager, Topic Contributor.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Content Taxonomy** > **Topics**.

2.  Click and open the parent topic to which you want to add a child topic.

    \[Omitted image "associate-topics-tabs.png"\] Alt text: Associating topic to the related tabs

3.  On the **Child Topics** tab, click **New**.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    For more information on the fields and description, see [Topic form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/topic-form.md).

5.  Click **Submit**.


**Related topics**  


[Associate connected content to a topic](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/associate-content-to-topics.md)