Create an audit task activity

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read t_CreateAnActivity.md

After defining a control, audit managers create activities that explore and provide documented evidence of whether the associated control is operating correctly.

Before you begin

Role required: The roles required for Audit Management are sn_audit.admin and sn_audit.manager.

Following are the roles required for Lite Audit:

sn_grc_advanced.evidence_reader
sn_grc_advanced.evidence_requester
sn_grc_advanced.evidence_responder
sn_grc_advanced.evidence_admin

Procedure

Navigate to All > Audit > Engagements > All Engagements.
Open the engagement for the audit task you want to create.

Assign audit tasks to engagement in one of the following states:
- Validate
- Fieldwork
In the Audit Tasks related list, click New.
In the Audit Tasks Interceptor, click Activity.
On the form, fill in the fields.

Field	Description
Number	Unique identification number.
State	Open Work in Progress Review Closed Complete Closed Incomplete Closed Skipped
Parent	Parent audit task.
Assigned to	User assigned to this activity.
Short description	Brief description of the activity.
Description	Detailed explanation of the activity.
Schedule
Planned start date	Intended date the activity should begin.
Planned end date	Intended date the activity should end.
Planned duration	Expected duration of this activity. As with actual duration, the planned duration shows total activity time and takes the activity schedule into consideration.
Actual start date	Date that this activity began.
Actual end date	Date that this activity ended.
Actual duration	Actual duration of the project from project start to project closure.
Activity
Additional comments	Customer-viewable comments.
Work notes	Comments that are viewable by the audit administrator and audit manager.
Confidentiality
Confidential	Option to enable confidentiality of the record. Only the assigned confidential users or confidential groups of users can access the record.For more information on confidential option, see Confidentiality flag for audit and compliance records.

6. Click **Submit**.

Parent Topic:Manage engagements

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# Create an audit task activity

After defining a control, audit managers create activities that explore and provide documented evidence of whether the associated control is operating correctly.

## Before you begin

Role required: The roles required for Audit Management are sn\_audit.admin and sn\_audit.manager.

Following are the roles required for Lite Audit:

-   sn\_grc\_advanced.evidence\_reader
-   sn\_grc\_advanced.evidence\_requester
-   sn\_grc\_advanced.evidence\_responder
-   sn\_grc\_advanced.evidence\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Audit** &gt; **Engagements** &gt; **All Engagements**.

2.  Open the engagement for the audit task you want to create.

    Assign audit tasks to engagement in one of the following states:

    -   Validate
    -   Fieldwork
3.  In the **Audit Tasks** related list, click **New**.

4.  In the Audit Tasks Interceptor, click **Activity**.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_nht_mjj_mv"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Number

</td><td>

Unique identification number.

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

-   Open
-   Work in Progress
-   Review
-   Closed Complete
-   Closed Incomplete
-   Closed Skipped


</td></tr><tr><td>

Parent

</td><td>

Parent audit task.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Assigned to

</td><td>

User assigned to this activity.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Short description

</td><td>

Brief description of the activity.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Detailed explanation of the activity.

</td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Schedule

</td></tr><tr><td>

Planned start date

</td><td>

Intended date the activity should begin.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Planned end date

</td><td>

Intended date the activity should end.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Planned duration

</td><td>

Expected duration of this activity. As with actual duration, the planned duration shows total activity time and takes the activity schedule into consideration.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Actual start date

</td><td>

Date that this activity began.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Actual end date

</td><td>

Date that this activity ended.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Actual duration

</td><td>

Actual duration of the project from project start to project closure.

</td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Activity

</td></tr><tr><td>

Additional comments

</td><td>

Customer-viewable comments.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Work notes

</td><td>

Comments that are viewable by the audit administrator and audit manager.

</td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Confidentiality

</td></tr><tr><td>

Confidential

</td><td>

Option to enable confidentiality of the record. Only the assigned confidential users or confidential groups of users can access the record.For more information on confidential option, see [Confidentiality flag for audit and compliance records](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/confidentiality-flag-audit-pc.md).

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>6.  Click **Submit**.


**Parent Topic:**[Manage engagements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/c_Engagements.md)