Create Crisis Event form
Use the Create Crisis Event form in BCM UIB Workspace to add details about a crisis event.
Create Crisis Event form
For description of the field values, see the table.
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Field |
Description |
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Details tab | |
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Short description |
Brief description about the crisis event. |
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State |
State of the event. Defaults to the Pending state. |
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Event type |
Type of the event. For a crisis event, the event type is Actual. |
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Description |
Description of the crisis event. |
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Impact |
Measure of the business criticality of the affected service. Available options are:- 1 - High
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Priority |
Sequence in which an Incident or Problem needs to be resolved, based on impact and urgency. Available options are:- 1 - Critical
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Level |
Escalation level of the crisis event: 1-Site, 2-Regional, 3-Corporate, or 4-Global. Defaults to -- None -- until selected manually. Read-only for the BCM viewer role. |
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Assigned to |
User or users from the Assignment group. If the Assignment group field is empty, then select any user. |
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Description |
Description of the event. |
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Plans | |
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Plans associated with the event |
Details of the plans such as Number, Short description, State, Actual time taken, Total effort, Type, and Parent. |
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Action items | |
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Action items associated with the event |
Ad-hoc action items of task and assessment type, associated with the event and their details such as Number, Short description, State, Assigned to, and Due date. |
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Issues | |
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Issues |
GRC issues that can be created or added from an event. |
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Similar tasks groups | |
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Group of similar tasks associated with the event |
Group of similar tasks, their names, and original tasks associated with the event. |
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Collaborations | |
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Collaborations |
Collaboration threads related to an event. Includes action items, email notifications and email attachments. For more information, seeCreating collaborations in exercises and crisis events. |
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Event tasks | |
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Event tasks associated with the event |
Information on the event tasks such as Number, Short description, State, Impacted assets, Assigned to, Dependencies, Actual start, Actual end, Related activated plan, Similar tasks group, Phase. |
--- title: Create Crisis Event form description: Use the Create Crisis Event form in BCM UIB Workspace to add details about a crisis event. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/create-crisis-event-ref-form.html release: australia topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 2 breadcrumb: [Start a crisis event, Structured workflows for crisis events, Manage, Business Continuity Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance] --- # Create Crisis Event form Use the Create Crisis Event form in BCM UIB Workspace to add details about a crisis event. ## Create Crisis Event form For description of the field values, see the table. <table id="table_FloorForm"><thead><tr><th> Field </th><th> Description </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Details tab </td></tr><tr><td> Short description </td><td> Brief description about the crisis event. </td></tr><tr><td> State </td><td> State of the event. Defaults to the **Pending** state. </td></tr><tr><td> Event type </td><td> Type of the event. For a crisis event, the event type is **Actual**. </td></tr><tr><td> Description </td><td> Description of the crisis event. </td></tr><tr><td> Impact </td><td> Measure of the business criticality of the affected service. Available options are:- **1 - High** - **2 - Medium** - **3 - Low** </td></tr><tr><td> Priority </td><td> Sequence in which an Incident or Problem needs to be resolved, based on impact and urgency. Available options are:- **1 - Critical** - **2 - High** - **3 - Moderate** - **4 - Low** - **5 - Planning** - **None** </td></tr><tr><td> Level </td><td> Escalation level of the crisis event: **1-Site**, **2-Regional**, **3-Corporate**, or **4-Global**. Defaults to **-- None --** until selected manually. Read-only for the BCM viewer role. </td></tr><tr><td> Assigned to </td><td> User or users from the Assignment group. If the **Assignment group** field is empty, then select any user. </td></tr><tr><td> Description </td><td> Description of the event. </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Plans </td></tr><tr><td> Plans associated with the event </td><td> Details of the plans such as Number, Short description, State, Actual time taken, Total effort, Type, and Parent. </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Action items </td></tr><tr><td> Action items associated with the event </td><td> Ad-hoc action items of task and assessment type, associated with the event and their details such as Number, Short description, State, Assigned to, and Due date. </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Issues </td></tr><tr><td> Issues </td><td> GRC issues that can be created or added from an event. </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Similar tasks groups </td></tr><tr><td> Group of similar tasks associated with the event </td><td> Group of similar tasks, their names, and original tasks associated with the event. </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Collaborations </td></tr><tr><td> Collaborations </td><td> Collaboration threads related to an event. Includes action items, email notifications and email attachments. For more information, see[Creating collaborations in exercises and crisis events](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/creating-collaboration-threads-in-crisis.md). </td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2"> Event tasks </td></tr><tr><td> Event tasks associated with the event </td><td> Information on the event tasks such as Number, Short description, State, Impacted assets, Assigned to, Dependencies, Actual start, Actual end, Related activated plan, Similar tasks group, Phase. </td></tr></tbody> </table>**Parent Topic:**[Start a crisis event](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/start-crisis-event-in-uib-ws.md)
| title | Create Crisis Event form |
| description | Use the Create Crisis Event form in BCM UIB Workspace to add details about a crisis event. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/create-crisis-event-ref-form.html |
| release | australia |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 2 |
| breadcrumb | Start a crisis eventStructured workflows for crisis eventsManageBusiness Continuity ManagementGovernanceRiskand Compliance |