Relate risks to each other

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title: Relate risks to each other
description: Create relationships between risks to better understand how risks affect each other and how they affect the enterprise.
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product: GRC: Risk Management Workspace
classification: grc-risk-management-workspace
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Relate risks to each other

Create relationships between risks to better understand how risks affect each other and how they affect the enterprise.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_risk.manager or sn\_risk.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Risk** > **Risk Register** > **All Risks**.

2.  Open a risk.

3.  Perform one of the following actions.

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**To specify that the current risk is downstream of another risk**

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Click the **Add** button in the **Upstream Risks** related list.

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**To specify that the current risk is upstream of another risk**

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Click the **Add** button in the **Downstream Risks** related list

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</table>4.  Select the desired risks to relate to the current risk and click **Create Relationship**.

5.  In the pop-up window, check all the desired risks to relate to the current risk, and click **Create Relationship**.


**Parent Topic:**[Using Risk Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/using-risk-mgmt.md)