Group similar issues under an existing parent issue

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read group-similar-issues-existing-parent.md

When you are creating an issue, you have the option of grouping the issue with other similar issues as part of an existing parent issue group.

Before you begin

Role required: (per product)

In Policy and Compliance Management: compliance_admin, compliance_manager, or sn_compliance.user
In Risk Management: risk_admin, risk_manager, or sn_risk.user
In Audit Management: audit_admin, audit_manager, audit_admin, or sn_audit.user

Procedure

Navigate to one of the following locations:
- Policy and Compliance > Issues > Create New.
- Risk > Issues > Create New.
- Audit > Issues > Create New.
On the form, locate the Parent field.

[Omitted image "parent.png"] Alt text: Parent field
Click the bulb icon ([Omitted image "bulb.png"] Alt text: bulb icon) and select Issues with existing parent from the Group with drop-down list.

You are shown a list of similar issues.

[Omitted image "sim-issues-existing-parent.png"] Alt text: Similar issues with existing parent issues
Click the Similar issue you want to group with the current issue.

The parent issue of the issue you select becomes the parent issue of the current issue.
You can view the issue in the group by clicking the Issues tab.

Parent Topic:Manually create GRC issues

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title: Group similar issues under an existing parent issue
description: When you are creating an issue, you have the option of grouping the issue with other similar issues as part of an existing parent issue group.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/group-similar-issues-existing-parent.html
release: australia
product: Policy and Compliance Management
classification: policy-and-compliance-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manually create issues, Manage issues, Classic UI, Use, Policy and Compliance Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Group similar issues under an existing parent issue

When you are creating an issue, you have the option of grouping the issue with other similar issues as part of an existing parent issue group.

## Before you begin

Role required: \(per product\)

- In Policy and Compliance Management: compliance\_admin, compliance\_manager, or sn\_compliance.user
- In Risk Management: risk\_admin, risk\_manager, or sn\_risk.user
- In Audit Management: audit\_admin, audit\_manager, audit\_admin, or sn\_audit.user

## Procedure

1. Navigate to one of the following locations:

- **Policy and Compliance** &gt; **Issues** &gt; **Create New**.
- **Risk** &gt; **Issues** &gt; **Create New**.
- **Audit** &gt; **Issues** &gt; **Create New**.
2. On the form, locate the **Parent** field.

\[Omitted image "parent.png"\] Alt text: Parent field

3. Click the bulb icon \(\[Omitted image "bulb.png"\] Alt text: bulb icon\) and select **Issues with existing parent** from the **Group with** drop-down list.

You are shown a list of similar issues.

\[Omitted image "sim-issues-existing-parent.png"\] Alt text: Similar issues with existing parent issues

4. Click the **Similar issue** you want to group with the current issue.

The parent issue of the issue you select becomes the parent issue of the current issue.

5. You can view the issue in the group by clicking the **Issues** tab.

**Parent Topic:**[Manually create GRC issues](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/t_CreateAnIssue.md)