Relate a control objective to a policy

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title: Relate a control objective to a policy
description: Associate the control objective to a policy individually when the policy is in the review or draft state by clicking the edit button in the Control Objective related list.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/t\_RelatePolicyStateToPolicy-2.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: [Mandatory setup, Implement, Policy and Compliance Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Relate a control objective to a policy

Associate the control objective to a policy individually when the policy is in the review or draft state by clicking the edit button in the Control Objective related list.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_compliance.admin, sn\_compliance.manager, sn\_compliance.user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Policy and Compliance** > **Policies and Procedures** > **Policies**.

2.  Open the policy record.

3.  Click **Edit** in the **Control Objectives** related list.

    The slushbucket contains active control objectives with no associated policy selected.

4.  Select the control objectives.

5.  Click **Save**.

    Those control objective are listed in the **Control Objective** related list.

    \[Omitted image "PolicyStateRelatedList.png"\] Alt text: Control objective related list


## What to do next

If you are implementing the [Policy and Compliance Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-impl-checklist.md) software, return to the [Policy and Compliance Management setup checklist](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-impl-checklist.md) and proceed to the next step.

**Parent Topic:**[Policy and Compliance Management mandatory setup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-mandatory-setup.md)

**Parent Topic:**[Manage control objectives and policies](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/r_PoliciesAndProcedures.md)