Assets and plans related to BCP
You can identify the assets and plans related to a business continuity plan. You can then recover the assets in your planning stage. Reuse the configuration item relationship data that flow from CMDB to business impact analysis (BIA) during dependency assessment to identify the assets in your plan.
Related assets
If you add a business process or a location as an item in the Primary scope panel of the record, the related assets appear in the Related assets panel. The scoped item must be related to the business impact analysis. The application lists all related assets from the business impact analysis.
In other words, the CMDB configuration item added as a dependency in the business impact analysis is pulled into the plan as a related asset. The source of these related assets is displayed as the business impact analysis.
When you create a plan, you also select a primary element that the plan covers. The application adds the related assets and related plans during the planning phase based on the scope or primary element. These items could be business processes, critical business applications, datacenters, or resources working from a location. All these dependencies stored in the business impact analysis are copied over to the plan in the Related assets panel. Additional dependencies added while creating the business impact analysis are also included.
The example shows the primary scope and related assets for a business continuity plan.
[Omitted image "primary-scope-related-assets.png"] Alt text: Primary scope and related assets.
Along with each related asset, the Related assets panel also displays the Impact analysis, Recovery tier, Recovery time objective (RTO), and Recovery point objective (RPO) of the asset. The Primary scope panel shows the same information for the primary element. These values are copied from the Results section of the Details tab of the linked business impact analysis. The plan reflects the same recovery requirements established during the business impact analysis. If a finalized or adjusted RTO or RPO value exists on the business impact analysis, that value is shown instead of the system-calculated value. These fields are read-only on the plan and are updated whenever the business impact analysis changes or the plan dependencies are refreshed. For information about these fields, see View business impact analysis details.
Related plans
After the assets are copied over to the plan, any plans attached to the related assets are automatically pulled and listed on the Related Plans tab. Assets in the plan are the entities that are to be recovered by the plan during the event. When the related plans are pulled into the planning phase, you can also create the recovery tasks. As a planner, you can set a sequence to the execution of the recovery tasks of the main plan and its dependent subplans.
--- title: Assets and plans related to BCP description: You can identify the assets and plans related to a business continuity plan. You can then recover the assets in your planning stage. Reuse the configuration item relationship data that flow from CMDB to business impact analysis \(BIA\) during dependency assessment to identify the assets in your plan. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/related-assets-related-plans.html release: australia topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-10-02" reading_time_minutes: 2 breadcrumb: [Business continuity planning, Explore, Business Continuity Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance] --- # Assets and plans related to BCP You can identify the assets and plans related to a business continuity plan. You can then recover the assets in your planning stage. Reuse the configuration item relationship data that flow from CMDB to business impact analysis \(BIA\) during dependency assessment to identify the assets in your plan. ## Related assets If you add a business process or a location as an item in the **Primary scope** panel of the record, the related assets appear in the **Related assets** panel. The scoped item must be related to the business impact analysis. The application lists all related assets from the business impact analysis. In other words, the CMDB configuration item added as a dependency in the business impact analysis is pulled into the plan as a related asset. The source of these related assets is displayed as the business impact analysis. When you create a plan, you also select a primary element that the plan covers. The application adds the related assets and related plans during the planning phase based on the scope or primary element. These items could be business processes, critical business applications, datacenters, or resources working from a location. All these dependencies stored in the business impact analysis are copied over to the plan in the **Related assets** panel. Additional dependencies added while creating the business impact analysis are also included. The example shows the primary scope and related assets for a business continuity plan. \[Omitted image "primary-scope-related-assets.png"\] Alt text: Primary scope and related assets. Along with each related asset, the **Related assets** panel also displays the **Impact analysis**, **Recovery tier**, **Recovery time objective** \(RTO\), and **Recovery point objective** \(RPO\) of the asset. The **Primary scope** panel shows the same information for the primary element. These values are copied from the Results section of the **Details** tab of the linked business impact analysis. The plan reflects the same recovery requirements established during the business impact analysis. If a finalized or adjusted RTO or RPO value exists on the business impact analysis, that value is shown instead of the system-calculated value. These fields are read-only on the plan and are updated whenever the business impact analysis changes or the plan dependencies are refreshed. For information about these fields, see [View business impact analysis details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/view-bia-details.md). ## Related plans After the assets are copied over to the plan, any plans attached to the related assets are automatically pulled and listed on the **Related Plans** tab. Assets in the plan are the entities that are to be recovered by the plan during the event. When the related plans are pulled into the planning phase, you can also create the recovery tasks. As a planner, you can set a sequence to the execution of the recovery tasks of the main plan and its dependent subplans.
| title | Assets and plans related to BCP |
| description | You can identify the assets and plans related to a business continuity plan. You can then recover the assets in your planning stage. Reuse the configuration item relationship data that flow from CMDB to business impact analysis \(BIA\) during dependency assessment to identify the assets in your plan. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/related-assets-related-plans.html |
| release | australia |
| topic_type | concept |
| last_updated | 2026-10-02 |
| reading_time_minutes | 2 |
| breadcrumb | Business continuity planningExploreBusiness Continuity ManagementGovernanceRiskand Compliance |