View an assessment metric category

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title: View an assessment metric category
description: View assessment metric categories that are used with assessment metric types and assessment metrics in generating the bubble charts on the Demand Workbench. The bubble charts help the demand managers to assess the demands visually.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/t\_CreateAnAssessmentCategory.html
release: australia
product: Demand Management
classification: demand-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Set up, Configure, Demand Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# View an assessment metric category

View assessment metric categories that are used with assessment metric types and assessment metrics in generating the bubble charts on the Demand Workbench. The bubble charts help the demand managers to assess the demands visually.

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_pps\_admin

## About this task

The Demand Management application comes with an assessment metric type named **Demand**, five default assessment metric categories, and assessment metrics.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Project Administration** > **Settings** > **Assessments Metric Categories**.

2.  Open an assessment metric category to review it.

    The following default assessment metric categories are available with the Demand Management.

    |Assessment metric category|Data source|Description|
    |--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
    |**Size**|**T-Shirt size** field on the [Demand](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/t_CreatingDemands.md) form.|Assesses demand size relative to the size of other demands.|
    |**Strategic Alignment**|[View an assessment category result](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/t_ViewACategoryResult.md) field in the assessment category result for the Strategic Alignment metric category.|Assesses how closely the demand aligns with strategic goals of the organization compared to other demands.|
    |**Risk**|**Rating** field in the assessment category result for the Risk metric category.|Assesses demand risks compared to other demands.|
    |**ROI**|**Impact** and **Financial return** fields on the Demand form.|Assesses demand return on investment compared to other demands.|
    |**Cost**|**Labor costs**, **Capital expense**, and **Operating expense** fields on the Demand form.|Assesses demand cost compared to other demands.|


**Parent Topic:**[Set up Demand Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/c_SettingUpDemandManagement.md)

**Previous topic:**[Populate the stakeholder registry](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/t_PopulatingTheStakeholderRegistry.md)

**Next topic:**[Configure a widget for the financial metrics of a demand](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/configure-widget-demand-financials.md)