Associate existing RIDAC records for a project in Project Workspace

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read associate-ridac-project-workspace.md

Link existing RIDAC records to one another for your project in Project Workspace. A RIDAC record stands for Risks, Issues, Actions, Decisions, and Request Changes. Keep a record of risks or issues and their outcome for analysis at project closure and planning.

Before you begin

Role required: it_project_manager

About this task

You can associate one record with multiple different records. For example, you can link one issue record to multiple risk, decision, action, or request change records.

Procedure

Select the project for which you want to associate one RIDAC entry to another.

For information on how to navigate to a project in the Project Workspace, see Access the Project Workspace.
Open the RIDAC page of the project by selecting RIDAC from the list.
On the Project form, select Row context menu for an individual risk, issue, decision, action, or request change record.
Select Associate RIDAC.
On the Associate dialog box, from the Select type list, select the RIDAC record to which you want to associate the selected record.

For example, if you wanted to associate an issue to a decision, you would select Decision.
From the Associate to list, select the record number to which you want to associate the selected record.

For example, if you wanted to associate the selected issue to a decision (DCSN0001005), you would select DCSN0001005.
Select OK.

Parent Topic:Manage Risk, Issue, Decision, Action, or Request Change (RIDAC)

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title: Associate existing RIDAC records for a project in Project Workspace
description: Link existing RIDAC records to one another for your project in Project Workspace. A RIDAC record stands for Risks, Issues, Actions, Decisions, and Request Changes. Keep a record of risks or issues and their outcome for analysis at project closure and planning.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/associate-ridac-project-workspace.html
release: australia
product: Project Workspace
classification: project-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage RIDAC, Project Workspace, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Associate existing RIDAC records for a project in Project Workspace

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_project\_manager

## About this task

You can associate one record with multiple different records. For example, you can link one issue record to multiple risk, decision, action, or request change records.

## Procedure

1. Select the project for which you want to associate one RIDAC entry to another.

For information on how to navigate to a project in the Project Workspace, see [Access the Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/access-new-project-workspace.md).

2. Open the RIDAC page of the project by selecting **RIDAC** from the list.

3. On the Project form, select **Row context menu** for an individual risk, issue, decision, action, or request change record.

4. Select **Associate RIDAC**.

5. On the Associate dialog box, from the Select type list, select the RIDAC record to which you want to associate the selected record.

For example, if you wanted to associate an issue to a decision, you would select **Decision**.

6. From the Associate to list, select the record number to which you want to associate the selected record.

For example, if you wanted to associate the selected issue to a decision \(DCSN0001005\), you would select **DCSN0001005**.

7. Select **OK**.

**Parent Topic:**[Manage Risk, Issue, Decision, Action, or Request Change \(RIDAC\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/manage-ridac-pw.md)