Working with the CAB Workbench

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title: Working with the CAB Workbench
description: Use the CAB Workbench to review and authorize change requests and review recently implemented changes.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/change-management/using-cab-workbench-cf.html
release: australia
product: Change Management
classification: change-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Use, Change Management, IT Service Management]
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# Working with the CAB Workbench

Use the CAB Workbench to review and authorize change requests and review recently implemented changes.

-   **[Create a CAB definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/define-your-cab.md)**  
A Change Advisory Board \(CAB\) definition is similar to a recurring meeting invitation. When you define a CAB definition, it determines the attributes that are associated with all CAB meetings generated from that definition.
-   **[View the CAB calendar](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/view-cab-workbench.md)**  
The CAB calendar provides an overview of your CAB meeting schedule to help with planning and managing CAB meetings.
-   **[Create a single CAB meeting occurrence](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/create-a-cab-meeting.md)**  
Create an individual Change Advisory Board \(CAB\) meeting occurrence.
-   **[CAB meeting attendance using the CAB Workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/attend-cab-meeting-using-cab-workbench.md)**  
Users with the itil role can attend Change Advisory Board \(CAB\) meetings from the CAB Workbench to follow the current agenda item and view the change schedule. Approvers can also approve or reject change requests.
-   **[Add CAB meeting agenda items](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/add-new-agenda-items.md)**  
You can add an agenda item to your CAB meeting to customize the agenda and make the meeting more effective.
-   **[CAB meeting management using the CAB Workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/manage-cab-meeting-using-cab-workbench.md)**  
As a Change Advisory Board \(CAB\) manager, you can view and manage details of a CAB meeting and its agenda items through the CAB Workbench.

**Parent Topic:**[Using Change Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/using-change-management.md)