Create a watch topic in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace

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title: Create a watch topic in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace
description: Vulnerability managers and analysts can create watch topics using a set of conditions to filter out subsets of records \(VITs, AVITs, CVITs or CTRs\) that they want to monitor.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-manager-workspace/vr-ws-create-wt.html
release: australia
product: Vulnerability Manager Workspace
classification: vulnerability-manager-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Use watch topics in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace, Monitoring and managing vulnerable items and test results in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace, Vulnerability Manager Workspace, Vulnerability Response Workspaces, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations]
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# Create a watch topic in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace

Vulnerability managers and analysts can create watch topics using a set of conditions to filter out subsets of records \(VITs, AVITs, CVITs or CTRs\) that they want to monitor.

## Before you begin

Role required:

-   sn\_vul.vulnerability\_analyst, or sn\_vul.vulnerability\_admin for host vulnerable items \(VITs\)
-   sn\_vul.app\_sec\_manager for application vulnerable items \(AVITs\)
-   sn\_vul\_container.vulnerability\_analyst or sn\_vul\_container.vulnerability\_admin for container vulnerable items \(CVITs\)
-   sn\_vulc.admin for configuration test results \(CTRs\)

## About this task

On the Overview tab of watch topics, a trending report that is updated nightly, along with other reports, show the current status of the records for that watch topic.

**Note:** Starting with v19.0 of Vulnerability Response, the following terms have been renamed:

|Terminology prior to v19.0|Terminology v19.0 onwards|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|Test Result Groups|Remediation Tasks|
|Configuration Issues|Configuration Test Results|
|Policy|Test group|

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Vulnerability Response** > **Vulnerability Manager Workspace** > **Watch Topics**.

2.  Alternatively, to the right of the Create remediation effort button, click the three dots \[Omitted image "dlp-threedot-icon.png"\] Alt text: More icon, followed by edit to modify an existing watch topic.

    **Note:** You might notice a delay before current data is displayed for a watch topic after you change the filtering.

3.  In the lower left of the page, select **Create Watch Topic**.

4.  In the modal that displays, fill in the fields.

    For more information on the Create watch topic modal fields, see[Create Watch Topic form fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-manager-workspace/vr-ws-create-wt-fields.md).

5.  Define conditions for the selected record category.

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Steps

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**Host Vulnerabilities**

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In the **Vulnerable Item Condition**, define conditions to identify the host vulnerabilities.

 The host vulnerabilities are detected based on the set conditions.

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**Application Vulnerabilities**

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In the **Application Vulnerable Item Condition**, define conditions to identify the host vulnerabilities.

 The application vulnerabilities \(or AVITs\) are detected based on the set conditions.

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**Container Vulnerabilities**

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In the **Container Vulnerable Item Condition**, define conditions to identify the host vulnerabilities.

 The container vulnerabilities \(CVITs\) are detected based on the set conditions.

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**Configuration Test Results**

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In the **Configuration Test Results Condition**, define conditions to identify the configuration issues.

 The configuration test results are detected based on the set conditions.

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</table>    **Note:** If you don't set any conditions in your watch topic, no data is pulled to the dashboard.

6.  Click **Submit**.

    Your new watch topic is displayed on the Home landing page. The watch topics are categorized by record type in the navigation pane.

    \[Omitted image "vr-ws-landing-page-v18.png"\] Alt text: Version 19.0 Vulnerability Manager Workspace Home page


## What to do next

Create a remediation effort.

**Parent Topic:**[Use watch topics in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-manager-workspace/vr-ws-wtopic-ui-options.md)