Schedule and run an audit

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title: Schedule and run an audit
description: The system performs audits automatically from the schedule you configure.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c\_AuditScheduling.html
release: australia
product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\)
classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Certification audits, CMDB Compliance, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Schedule and run an audit

The system performs audits automatically from the schedule you configure.

Users with the certification\_admin or admin role can generate on-demand audits directly from the Audit form by clicking **Run Audit**. When an audit runs, ServiceNow populates the **Audit Results** related list in the form and shows follow-on tasks, if any, in the **Follow On Tasks** related list. Click **Preview Audit Results** to generate an audit preview that tests your template conditions without generating any audit results.