Desired State reporting
The Desired State application includes reports to assess your audit results.
These reports are available to all users whose role gives them access to the Reporting application. Users with the admin role can share these reports with specific users of groups or change the display options.
Navigate to Reports > View / Run. In the Reports search field, enter all or part of the report name such as Desired State. You can also scroll to the designated category and select one of the reports.
In addition to these reports, you can generate your own reports.
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Report |
Description |
Category |
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Desired State Discrepancies |
This report displays all desired state audit results that have a follow-on task that is not yet in the Closed Complete state. This report displays by column name.- Type: bar chart
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Audit Result |
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Desired State Result with Stability Unstable |
This report displays all audit results where the Stability field has the value Unstable. This report displays by CI and stacked by audit.- Type: bar chart
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Audit Result |
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Desired State Result with Threshold Exceeded |
This report displays all audit results where the Threshold field has the value Exceeded. This report displays by CI and stacks by each audit.- Type: bar chart
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Audit Result |
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Upcoming Desired State Audits |
This report displays the desired state audits that are scheduled to run in the next two quarters.- Type: List (tabular) report
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Audit |
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30/60/90 Day Desired State Task Aging |
This report displays the number of follow-on tasks that are not Closed Complete for desired state audit types. The report is grouped by aging level.- Type: Horizontal bar chart
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Follow On Task |
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Desired State Hierarchical Task Roll Up |
This report displays similar data to the Task Aging report, but groups the results by manager.- Type: Horizontal bar chart
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Follow On Task |
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Outstanding Desired State Tasks |
This report displays similar data to Task Aging report, but groups the results by short description.- Type: List (tabular) report
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Follow On Task |
--- title: Desired State reporting description: The Desired State application includes reports to assess your audit results. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/r\_DesiredStateReporting.html release: australia product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\) classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Desired State, CMDB Compliance, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities] --- # Desired State reporting The Desired State application includes reports to assess your audit results. These reports are available to all users whose role gives them access to the Reporting application. Users with the admin role can share these reports with specific users of groups or change the display options. Navigate to **Reports** > **View / Run**. In the Reports search field, enter all or part of the report name such as `Desired State`. You can also scroll to the designated category and select one of the reports. In addition to these reports, you can generate your own reports. <table id="table_axy_lr5_cq"><thead><tr><th> Report </th><th> Description </th><th> Category </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Desired State Discrepancies </td><td> This report displays all desired state audit results that have a follow-on task that is not yet in the Closed Complete state. This report displays by column name.- Type: bar chart - Table: Audit Result \[cert\_audit\_result\] </td><td> Audit Result </td></tr><tr><td> Desired State Result with Stability Unstable </td><td> This report displays all audit results where the Stability field has the value Unstable. This report displays by CI and stacked by audit.- Type: bar chart - Table: Audit Result \[cert\_audit\_result\] </td><td> Audit Result </td></tr><tr><td> Desired State Result with Threshold Exceeded </td><td> This report displays all audit results where the Threshold field has the value Exceeded. This report displays by CI and stacks by each audit.- Type: bar chart - Table: Audit Result \[cert\_audit\_result\] </td><td> Audit Result </td></tr><tr><td> Upcoming Desired State Audits </td><td> This report displays the desired state audits that are scheduled to run in the next two quarters.- Type: List \(tabular\) report - Table: Audit \[cert\_audit\] </td><td> Audit </td></tr><tr><td> 30/60/90 Day Desired State Task Aging </td><td> This report displays the number of follow-on tasks that are not Closed Complete for desired state audit types. The report is grouped by aging level.- Type: Horizontal bar chart - Table: Follow On Task \[cert\_follow\_on\_task\] </td><td> Follow On Task </td></tr><tr><td> Desired State Hierarchical Task Roll Up </td><td> This report displays similar data to the Task Aging report, but groups the results by manager.- Type: Horizontal bar chart - Table: Follow On Task \[cert\_follow\_on\_task\] </td><td> Follow On Task </td></tr><tr><td> Outstanding Desired State Tasks </td><td> This report displays similar data to Task Aging report, but groups the results by short description.- Type: List \(tabular\) report - Table: Follow On Task \[cert\_follow\_on\_task\] </td><td> Follow On Task </td></tr></tbody> </table>
| title | Desired State reporting |
| description | The Desired State application includes reports to assess your audit results. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/r\_DesiredStateReporting.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\) |
| classification | configuration-management-database-cmdb |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Desired StateCMDB ComplianceConfiguration Management Database \(CMDB\)Configuration ManagementExtend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities |