Associate a group to a business location
Associate a group with the desired business location by establishing a one-to-many (1:M) relationship. This association helps you assign cases directly to the appropriate assignment groups.
Before you begin
Note: A group can only be associated with a single business location, but a business location can have multiple groups.
Role required: admin
Procedure
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Navigate to All > Customer Service > Service Organizations > Business Locations > Internal/ External Business Locations.
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Select the internal or external business location from the list that you want to associate an assignment group to.
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In the Assignment Groups related list, select New.
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On the Organization Assignment Group form, fill in the fields.
Field Description Service organization Auto-populated with the name of the business location to which you’re adding an assignment group. Assignment group Name of the assignment group that is to be added. -
Select Submit.
What to do next
Add group members to a business location. For more information, see Add group members to a business location.
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title: Associate a group to a business location
description: Associate a group with the desired business location by establishing a one-to-many \(1:M\) relationship. This association helps you assign cases directly to the appropriate assignment groups.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/associate-a-group-to-a-business-location-so.html
release: brazil
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Setting up assignment groups, Configure Service Model Foundation, Data models, Set up your environment, Configure, Customer Service Management]
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# Associate a group to a business location
Associate a group with the desired business location by establishing a one-to-many \(1:M\) relationship. This association helps you assign cases directly to the appropriate assignment groups.
## Before you begin
**Note:** A group can only be associated with a single business location, but a business location can have multiple groups.
Role required: admin
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **All** > **Customer Service** > **Service Organizations** > **Business Locations** > **Internal/ External Business Locations**.
2. Select the internal or external business location from the list that you want to associate an assignment group to.
3. In the Assignment Groups related list, select **New**.
4. On the Organization Assignment Group form, fill in the fields.
|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Service organization|Auto-populated with the name of the business location to which you’re adding an assignment group.|
|Assignment group|Name of the assignment group that is to be added.|
5. Select **Submit**.
## What to do next
Add group members to a business location. For more information, see [Add group members to a business location](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/add-group-members-to-a-business-location-so.md).
| title | Associate a group to a business location |
| description | Associate a group with the desired business location by establishing a one-to-many \(1:M\) relationship. This association helps you assign cases directly to the appropriate assignment groups. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/associate-a-group-to-a-business-location-so.html |
| release | brazil |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Setting up assignment groupsConfigure Service Model FoundationData modelsSet up your environmentConfigureCustomer Service Management |