Claims for reporting fields

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Learn about the fields of the Claims for reporting form. Use this form to create a new claim.

Field	Description
Name	Name of the claim.
Start date	The date when the claim process or period begins.
End date	The date when the claim process or period ends.
Due date	The date by which the claim needs to be completed.
Owner type	The category or classification of the owner responsible for the claim (e.g., individual, team).
Owner	The person or entity responsible for managing or overseeing the claim. This field appears only when User is selected in the Owner type field.
Owner Group	The group or department to which the owner belongs.This field appears only when Group is selected in the Owner type field.
Group	The group of the claims that shows the classification of the claim.
Subgroup	A more specific categorization within the group.
Claim	The specific statement or assertion being made about an achievement, commitment, event, or activity performed by your organization.
Footnotes	Additional explanatory notes or references related to the claim, providing further context or supporting information.
Approval required	Option to indicate if an approval is required for the metric definition.Note: When the Approval required option is enabled, the Approver type and Approver fields are displayed.
Approver assignment type	The method or rule used to assign an approver to the claim (e.g., simple, advanced)
Approver type	Specifies the type of approver for the metric definition. The choices are as follows:- User User group Note: This field appears only when Simple is selected in the Approver assignment type field.
Approver	Approver user or approver group that is responsible to approve the metric definition. The choices are as follows:- Approver: Displayed when the User option is selected. Approver group: Displayed when the User option is selected. Note: This field appears only when Simple is selected in the Approver assignment type field.
Additional comments	Any extra remarks or observations related to the claim.

**Parent Topic:**[Create or edit a claim](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/environmental-social-governance/create-or-edit-a-claim.md)

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title: Claims for reporting fields
description: Learn about the fields of the Claims for reporting form. Use this form to create a new claim.
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# Claims for reporting fields

Learn about the fields of the **Claims for reporting** form. Use this form to create a new claim.

<table id="table_vkv_rz2_2gc"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the claim.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Start date

</td><td>

The date when the claim process or period begins.

</td></tr><tr><td>

End date

</td><td>

The date when the claim process or period ends.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Due date

</td><td>

The date by which the claim needs to be completed.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Owner type

</td><td>

The category or classification of the owner responsible for the claim \(e.g., individual, team\).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Owner

</td><td>

The person or entity responsible for managing or overseeing the claim. This field appears only when **User** is selected in the **Owner type** field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Owner Group

</td><td>

The group or department to which the owner belongs.This field appears only when **Group** is selected in the **Owner type** field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Group

</td><td>

The group of the claims that shows the classification of the claim.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Subgroup

</td><td>

A more specific categorization within the group.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Claim

</td><td>

The specific statement or assertion being made about an achievement, commitment, event, or activity performed by your organization.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Footnotes

</td><td>

Additional explanatory notes or references related to the claim, providing further context or supporting information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approval required

</td><td>

Option to indicate if an approval is required for the metric definition.**Note:** When the **Approval required** option is enabled, the **Approver type** and **Approver** fields are displayed.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approver assignment type

</td><td>

The method or rule used to assign an approver to the claim \(e.g., simple, advanced\)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approver type

</td><td>

Specifies the type of approver for the metric definition. The choices are as follows:-   **User**
-   **User group**

**Note:** This field appears only when **Simple** is selected in the **Approver assignment type** field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approver

</td><td>

Approver user or approver group that is responsible to approve the metric definition. The choices are as follows:-   **Approver**: Displayed when the User option is selected.
-   **Approver group**: Displayed when the User option is selected.

**Note:** This field appears only when **Simple** is selected in the **Approver assignment type** field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Additional comments

</td><td>

Any extra remarks or observations related to the claim.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Parent Topic:**[Create or edit a claim](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/environmental-social-governance/create-or-edit-a-claim.md)