Create IoC Lookup Request activity

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title: Create IoC Lookup Request activity
description: The Create IoC Lookup Request activity can be used with any workflow to create a malware lookup request for added or modified IoC fields.
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# Create IoC Lookup Request activity

The **Create IoC Lookup Request** activity can be used with any workflow to create a malware lookup request for added or modified IoC fields.

## Results

Possible results for this activity are:

|Result|Description|
|------|-----------|
|Success|Lookup request created.|
|Failure|Lookup request not created.|

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|iocString|JSON formatted IoC information. IP, hash, url.|
|siId|Security incident system identifier|

## Output variables

The output variables contain data that can be used in subsequent activities.

|Variable|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|scnReqID|Lookup request identifier|

**Parent Topic:**[Create Lookup Request for IoC Changes workflow](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/security-management/security-incident-response/t_CreateScanRequestforIoCChanges.md)