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title: Associate a system property with a tracing system
description: Associate a system property with a tracing system to enable additional control on the use of the tracing system's data source.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Emergency Exposure Management
classification: emergency-exposure-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Tracing systems in Emergency Exposure Management, Set up Emergency Exposure Management, Emergency Exposure Management, Emergency Response Management, Employee Service Management]
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# Associate a system property with a tracing system

Associate a system property with a tracing system to enable additional control on the use of the tracing system's data source.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

For a list of system properties associated with various tracing systems, see [System properties for tracing systems in Emergency Exposure Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/emergency-exposure-management/list-of-tracing-system-sys-properties.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Emergency Exposure Management** > **Administration** > **Tracing Systems**.

2.  Open a tracing system to associate a system property.

    To associate a new system property with the tracing system, create it by clicking **New** in the System Properties related list and filling in the System Property form.

    For more information about the System Property form fields, see [Add a system property](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/t_AddAPropertyUsingSysPropsList.md).

3.  Associate a system property with the tracing system.

    1.  In the System Properties related list, click **Edit**.

    2.  On the Edit Members form, move the required system properties from the **Collection** column to the**System Properties List** column.

    3.  Click **Save**.