--- title: Create an engagement from Audit Workbench description: The Engagement Workbench provides a timeline view from which you can select an audit engagement to view details or create a new engagement. Audit managers create engagements directly from the Workbench to manage audit information and collect entities, controls, and control tests that are relevant to the audit. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/create-engagement-from-workbench.html release: australia product: Audit Management classification: audit-management topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Use the Audit Engagement, Manage engagements, Audit Management overview, Audit Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance] --- # Create an engagement from Audit Workbench The Engagement Workbench provides a timeline view from which you can select an audit engagement to view details or create a new engagement. Audit managers create engagements directly from the Workbench to manage audit information and collect entities, controls, and control tests that are relevant to the audit. ## Before you begin Role required: sn\_audit.admin or sn\_audit.manager ## Procedure 1. Navigate to **All** > **Audit** > **Engagements** > **Workbench**. 2. Click **Create Engagement**. 3. On the form, fill in the fields. |Field|Description| |-----|-----------| |Name|Name of the engagement.| |Engagement lead|User assigned to the engagement.| |Description|General description of the engagement.| |Objectives|Objectives of the engagement.| |Fieldwork planned start|Intended date the activity should begin.| |Fieldwork planned duration|Expected duration of this activity. As with actual duration, the planned duration shows total activity time and takes the activity schedule into consideration.| |Engagement planned start|Date that work on the engagement is expected to begin.| |Engagement planned end|Date that work on the engagement is expected to end.| |Auditors|Auditors assigned to the engagement.| |Approvers|Approvers assigned to the engagement.| 4. Click **Create**. **Parent Topic:**[Manage Audit Engagements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/c_AuditEngagementWorkbench.md)