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title: Associate a PA indicator with risks and controls
description: You can associate Performance Analytics indicators with risks and controls to analyze trends related to the entity that risk or control belongs to.
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# Associate a PA indicator with risks and controls

You can associate Performance Analytics indicators with risks and controls to analyze trends related to the entity that risk or control belongs to.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_risk.manager or sn\_compliance.manager

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to one of the following locations:

    -   **Policy and Compliance** > **Controls** > **All Controls**.
    -   **Risk** > **Risk Register** > **All Risks**.
2.  Open a risk or control.

3.  In the **PA Indicators** related list, click **New**.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

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

Field

</th><th>

Description

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

PA Indicator

</td><td>

Performance analytics indicator to associate the Risk or Control with.

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

Breakdown

</td><td>

Break down to view a specific trend based on the breakdown element.

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

Element

</td><td>

Break down element to view a particular trend and scorecard. **Note:** This field depends on the **Breakdown** field being populated. When visible, it is mandatory.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>5.  Click **Submit**.

    On the Risk or Control form, in the **PA Indicators** related list, you see the associated indicator. You can optionally click **View Indicator** on the desired indicator to see the Performance Analytics scorecard of the indicator.


**Parent Topic:**[Monitor risks using GRC Performance Analytics Indicators](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/pa-indicators-risk.md)