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title: Create a smart assessment template for risk identification
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# Create a smart assessment template for risk identification

Create a smart assessment template for risk identification using the Smart Assessment Engine application.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_risk.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Assessment Workspace**.

2.  On the Assessment workspace landing page, select **New template** and then fill in the Template details form.

<table id="table_krg_p53_2yb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

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

Template name

</td><td>

Unique meaningful name for the template.

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

Assessment name

</td><td>

Option to include alternative name for generated assessments. The respondent sees this name rather than the template name.**Note:** The **Assessment name** field is available when you select the add text \[Omitted image "sae-add-text.png"\] Alt text: Add text icon. icon.

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

Description

</td><td>

Text that helps others to understand what the template will be used for.

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

Assessment template categories

</td><td>

Category that the new assessment template should be a member of. You must select `Risk identification category`.

Template purposes enforce data segregation for templates. A purpose controls which users can view a template. Each assessment template is associated with a purpose. To view a template within a specific purpose, you must have a category role associated with that purpose.

See [Create an assessment template category](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/smart-assessment-engine/sae-asmnt-template-category-create.md)**Note:** You can create an assessment only from a published assessment template.

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

Assessment target

</td><td>

The table records selected to be assessed, otherwise known as the assessment scope. Multiple tables can be added as the assessment target making the scope a combination of records from each table. You must select `Entity`.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>3.  Select **Create**.


**Parent Topic:**[Application risk assessment using Advanced Risk Assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/risk-and-apm-better-together.md)

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