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title: Create a calculated metric definition
description: Create a calculated metric definition by aggregating the automatic metric definition and the manual metric definition.
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release: australia
product: GRC: Risk Management Workspace
classification: grc-risk-management-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Configuring metrics, GRC: Metrics in Integrated Risk Management, Risk Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Create a calculated metric definition

Create a calculated metric definition by aggregating the automatic metric definition and the manual metric definition.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_grc\_metric.manager, sn\_risk.user, and sn\_compliance.user

## About this task

Add the automatic metric definition and the manual metric definition as children to the parent calculated metric definition. Specify the frequency and the method to aggregate the two metric definitions.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Risk** > **Risk Workspace** > **Lists** > **Metrics** > **Calculated metric definitions**.

2.  Click **New**.

3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    For information about the fields, refer to [Calculated metric definition form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/calculated-metric-definition-reuse-irm.md).

4.  Click **Save**.


## Result

The metric definition is saved in the Metric definitions list.

## What to do next

You can associate an entity type, create metrics, and add citations to the metric definition. See [Update a metric definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/t_update-automated-metric-definition.md) for more information.

-   **[Calculated metric definition form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/calculated-metric-definition-reuse-irm.md)**  
The fields of the calculated metric definition form are explained in this topic.

**Parent Topic:**[Configuring metrics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/configuring-irm-metrics.md)