---
title: Follow a control
description: Connect integrates with Policy and Compliance Management providing an overlay to the standard interface, allowing users to participate in conversations while they work and collaborate on the control record.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/follow-control.html
release: australia
product: Policy and Compliance Management
classification: policy-and-compliance-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage controls, Classic UI, Use, Policy and Compliance Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Follow a control

Connect integrates with Policy and Compliance Management providing an overlay to the standard interface, allowing users to participate in conversations while they work and collaborate on the control record.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_compliance.user or sn\_compliance.reader

For more information about Connect, see [Connect](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/c_Connect.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Policy and Compliance** > **Controls** > **All Controls**.

2.  Open the control record.

3.  Click **Follow** > **Following** and select one of the options from the drop-down.

    |Option|Action|
    |------|------|
    |**To add the Connect sidebar**|Click **Open Connect mini**.|
    |**To add the Connect full-screen view**|Click **Open Connect Full**.|