---
title: Link Action tasks
description: Link Action tasks for existing impacted areas from within a regulatory change task or directly through the regulatory alert.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/regulatory-change-management-service-portal/link-action-tasks.html
release: australia
product: Regulatory Change Management Service Portal
classification: regulatory-change-management-service-portal
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Change tasks, Manage regulatory tasks, Regulatory Change Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Link Action tasks

Link Action tasks for existing impacted areas from within a regulatory change task or directly through the regulatory alert.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_grc\_reg\_change.user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Regulatory Change Management** > **Compliance Workspace**.

2.  Go to **List** > **Regulatory alerts** > **All assigned alerts**.

3.  Select and open the required regulatory alert.

4.  On the **Regulatory tasks** tab, select and open the required regulatory change task.

5.  Navigate to the **Action tasks** tab on a regulatory change task.

6.  Select **Link action tasks**.

7.  Select the impacted areas for which you want to create action tasks.

8.  Select **Add**.

    \[Omitted image "link-action-tasks.png"\] Alt text: Create action tasks for impacted areas.


## Result

An action task is created for each of the selected impacted areas within the specific regulatory task.

Impacted areas such as a citation, control objective, control, or policy, displays the linked action task in its **Regulatory action tasks** tab.

Linking action tasks automates task assignment for each impacted area, ensuring accountability and streamlined execution of regulatory requirements across the organization.

## What to do next

After the action tasks are created, the tasks appear in the list for the owners. The owner works on the action tasks and closes them.