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title: Trigger Smart Assessment flow action
description: Use the Trigger Smart Assessment flow action in Workflow Studio to generate and assign assessments from a published Smart Assessment Engine template.
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# Trigger Smart Assessment flow action

Use the Trigger Smart Assessment flow action in Workflow Studio to generate and assign assessments from a published Smart Assessment Engine template.

The Trigger Smart Assessment flow action is available in Workflow Studio after the Smart Assessment Connected \(com.sn\_smart\_asmt\_conn\) plugin is activated.

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Action name

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Description

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Trigger Smart Assessment

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Flow action that generates and assigns assessment instances from a published assessment template. The flow action takes the assessment template, assessors, scope items, and optional settings such as due date, duration, duplicate handling, and assessment group as input and creates one or more assessment instances. Each scope item specifies a table and record that the assessment is applied to.

 For details on the input fields, see [Trigger Smart Assessment action form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/smart-assessment-engine/sae-smart-asmnt-action-form.md).

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