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title: Create a success goal category for software assets
description: Create a success goal category for adding the category to the Software Asset Management success goal.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/create-sam-suc-cat.html
release: australia
product: Software Asset Management
classification: software-asset-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Success portal view in Software Asset Workspace, Software Asset Workspace, Explore, Software Asset Management, IT Asset Management, Asset Management]
---

# Create a success goal category for software assets

Create a success goal category for adding the category to the Software Asset Management success goal.

## Before you begin

Role required: sam\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Software Asset Workspace** > **License operations** > **Success goals** > **Categories**.

2.  Select **New**.

3.  On the Success Goal Category form, fill in the category that you want to add and select the **Software asset category** check box.


## Result

The category that you add gets listed as an option in the **Category** field while creating a success goal for Software Asset Management. For more information, see [Create success goals for Software Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/create-success-goals.md).