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title: Action form
description: Use an action form to add an action to a demand.
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release: australia
product: Demand Management
classification: demand-management
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Demand Management forms, Reference, Demand Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Action form

Use an action form to add an action to a demand.

<table id="tbl_RiskFields"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Number

</td><td>

System-generated number with a configurable prefix.

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

Current state of the action. All new action records are created with the state set to Open.The available states are: Pending, Open, Work in Progress, Closed Complete, Closed Incomplete, and Closed Skipped

</td></tr><tr><td>

Priority

</td><td>

Urgency for implementing or approving the action based on impact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Estimated Cost

</td><td>

Estimated cost the action generates.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Impact

</td><td>

The impact on the outcome of the demand if you don’t implement the action.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approval

</td><td>

Status of approval from the stakeholders for the action. The available options are: Not Yet Requested, Requested, Approved, and Rejected.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Assigned to

</td><td>

Primary resource assigned to implement the action.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Due date

</td><td>

Requested date on which the action must be approved or implemented.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Parent

</td><td>

The demand to which this action belongs.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Short description

</td><td>

Brief description of the action such as what the action entails, how to implement the action, who it affects, and the action outcome. Select the Suggestion icon \[Omitted image "demand-suggestion-icon.png"\] Alt text: to select a description from the list of predefined actions.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Details of the action and its potential impact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Work notes

</td><td>

Information about the action. Add work notes to communicate about the status of action approval, rejection, or implementation with other users.

</td></tr></tbody>
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