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title: Create improvement initiatives from integrated applications
description: Create improvement initiatives from applications integrated with Continual Improvement Management to enable planning, implementation, monitoring, and impact assessment of improvements in a centralized framework.
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product: Continual Improvement Management
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Create improvement initiatives from integrated applications

Create improvement initiatives from applications integrated with Continual Improvement Management to enable planning, implementation, monitoring, and impact assessment of improvements in a centralized framework.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cim.improvement\_requester

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the application's records list.

    For example, navigate to **All** > **Benchmarks** > **Recommendation Setup** > **All** to open the Benchmarks records list.

2.  Find and open the record from which you want to create an improvement.

    **Note:** Records of applications integrated with CIM display the **Create Improvement Initiative** link in the Related Links section.

3.  Select **Create Improvement Initiative** in the Related Links section.

4.  Enter the field values in the Improvement Initiative form.

    For more information, see [Improvement field descriptions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/continual-improvement-management/cim-field-descriptions.md).

5.  Select **Submit**.


## Result

The improvement initiative is created and UI changes display on the source application record and on the initiative record. For more information, see [Updates after improvement initiative creation from integrated applications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/continual-improvement-management/ui-updates-initiative-from-app.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Create an improvement request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/continual-improvement-management/create-cim-request.md)