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title: Remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace
description: A Remediation Effort is a set of records that are associated with a watch topic. The records listed on a remediation effort are static. They are not updated by new import data or changes that you make to watch topics.
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# Remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace

A Remediation Effort is a set of records that are associated with a watch topic. The records listed on a remediation effort are static. They are not updated by new import data or changes that you make to watch topics.

Role required:

-   sn\_vul.vulnerability\_analyst, or sn\_vul.vulnerability\_admin for host vulnerable items \(VITs\)
-   sn\_vul.app\_sec\_manager for application vulnerable items \(AVITs\)
-   sn\_vul\_container.vulnerability\_analyst or sn\_vul\_container.vulnerability\_admin for container vulnerable items \(CVITs\)
-   sn\_vulc.admin for configuration test results \(CTRs\)

With **Active** selected under the **Remediation efforts** list on the List page, click a remediation effort link to open it. To categorize the Remediation efforts into host vulnerable items \(VITs\), application vulnerable items \(AVITs\), container vulnerable items \(CVITs\), and configuration test results \(CTRs\), select the three dots menu on the **Record Type** column and then select **Group by Record type**.

The related list items on the remediation effort record permit you to view overall remediation progress and status on the records associated with it.

-   On the **Overview** tab, monitor the records associated with this remediation effort that have been closed over time. To the right of the record, click the filter icon on the graph to see the filters applied to the data visualization.
-   On the **Details** tab, view details about the remediation effort including its associated watch topic and status \(Active or Inactive\). You can deactivate a remediation effort from this page. If you deactivate the remediation effort before all the records are closed, any active records become available to add to new remediation efforts.
-   On the **Remediation Tasks** tab, view the Remediation Tasks associated with this remediation effort. See the percentage of the records associated with this task that are remediated.
-   On the **Vulnerable Items** tab, view the records associated with this remediation effort. When all the records in a remediation task are completed and closed, the remediation effort transitions to Inactive. When a remediation effort is inactive, all the closed records associated with the remediation effort aren’t available to add to new remediation efforts.

    **Note:** The **Vulnerable Items** tab appears for the remediation efforts that are associated with watch topics in the Host Vulnerabilities, Application Vulnerabilities, and Container Vulnerabilities modules.

-   On the **Configuration Test Results** tab, view the Configuration Test Results associated with the Remediation Effort. When all the records in a remediation task are completed and closed, the remediation effort transitions to Inactive. When a remediation effort is inactive, all the closed records associated with the remediation effort aren’t available to add to new remediation efforts.

    **Note:** The **Configuration Test Results** tab appears for the remediation efforts that are associated with the watch topics in the Configuration Test Results module.


For more details and UI actions you can perform from a remediation effort, see [Use Remediation Effort records](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-manager-workspace/vr-ws-remed-eff-rcd-duplicate.md).

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