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title: Add a metric category and metric in the question bank for assessments
description: Reuse the question categories \(metric categories\) and questions \(metrics\) added in the question bank for assessments. You can add metric categories or metrics from the question bank to an assessment, or from the assessment to a question bank.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/add-questionbank-assessment.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Assessment administrator tasks, Using assessments, Assessments, Assessments and Surveys, Exploring Service Administration, Service Administration, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Add a metric category and metric in the question bank for assessments

Reuse the question categories \(metric categories\) and questions \(metrics\) added in the question bank for assessments. You can add metric categories or metrics from the question bank to an assessment, or from the assessment to a question bank.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or assessment\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Assessments** > **Question Bank**.

2.  Click **New**.

3.  In the Metric Category form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Name|Name of the metric category.|
    |Description|Description of the metric category.|
    |Total metrics|Total number of metrics in the metric category. This number is automatically updated when you add or delete metrics from the category.|

4.  Right-click on the title bar and click **Save**.

5.  In the Assessment Metrics related list, click **New**.

6.  In the Assessment Metric form, fill the fields.

    For more information on assessment metric fields, refer to [.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/t_CreateAMetric.md)

7.  Click **Submit**.


-   **[Configure metric categories or metrics for an assessment using the question bank](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/configure-questionbank-assessment.md)**  
Reuse question categories \(metric categories\) and questions \(metrics\) from the **Question Bank** module while creating or updating an assessment.

**Parent Topic:**[Assessment administrator tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentProcess.md)