{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":16370,"path":"governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/create-control-test-engagement-ws.md","title":"Create a control test from an engagement in Audit Workspace","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Create a control test from an engagement in Audit Workspace\n\nCreate a control test that runs periodically and provides documented evidence of whether the associated control is operating correctly or not.\n\n## Before you begin\n\nRole required: sn\\_audit.manager, sn\\_audit\\_ws.supervisor\n\n## Procedure\n\n1. Navigate to **All** > **Audit** > **Audit Workspace**.\n\n2. Select the lists icon \\(\\[Omitted image \"ListsIcon.jpg\"\\] Alt text: List icon.\\).\n\n3. Select **All engagements** or **My engagements** in the Execution list.\n\n Assign an audit task to an engagement that is in one of the following states:\n\n - Validate\n - Fieldwork\n4. Select the link to the engagement record in the **Name** column.\n\n The engagement record details open in the **Overview** tab.\n\n5. Select the Audit tasks related list.\n\n6. Click the grouped button below the related lists and select **New control test** from the list.\n\n7. On the form, fill in the fields.\n\n\n
\n\nField\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n
\n\nNumber\n\n\n\nUnique identification number.\n\n
\n\nName\n\n\n\nName of the control test.\n\n
\n\nParent\n\n\n\nParent engagement.\n\n
\n\nTest plan\n\n\n\nTest plan associated with this control test.\n\n
\n\nState\n\n\n\nState of the control test. The default state is **Open**.\n\n
\n\nControl effectiveness\n\n\n\nControl effectiveness.\n\n
\n\nIssue\n\n\n\nIssue related to this control test.\n\n
\n\nAssignment\n\n
\n\nAssigned to\n\n\n\nUser assigned to the control test.\n\n
\n\nSchedule\n\n
\n\nPlanned start date\n\n\n\nIntended start date of the control test.\n\n
\n\nPlanned end date\n\n\n\nIntended end date of the control test.\n\n
\n\nPlanned duration\n\n\n\nExpected duration of the control test. As with actual duration, the planned duration shows total activity time and takes the control test schedule into consideration.\n\n
\n\nActual start date\n\n\n\nActual start date of the control test.\n\n
\n\nActual end date\n\n\n\nActual end date of the control test.\n\n
\n\nActual duration\n\n\n\nDuration of the control test from control test start to control test closure.\n\n
\n\nDesign test\n\n
\n\nDesign effectiveness\n\n\n\n- None\n- Effective\n- Ineffective\n\n\n
\n\nDesign expectations\n\n\n\nBasic requirement that should be met for a control to be effective. This field checks if the control was designed properly to achieve the control objective.\n\n
\n\nDesign assessment procedures\n\n\n\nProcedure or steps to be followed to conclude whether the design of the control is effective to achieve the control objective or not. This procedure is based on the design expectation.\n\n
\n\nDesign results\n\n\n\nResults of testing the design of the control based on the design assessment procedure.\n\n
\n\nOperational test\n\n
\n\nOperating effectiveness\n\n\n\n- None\n- Effective\n- Ineffective\n\n\n
\n\nOperational expectations\n\n\n\nExpectations that should be met to ensure that the control is operating effectively to achieve the control objective.\n\n
\n\nOperational assessment procedures\n\n\n\nDetailed steps, to carry out the operational expectations, which must be performed to conclude that the control is operating successfully.\n\n
\n\nOperational results\n\n\n\nResults of testing the operation of the control based on the operation assessment procedure.\n\n
\n\nActivity\n\n
\n\nWork notes \\(Private\\)\n\n\n\nComments that the audit manager and audit supervisor can only view.\n\n
\n\nAdditional comments\n\n\n\nComments that customers can also view.\n\n
\n\nConfidentiality\n\n
\n\nConfidential\n\n\n\nOption to enable confidentiality of the record. Only the assigned confidential users or confidential groups of users can access the record.For more information on the confidential option, see [Confidentiality flag for audit and compliance records](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/audit-management/confidentiality-flag-audit-pc.md).\n\n
8. Select **Save**.\n\n You can view the description and monitor the state of the control test in the **State** banner of the Overview page. The state updates as the record progresses through the control test process flows.\n\n9. To record individual assessment procedures for this control test, select the **Test steps** related list, then select **New**.\n\n Fill in **Identifier**, **Assessment objective**, and **Objective effectiveness** for each test step.\n\n\n"}}