Managing Actions
The owner of the action plan must define actions enabling execution of the action plan. The owner can create actions and assign these.
An action is included in an action plan and represents a transformation or processing in an organization or system.Creating Actions
To create an action from an action plan:
1. In the navigation menu, select My Tasks > Action Plans/Recommendations > Action Plans to Implement .
2. Open the properties of the action plan that interests you.
3. In the Actions section, click New.
4. In the action properties, complete fields:
• Priority: enables indication of a level. Priority can be: "Low", "Medium", "High" or "Critical".
• Owner: responsible for the action as specified by the action plan creator.
• Owner Entity: entity responsible for action plan implementation.
5. You can specify milestones, which are important dates of the action.
• Planned Begin Date
• Planned End Date
6. Click OK.
The action is created with "Created" status.
Defining action scope
An action can concern one or several objects of control, risk or application type.
For example, to define the controls that will be executed in the framework of the action:
1. Open the properties of the action.
2. Expand the Scope section.
3. Connect the controls you want to install.