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# Remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace

# Remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Zurich  
Updated July 31, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read  
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)
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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.

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For more details and UI actions you can perform from a remediation effort, see [Use Remediation Effort records](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/CVGLLUSUurnpuvJOkvKsig "When Vulnerability managers and analysts create remediation efforts (REs), remediation Tasks (VUL, AVUL, CVUL, and CRG) are automatically assigned to IT teams for remediation.").
**Related concepts**   

* [Life cycles of remediation efforts, remediation tasks, and records in the Vulnerability Response Workspaces](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/sb_ES8bpx0MTXE~5b1fpUQ "The states of records and their associated remediation tasks (RTs) are impacted if records are deferred, resolved, reopened, and transferred to other remediation efforts (REs).")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Create a remediation effort in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/36NwyUU7c_GCAKgO8ccD1g "A remediation effort record is a static list of records that you create from a watch topic in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace.")
* [Create a remediation task on-demand from Remediation Effort in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/NFyUXpDyNtiawydsyGT3Mw "Create a remediation task on-demand from a remediation effort. If you create a remediation task on-demand, you choose the records you want to add manually.")
* [Create a recurring remediation effort in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/MKF~DTB9SHvVmmvBQHqORw "You can create and schedule recurring remediation efforts that are generated automatically on the dates and times that you set.")
* [Transfer records to remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KAalwMDE6ky1GZ3PLb09_Q "You can transfer records from existing remediation efforts into new remediation efforts in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace.")