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# Configure

# Configuring Business Continuity Management {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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## Summary of Configuring Business Continuity Management

Configuring the Business Continuity Management (BCM) application enables organizations to effectively manage business continuity tasks.
Administrators with the BCM role are responsible for installation and setup, which involves obtaining the application from the ServiceNow Store and performing specific configuration tasks.
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## Key Features

* **Application Installation:** Install BCM from the ServiceNow Store. Note that installing related GRC applications also installs BCM core components.
* **User Role Assignment:** Ensure users are assigned the necessary roles for BCM operation.
* **Business Impact Analysis Setup:** Complete setup using the BIA administrator role, allowing assignment of a BCM lead during analysis creation.
* **Business Continuity Plan Setup:** Use the BCP administrator role for setup, with options to assign a BCM lead in the BCP form.
* **PDF Template Formatting:** Format templates for BIAs, BCPs, and events.
* **360° Relationship Configuration:** Set up relationship registries and views for comprehensive management.
* **Notification Setup:** Configure notifications using Everbridge.
* **Crisis Map Setup:** Set up a crisis map for effective incident response.
* **UI Builder Configuration:** Review setup tasks and information related to UI Builder for customizing the user interface.

## Key Outcomes

By following these configuration steps, ServiceNow customers will enable their organizations to efficiently manage business continuity processes, ensuring preparedness and response capabilities are optimized. Proper setup allows for streamlined operations, enhanced communication, and effective documentation during business continuity incidents.  
Configure the Business Continuity Management application to perform the business continuity tasks for your organization.

## Configuration overview {#configuring-business-continuity-management__section_prm_n45_dyb}

Configuring Business Continuity Management involves installing the application from ServiceNow® Store and setting it up by the administrators.  
Note:  
If you have the BCM role, you can perform the setup tasks that are described in this section.

* Install the Business Continuity Management application from store. For more information, see [Install Business Continuity Management from ServiceNow Store](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/wT80kuAWzfMGgeHjRaWmNA "You can install the Business Continuity Management application if you have the admin role. This application includes demo data and installs the related store applications if they are not already installed.").  
  Note:  
  Installing GRC: Business Impact Analysis, GRC: Business Continuity Planning, or GRC: Crisis Management automatically installs GRC: Business Continuity Management -- Core and GRC: Business Continuity Management -- Components.
* Verify that you have assigned users with the required roles. For detailed instructions and a list of roles, see [Components installed with Business Continuity Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/W617d1xYlCLmflCh64UGoQ#installed-with-bcm "Several types of components are installed with activation of the Business Continuity Management application.").
* Set up the Business Continuity Management application by performing the administrative tasks with the BCM administrator role. For more information, see [General administration setup for BCM](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/wc6ENySVLZYRtesQX7qLXA "If you are the BCM administrator, you can set up the Business Continuity Management application by performing certain administrative tasks.").  
  Note:  
  You can view My tasks page configurations and Properties in the General Administration setup.
* Complete the setup for a business impact analysis by performing the administrative tasks with the BIA administrator role. For more information, see [Setup for a business impact analysis](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/7AqLK1PbYtXbHgvaQuKZ_A "The administrative tasks that are associated with a business impact analysis (BIA) are listed in General Administration of the Business Continuity Management application.").  
  Note:  
  When you create a business impact analysis in BCM UIB Workspace, you can assign a BCM lead to the analysis in the BIA form itself.
* Complete the setup for a business continuity plan by performing the administrative tasks with the BCP administrator role. For more information, see [Setup for a business continuity plan](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KRFhews~hGqkBeY2UgG11g "The business continuity plan (BCP) administrator can perform certain administrative tasks that are listed in the General Administration section of the Business Continuity Management application.").  
  Note:  
  When you create a business continuity plan in BCM UIB Workspace, you can assign a BCM lead to the plan in the BCP form itself.
* Format the PDF templates for a business impact analysis, a business continuity plan, or an event. For more information, see [Format PDF templates for BIAs, BCPs, and Events](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/92mfafkRVnRMgdGhCplwHg "Format the PDF templates that are used for generating the PDFs of business impact analyses, business continuity plans, or events. You can format the PDFs according to your organizational requirements and templates.").
* Configure the 360° relationship registries and views. For more information, see [Configure 360° relationship registries and views](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/QHUjcc0C6hDIeozipw20Rw "Configure 360° view configurations with the sn_bcm.admin role.").
* Set up the notifications with Everbridge. For more information, see [Setup for Everbridge notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Svn36H_MLhrwBfd6za~JRQ "The setup steps help you to establish a consistent connection and successful notification delivery workflow with Everbridge notifications system. BCM administrators and application users must configure certain pre-requisite data so that you can set up emergency notifications in BCM UIB Workspace.").
* Set up the Crisis map. For more information, see [Setup for Crisis map](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/nK4cuJd~ns72X67JZmPySQ "BCM administrators perform the administrative tasks to set up the Crisis map interface.").
* Review the setup tasks that are performed by an administrator. For more information, see [Setup by system administrators](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/rDZA18QDVK33TkUjCndEmg "If you are the system administrator, you can set up the Business Continuity Management application by performing certain setup tasks.").
* Review the setup information for UI Builder. For more information, see [Setup for the UI Builder](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/cwuiJJ_UGyQstOdYNNcCyg "You can set up and extend the BCM Workspace pages and components by using the UI Builder.").
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Note:  
Both BCM
classic
Workspace and BCM Configurable Workspace use the Workspace view. If you have made any customizations in other UI views, you must apply the same customizations before or after upgrading from a prior release to the Australia release.

For information on the custom components configuration in BCM
classic
Workspace, see the [KB1442692](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1442692) article.

For information on how to migrate reports and custom changes to BCM Configurable Workspace, see the [KB1444397](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1444397) article.

