Add a scenario event

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 2 minutes to read

    • Add a scenario event to the scenario analysis and analyze its impact on the business service. By adding the participants, dependencies, services, issues to the scenario analysis in Operational Resilience Workspace, you can determine the impact of the scenario event on the business service.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_oper_res.manager

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to Workspaces > Operational Resilience Workspace > All scenario analysis and select the scenario analysis that you own.
    2. On the Scenario events tab, select Add, select an event from the list, and select Add again.
      1. Select Add.
      2. In the Scenario events form, select an event from the list and select Add.

        For the descriptions of the field values on the Scenario event form, see Scenario event form.

        In the Scenario events tab, the selected scenario event is displayed.
    3. Open the scenario event from the list.
      The scenario event form is displayed as shown in the following example.

      Scenario event form.

    4. Navigate to the Participants tab in the scenario event form and then either add a participant from an available list or add a new participant.
      StepDescription
      Select Add. Add a participant from the available list of participants for the scenario analysis.
      Select New. Add a participant to the scenario event.
      1. Select New.
        The Create New Participant form is displayed.

        The name of the scenario analysis is auto-filled by default.

      2. In the Role field, select a role for the participant.
        The following options are available for the role: HR, Legal, Finance, Technology, People, Data, Security, Supplier Tier1, Supplier Tier2.
      3. In the Participant field, select a participant from the list in the Participant form.
        When you select a participant, the role is auto-filled in the Role field.
      4. In the Instruction field, add instructions for the participant.
      5. Select Save.

        When you create a scenario event and add a participant to it, a response task is automatically created for the participant. An email notification is automatically sent to the participant.

    5. On the Responses tab, select the response task and on the form, fill in the fields.
      1. Complete the open response task and select Complete.
        The response task is completed and the state of the response task is updated to Closed Complete.

      On the Responses tab, the details of the response task such as the response task number, name of the assigned participant, and state of the response task are displayed. For the descriptions of the field values on the scenario analysis response task form, see Scenario analysis response task form.

    6. On the Dependencies tab, select Add to add a dependency or select Add scope related dependency for the scenario event.
    7. On the Scope tab, select Add to add the scope or select Add dependency related scope for the scenario event.
    8. On the Issues tab, select the issues that are associated with the event.
    9. Log in as an owner of the scenario analysis, navigate to the open scenario event, and update its state from Draft to Completed.
    10. Update the Potential start date time and Potential start date time.
      The scenario event form is displayed.

    Result

    The state of the scenario analysis is updated to Analyze.