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# Enable custom item types in Strategic Planning

# Enable custom item types in Strategic Planning {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Enable the usage of a custom planning item type in Strategic Planning so that your planning managers can start adding them to their free-form roadmaps or portfolio plans.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn_align_core.apw_admin

## About this task

Add the table that you want to allow for planning in Portfolio plans and free-form roadmaps to a system property.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem PropertiesAll Properties.
2. Open one of the following system properties.
   * For portfolio plans: sn_align_core.planning_item_types_allow_list
   * For free-form roadmaps: sn_align_ws.freeform_planning_items_creation_list
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3. In the Value field, add your custom table.  
   For example, add
   sn_align_core_custom_planning_item_1.

4. Select Update.

## What to do next

* For portfolio plans: Add your custom planning item type to the lens that your planning managers want to use. See [Lens form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/o9YceGYOVD5_nUd_MehR6w "Learn about the fields of the Lens form. Use this form to create a lens in Strategic Planning.").
* For free-form roadmaps: [Create planning items from the roadmap view](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ufgk4s8y84WSa4j_71lUhA "Create and add new planning items to your portfolio roadmap or free-form roadmap directly from the roadmap view.").
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