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# Rebuilding existing playbooks in Workflow Studio

# Rebuilding existing playbooks in Workflow Studio {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can't convert existing flows directly into playbooks in Workflow Studio. Each flow designer step that creates a response task to guide the analyst must be broken down into separate actions or subflows.

You are not allowed to convert existing flows directly into playbooks in Workflow Studio. Each flow designer step that creates a response task to guide the analyst must be broken down into separate actions or subflows. By using these granular subflows or actions, you must create
activity definitions. After you build these activity definitions, they get added as activities within stage in the process definition. You can reuse activity definitions across multiple playbooks.

You can customize each activity to render the required actions within them and how the card
should look while building the activity definition. The activity can show email clients, tables,
actions, KB articles, URLs, and so on. You can define how the activity definition and underlying
action or subflows are created.  
For more information, refer to the following sections.

* [Activity definitions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=activity-definitions&version=australia&pubname=australia-build-workflows&ft:locale=en-US)
* [Process Automation Designer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=process-automation-designer&version=australia&pubname=australia-build-workflows&ft:locale=en-US)
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**Related concepts**   

* [Working with Security Incident Records](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/TFUzgIYau3h8zmc3_FkDEA "The Security Incident Record consists of the following.")
* [Security Incident Playbook](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Or37s267AkF~R9MUgzRYiQ#security-incident-playbook "Invoke the security incident playbook flow automatically or manually.")
* [Prerequisites for the Playbooks](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/POSOIYPbrf55BhB5oZj_Tw "You need the following roles and plugins to build the Playbooks.")
* [Activity Definitions](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/IMGNwpKoJREVXgsdWM6BEg "The ServiceNow AI Platform provides a few activity definitions within the base system. In addition, for the playbooks that SIR Workspace base system, there are a few activity definitions defined in the base system under Enterprise Security Case Management PAD Commons application.")
* [Sample Playbooks for SIR Workspace](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/LJZS56n6O87_ZQicnhxpTw "You can create or configure playbooks for SIR Workspace quickly and easily without writing complicated code. You can use these playbooks to resolve security threats in a step-by-step manner. You can invoke the security incident playbook flow automatically or manually.")
* [Working with MSI Records](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/EzBRz3gfWLnRuxl~O9DXuA "Using the Security Incident Response workspace, you can propose, promote, or link security incidents as major security incidents when the incidents are identified as critical threat to the organization.")
* [Working with Form UI actions](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/BiVNOVqIU5VY5t0VA35xHg "Following are the UI actions that are displayed on the security incident form.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Security Incident Closure workflow](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/eUcWbP2pHl3bZk_3cBQ5EA "Close the security incident by updating the incident state.")
* [Handle security incidents using Advanced Work Assignment](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/T3UyVFGugN7M9V4Ol1CCLg "Handle security incidents assigned to you in SIR Workspace using Advanced Work Assignment.")