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title: Registering Service Continuity Vital Functions
slug: en/registering-service-continuity-vital-functions
description: Learn about Continuity Registration, a multi-phase process that includes defining vital business functions, conducting a business impact analysis, and evaluating risks. Discover the necessary prerequisites, step-by-step procedures, and the importance of r
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createdAt: 2021-10-27T20:12:22.000Z
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<font color="#3b9f0f">**Continuity Registration**</font> is a process that passes through several phases. The second phase of this process is the Requirements and Strategy, where it will be defined the vital functions, business impact analysis, risks evaluation, and continuity strategy.&#x20;

This functionality allows <font color="#3b9f0f">**registering the vital function**</font>. The vital function is part of a business process that is critical to the business's success.

## Before getting started

- [x] Assumes the existence of a defined service in a Portfolio and Catalog Management
  &#x20;process;
- [x] It is necessary to first register the Continuity Registration and defined the
  &#x20;policy and continuity project;
- [x] In addition to having registered the continuity
  &#x20;scope;
- [x] It is fundamental to have registered the threat and threat category, both linked
  &#x20;to each other;
- [x] In addition to registering previously the risk and risk category;
- [x] It is equally necessary to register previously the automatic actions of Incident,
  &#x20;Request and Procedures about the Event Management.

## Procedure

1. Access the functionality through the main menu `Processes > Continuity
    Management > Continuity`;
2. Find the continuity you want to link the vital function and click on
   &#x20;"**Advance**";
3. In "<font color="#3b9f0f">**Requirements and Strategy**</font>", click on "**Vital Functions**";
4. Click on "**Add Vital Function**" to select a process and click on "**Send**" to
   &#x20;complete the link;
5. To attach some file, click on "**Attach**" and then on "**Add file**" to link the
   &#x20;file;
6. Click on "**Save**".

## What to do next

After registering the service continuity vital functions, it is necessary to execute
&#x20;the following action: register the continuity business impact analysis, being
&#x20;this action, part of the second phase of the complete registration of continuity,
&#x20;called Requirements and Strategy.