> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.docusnap.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Activate and Assess Regulations

> Activate regulations, assess their objectives individually or in bulk, and link controls and documents.

The *Regulations* area manages which laws and standards apply to the
organization, and assesses their objectives individually.

## Activate a regulation

Clicking a regulation under *Available Regulations* activates it; it then
appears under *Active Regulations*, whatever its type. *Deactivate* at the
bottom of an active regulation's tile deactivates it again.

<Note>
  Deactivating deletes no data. Assessments, justifications, review dates, and
  relations to controls and documents are kept — a tile that was previously
  installed shows this through the number of complete and applicable objectives
  from before deactivation and the date of the last activation. Reactivating only resets the status to active and does not
  re-import the objectives; only a first-time activation does that, which makes
  it noticeably slower.
</Note>

<Warning>
  After deactivating, Docusnap365 closes any open detail tab of that
  regulation. Do not deactivate a regulation you are currently working on.
</Warning>

## Assess an objective

You assess every objective in the tree in the assessment editor in the
sidebar. It consists of the blocks *Applicability*, *Implementation Status*,
*Review*, *Description*, and *Relations*.

<Note>
  The groups in the tree are the regulation's root sections, not the level
  directly above an objective — the same sections the filter buttons above the
  tree also show. Structural sub-headings do not count toward a group's number
  of complete objectives; only leaves are assessable.
</Note>

*Applicability* toggles between *Applicable* and *Not applicable*. A
*Justification* is required with *Not applicable*. Conversely, a
*Justification* requires a decision: while an objective is still *Not
Assessed*, an entered *Justification* can only be saved together with a
decision.

<Warning>
  As long as no decision has been made on an objective, the toggle also shows
  the state *Not Assessed*. It disappears for good with the first saved decision — as
  with protection need on an asset, a decision once made can only be changed,
  not reverted. See
  [Determine Protection Needs](/docs/en/isms/protection-needs).
</Warning>

When an objective is *Not applicable*, the *Implementation Status* block does
not appear. Otherwise you choose *Pending*, *Not implemented*, *Partial*, or
*Complete*. With *Not Assessed*, the block stays locked until you decide on
applicability.

In the *Relations* block you link controls, documents, and assets with *Link*,
including for *Not applicable* objectives. *Control* lets you create a new
control directly from the editor and link it. The *Journal* link at the bottom
of the editor shows the change history of the assessment.

<Note>
  Deleting a relation removes only the relation — the control, document, or
  asset itself stays. With multiple rows selected, this runs in a batch:
  successful rows disappear even if some fail; a summary message names the
  ones that failed.
</Note>

<Tip>
  Use the *Description* block to expand the full regulation text. It is worth
  doing whenever an objective's short label is ambiguous.
</Tip>

<Warning>
  The editor only saves on request. Closing it with unsaved changes prompts a
  confirmation — confirming discards the assessment. An invalid date in the
  *Next Review* field also blocks saving.
</Warning>

## Assess several objectives at once

With multiple objectives selected, *Edit* opens *Bulk Edit* with the fields
*Applicability*, *Justification*, and *Implementation Status*; *Applicability*
and *Implementation Status* can also be left at "— No change —".

<Note>
  Justification is locked while *Applicability* is "— No change —", and
  required once you choose *Not applicable*. A justification alone is not
  enough: you can apply only once *Applicability* or *Implementation Status* is
  set. The apply button carries the number of selected objectives and, once run,
  reports full success, partial success with the number of failures, or complete
  failure.
</Note>

<Warning>
  If you set an *Implementation Status* for a selection that contains objectives
  that are not applicable or not assessed, Docusnap365 saves nothing. Set
  *Applicability* to *Applicable* in the same pass, or remove those objectives
  from the selection.
</Warning>

<Tip>
  This is the entry point for a newly activated regulation: mark everything
  that does not concern your organization as *Not applicable* in one pass.
  The number of applicable objectives then reflects a realistic base.
</Tip>

## Review

The block shows the date of the last review and the *Next Review* field.
*Complete Review* requires a comment and adds an entry to the table below.

## Related

[Understanding Compliance](/docs/en/isms/understanding-compliance) explains
regulation types and objective statuses.
[Check Compliance Status](/docs/en/isms/compliance) shows the metrics across all
active regulations.


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