Compliance projects report

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• Introduced in GitLab 15.10.
• Renamed from compliance frameworks report in GitLab 16.5.

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With the compliance projects report, you can see the compliance frameworks that are applied to projects in a group, subgroup, or project. Each row of the report shows:

• Project name.
• Project path.
• Compliance framework labels if the project has one or more assigned.

The default framework for the group has a default badge.

View the compliance projects report

Prerequisites:

• You must be an administrator or have the Security Manager or Owner role for the project or group.

To view the compliance projects report:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your project or group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.

Apply a compliance framework to projects in a group

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• Adding compliance frameworks using bulk actions introduced in GitLab 15.11.
• Adding compliance frameworks without using bulk actions introduced in GitLab 16.0.
• Ability to add compliance frameworks to subgroups introduced in GitLab 17.2.
• Ability to add compliance frameworks to projects introduced in GitLab 17.9.

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You can apply one or more compliance frameworks to projects in a group, subgroup, or project.

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Owner role for the group.

To apply a compliance framework to one project in a group:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Next to the project you want to add the compliance framework to, select {{< icon name="pencil" >}} action.
5. Select one or more existing compliance frameworks or create a new one.

To apply a compliance framework to multiple projects in a group:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Select multiple projects.
5. From the Choose one bulk action dropdown list, select Apply framework to selected projects.
6. Select framework to apply.
7. Select Apply.

Remove a compliance framework from projects in a group

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• Removing compliance frameworks using bulk actions introduced in GitLab 15.11.
• Removing compliance frameworks without using bulk actions introduced in GitLab 16.0.
• Ability to remove compliance frameworks from subgroups introduced in GitLab 17.2.
• Ability to remove compliance frameworks from projects introduced in GitLab 17.9.

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You can remove a compliance framework from projects in a group, subgroup, or project.

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Owner role for the group.

To remove a compliance framework from one project in a group:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Next to the compliance framework to remove from the project, select {{< icon name="close" >}} on the framework label.

To remove a compliance framework from multiple projects in a group:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Select multiple projects.
5. From the Choose one bulk action dropdown list, select Remove framework from selected projects.
6. Select Remove.

Export a report of compliance frameworks on projects in a group

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• Introduced in GitLab 16.0.

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Export a report of compliance frameworks that are applied to projects in a group. Reports:

• Do not use filters on the framework report.
• Are truncated at 15 MB so the email attachment too large.

Prerequisites:

• You must be an administrator or have the Security Manager or Owner role for the group.

To export a report of compliance frameworks on projects in a group:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. In the upper-right corner, select Export.
4. Select Export list of project frameworks.

A report is compiled and delivered to your email inbox as an attachment.

Filter the compliance projects report

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To filter the list of compliance frameworks:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. In the search field:
   1. Select the attribute you want to filter by.
   2. Select an operator.
   3. Select from the list of options or enter text for the search.
5. Select Search.

Repeat this process to filter by multiple attributes.

Create a new compliance framework

You can create new compliance frameworks on top-level groups.

Prerequisites:

• You must be an administrator or have the Security Manager or Owner role for the group.

To create a new compliance framework from the compliance projects report:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Select the + Add framework.
5. Select the Create a new framework.
6. Select the Add framework to create compliance framework.

Edit a compliance framework

You can edit compliance frameworks on top-level groups.

Prerequisites:

• You must be an administrator or have the Security Manager or Owner role for the group.

To edit a compliance framework from the compliance projects report:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Hover over framework and select Edit the framework.
5. Select the Save changes to edit compliance framework.

Delete a compliance framework

You can delete compliance frameworks from top-level groups.

Prerequisites:

• You must be an administrator or have the Security Manager or Owner role for the group.

To delete a compliance framework from the compliance projects report:

1. In the top bar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Secure > Compliance center.
3. On the page, select the Projects tab.
4. Hover over framework and select Edit the framework.
5. Select the Delete framework to delete compliance framework.