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title: "Defect Severity"
slug: "defect-severity"
updated: 2025-12-23T11:53:37Z
published: 2025-12-23T11:58:45Z
canonical: "help.symphonysummitai.com/defect-severity"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.symphonysummitai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Defect Severity

You can configure the Severity of a Defect for a selected Tenant.

To configure **Defect Severity**, perform the following steps:

1. Select **Change** > **Configuration** > **Defect Severity**.
2. On the **Defect Severity** page, click **Add New** on the **Actions** panel.
3. Select the **Department** and type in the new Defect Severity details.

For information about the fields on the **Defect Severity** page, see Field Description.
4. Click **Submit**. A new **Defect Severity** is configured.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62351b42-cfbd-43ad-8ce1-82b8f455337f/Images/Documentation/Defect Severity.jpg)

Figure: Defect Severity Page

#### Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the **Defect Severity** page:

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Details** |
| Severity Name | Specify the Severity Name. |
| Sort Order | Specify the **Sort Order** for the Defect Severity. |
| Default | Select this check box to display the Defect Severity as a default selection on other pages of the application. |
| Active | Indicates the status set for the **Defect Severity**. - If selected, the Defect Severity becomes an available option on the other pages of the application. - If not selected, the Defect Severity becomes an inactive value. The inactive Defect Severity values are not displayed in the Defect Severity list on the other pages of the application. |

#### Actions

This section explains all the icons displayed on the Actions panel of the Defect Severity page.

Show List

Click Show List to display the List table showing all the Defect Severity configured for the selected Tenant.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62351b42-cfbd-43ad-8ce1-82b8f455337f/Images/Documentation/Defect severity list.jpg)

Figure: List of Defect Severity values

Figure: Defect Servey page: List of Defect Severity values

- To edit a Defect Severity value, click the Severity Name value. Make the appropriate changes and click SUBMIT.
- To display the inactive Defect Severity values, click the Include Inactive check box.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> When the Defect Severity values are displayed under the List table, the Add New action is displayed on the Actions panel. Click Add New to add a new Defect Severity value.