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title: "Reason"
slug: "reason-1"
updated: 2025-12-23T11:53:39Z
published: 2025-12-23T11:58:45Z
canonical: "help.symphonysummitai.com/reason-1"
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# Reason

**What is a Reason?**

You can define the Reason for creating a Knowledge Record (KR). The Analysts KM need to specify a Reason while creating a KR.

To configure Reasons, perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to **Knowledge > Configuration > Reason**. The Reason page is displayed. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/62351b42-cfbd-43ad-8ce1-82b8f455337f/Images/Documentation/image-1TSWGTEB.png) Figure: Reason
2. Click **Add New** on the ACTIONS panel. The create Reason page is displayed. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/62351b42-cfbd-43ad-8ce1-82b8f455337f/Images/Documentation/image-8173IVKB.png) Figure: Reason - Create
3. On the Reason page, select the Department and type in the Reason for creating a KR in the Reason text box.
4. Select the Active checkbox to make the Reason active.
5. Click **Submit**. A new Reason is configured.

ACTIONS

The following section describes the icons on the ACTIONS panel of the REASON page.

Show List

Click Show List to display the List table showing all the configured Reasons for the selected Department.

**Reason ID** column in the LIST table displays the ID associated with every configuration.

- To edit a Reason, click the Reason. Make appropriate changes and click SUBMIT.
- To display the inactive Reasons, click the Include Inactive check box.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> When the configured Reasons are displayed under the LIST table, the Add New action is displayed on the ACTIONS panel. Click Add New to configure a new Reason.