Enter Severity Data

Explanation

This activity is used to define or edit severities. Each defined non conformance in a non conformance report has a severity. Examples of possible severities are low, medium, high, etc.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

As a result of this activity, new severities are defined or existing ones are modified.

Window

Basic Data for NCR

Related Window Descriptions

Basic Data for NCR/Severity
Basic Data Translation

Procedure

  1. Click the Severity tab in the Non Conformance Report Basic Data window.
  2. Create a new record.
  3. In the Severity ID column, enter a short code for the severity. Entering a value in this field is mandatory and once saved, this value cannot be edited.
  4. In the Description column, enter a description of the severity id.
  5. In the Notes column, enter a note regarding the severity. Entering a value in this field is optional.
  6. Save when complete.

Optional step (remember to save your entries):

A severity record can be set as obsolete so that it cannot be used in new non conformance reports. Setting a severity record to obsolete will not affect any existing use of it.

  1. To set a severity record to obsolete, select the Obsolete check box for the required record.
  2. Save when complete.

Note: You can translate the description into different languages using the basic data translation functionality. Select a record, right-click and then click Translation. In the Basic Data Translation window, enter descriptions per language.