Assess a problem

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture
  • Assess a problem to determine whether the problem requires a thorough investigation.

    Avant de commencer

    • Role required: admin, problem_admin, problem_manager, or problem_coordinator
    • Activate the Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid — State Model (com.snc.best_practice.problem.madrid.state_model) to get the new best practice states and guided actions to navigate the lifecycle of a problem. For details, see Activate Problem Management Best Practice — Madrid — State Model.

    Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

    Assessing a problem involves analyzing the scale and extent of the problem, as well as its cause and effect.

    Procédure

    Click Assess and fill the mandatory fields.
    assess state
    After assessing the problem, you can perform any one of the following actions:
    OptionAction to be taken
    If the problem is valid and requires a resolution Click Confirm.
    If there is an existing problem with similar issue Click Mark Duplicate.
    Remarque :
    • When you mark a problem as duplicate, the related records from the duplicate problem are moved to the existing problem.
    • The List of related task records (comma-separated) to move over when a problem is marked as a duplicate of another (problem.duplicate.records_to_move) problem management property controls the related records that are copied from the existing to the original problem.
    If the problem is not a valid problem Click Cancel.

    Que faire ensuite

    After you confirm that the problem needs investigation and a resolution, the problem enters the Root Cause Analysis state.