QualityKnowledge

Managing the symptoms of an issue

Edit a symptom defect

Procedure

  1. From Launcher, click Changes .

If this option is unavailable, search for it. You can pin it from the search results for future access.

  1. From the CHANGES folder, select and open the required issue.

  2. Click the Symptom Description tab.

  3. Select and open the symptom defect that you want to edit.

  4. Choose More Commands

    Edit > Start Edit, and make the required updates.

You can also click Information to view the symptom defect details and edit them.

  1. From the Evaluation list, select the current status of the symptom defect. Select one of the following:

Draft: Indicates that the defect is created.

Investigating: Indicates that the investigation is in progress to evaluate if the defect is valid.

Confirmed: Confirms that the defect is valid.

Invalidated: Confirms that the investigation has proven that the defect is invalid.

After the analysis is done, you can use this property to indicate if the defect is valid or not.

  1. Choose More Commands

    Edit > Save Edits.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.quality_issue_management/xid1915155 · retrieved 2026-07-11