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Editing an issue

Roles and permissions

The following roles can edit an issue:

  • Administrators who are managers of the issue

  • Compliance managers who are managers of the issue

  • Users who are managers of the issue

Issues can be edited individually or in bulk.

Tip

For more information, see the Working on issues video at the bottom of the page.

Editing a single issue

  1. From the left menu, select the tab that corresponds with the issue you want to edit. For example, if you want to edit an issue linked to a control, select the Controls tab.

  2. Select the specific object that the issue is linked to. For example, if the issue is linked to control ID 1234, select that control.

  3. Select the Issues tab.

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  4. Select the issue.

  5. The following information can be edited via the right pane: status, description, action plan, impact, effort level, priority, assignee, business owner, executive sponsor, due date, discovered on date, closed on date, source, affected objects (link a new or existing object), tasks (link a new task), and proof (link new proof or unlink existing proof).

    Statuses

    • Not started - Work on the issue has not yet started

    • In progress - The issue is currently being worked on

    • Remediated - The issue has been addressed

    • Accepted - The potential harm is not great enough to warrant spending effort to avoid the issue

    Unlinking a source

    Refer to Linking an additional affected object to an issue.

  6. Collaborate with other members of the issue via the issue's Activity Feed.

Editing multiple issues at once

  1. From the left menu, select the tab that corresponds with the issue you want to edit. For example, if you want to edit an issue linked to a control, select the Controls tab.

  2. Select the specific object that the issue is linked to. For example, if the issue is linked to control ID 1234, select that control.

  3. Select the Issues tab.

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  4. Select the checkboxes next to the issues you want to edit.

    To select all issues, select the All checkbox in the upper-left corner of the grid.

  5. Do any of the following:

    • Click Export to export the selected issues to a CSV or XLSX.

    • Click Status to change the status of the selected issues.

    • Click Due date to change the due date on the selected issues.

    • Click Assignee to change the assignee of the selected issues.

    • Click Priority to change the priority of the selected issues.

    • Click Discovered on to change the date on which the selected issues were discovered.

    • Click Closed on to change the date on which the selected issues were closed.

    • Click Business owner to change the business owner for the selected issues.

    • Click Executive sponsor to change the executive sponsor for the selected issues.

    • Click Impact to change the impact level of the selected issues.

    • Click Effort level to change the effort level of the selected issues.

    • Click Members to add or remove members or groups, or change permissions on the selected issues. Note that you can only edit members if you have permission to do so on the selected issues.

Working on issues

Watch this short video for more information on editing issues.