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How to create custom ThreadFix severity names and toggle visibility.

Prerequisites

Audience: IT Professional, or End User
Difficulty: Basic
Time needed: Approximately 10 minutes
Tools required: N/A

ThreadFix provides the ability to rename its five default severities (Info, Low, Medium, High, and Critical,) as well as the ability to toggle the display of severities on and off.

Custom Names

1. To rename ThreadFix severities, first open the Application sub-menu found on the Navigation side bar. Click to open the Customize sub-menu.
   
   

2. From the Customize sub-menu select ThreadFix Severities. By default the page opens to the Custom Names tab. This is where severities are renamed.
   
   

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3. Click the Edit button next to the ThreadFix severity to be renamed. The examples below will use a numeric rating scale for severities.
   
   

    

4. Enter a custom name for the severity into the text field and click the Save button. A success message will appear and the new custom text will be displayed alongside the severity name.
   
   

    

    

5. Continue editing all custom severity names.
   
   

    

Note: no HTML or other special characters are allowed in these fields, as seen below:

Show and Hide

The Show and Hide tab contains controls that allow users to choose whether to display specific severities or not.

1. Click the Enable checkbox at the top of the page. This activates the Show|Hide buttons. The default is to show all severities.
   
   

    

2. Choose the levels of vulnerabilities users would like to see displayed. In this case the level 1 vulnerabilities (the mapping that the administrator just created) will be hidden. Click the Save Changes button. A message that the filter settings have been saved will display.
   
   

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