Creating Issues and Actions while Responding

Create issues and actions while responding to assessments

When responding to an assessment, you can create issues and actions as you progress. To do this, firstly click on the requirement you want to add an issue and action to, then click the plus button in the Issues & Actions component in the side panel.

From here, you can either create a new issue in the Create New tab (1), or select an existing issue under the Existing tab (2).

Creating New Issue

To create a new issue, enter in the name of the issue, and then hit Enter on the keyboard.

After hitting Enter, the issue will be created and added to the issue register. From here you can:

1. Update the status of the issue
2. Set the priority of the issue
3. Select the issue type
4. Select the owner of the issue
5. Update who identified the issue
6. Update the date the issue was reported
7. Set the due date of the issue
8. Add a description

You can also update the name of the issue by double-clicking on the issue's name.

Linking Existing Issues

To link an existing issue that has already been created in 6clicks, select the Existing tab.

From here you can browse for issues. To link an issue to the requirement, click the Add button.

You can also view issues that have already been linked to the issue by selecting the Linked filter.

Viewing Linked Issues

To view the issues that have been linked to the requirement, click the back button next to Add Issue.

The list of issues is displayed in the Issues & Actions component in the side panel.

To view the details of an issue, or to unlink, click the Action button next to the issue name.

Creating Issue Actions

In the issue you want to create an action for, click the plus button next to Actions.

Enter in the name of the action and then hit enter on your keyboard.

When creating the action, you can:

1. Update the workflow status
2. Set the action owner
3. Set the due date of the action
4. Add a description to the issue

Once the details of the issue have been added, click the back button next to the Add Action button to return to the issue.

The list of actions linked to an issue can be found in the action component.

To edit or delete an action, click on the More button next to the name of the action.

Adding Documents to Issues

Documents can be added to an issue by clicking the plus button next to Attachments.

Once you have added a file, click the Upload button.

The list of documents uploaded to the issue can be found in the Attachments component.

You can download and delete the file by clicking on the Actions button.