Tim writes: > But since it has been mentioned, there is a button on the SR screen for > "Lower severity", which presumably changes a column value somewhere in > the data model which flags a batch program or something. Why can't > there be a button for "Increase severity" or "Change severity", which > would presumably do the same thing. Why is it recommended to waste time > on the phone and use an unaccountable manual process? Because too many people would abuse it. Being on an on-call rotation where non-tech people call in at all hours, some folks think that their mouse not working at 3:00AM is priority-1, even though the same generic PC next to that works just fine. That's not to say that there aren't better options, however... Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l