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Incident Management Process
Incident Management Process General Description
Incident management process steps are as follows:
Having specified characteristics of a new incident, the incident declarant should Submit the incident.
The incident approver receives an e-mail and the new incident appears with status "Submitted".
*To specify the incident approver, see Specifying responsibilities within an entity.
When an incident has been submitted by its declarant, the incident approver can Request modifications of the incident which takes status "Project".
A e- mail is sent to the incident declarant.
The Risk Manager can:
Validate the incident, which takes status "Validated".
Reject the incident.
When a validated incident is considered as terminated, the Risk Manager can Close the incident, which takes status “Closed”.
*See also Incident Workflow workflow definition diagram.
Incident Management Process Steps
Submitting incidents 
When you have specified information concerning the incident, you can submit it for approval.
To submit an incident:
2. Select the incident you want to submit and click Workflow > Submit.
If the incident declarant has role "Incident Approver", the incident takes status "To Be Validated" and appears in the list of incidents to be validated by the Risk Manager.
Validating incidents 
When incidents have been specified with their losses, recoveries and provisions, you can then make use of your data.
*Only Risk Managers are authorized to validate incidents.
To validate an incident:
1. Click My Tasks > Review > Incidents to Review.
The list if incidents for which you are responsible appears.
2. Select the incident you want to handle and click Workflow.
3. Select one of the following transitions:
Validate the incident status turns to "Validated".
Reject
Closing incidents 
When the incident has been validated, the Risk Manager can decide that this incident will not be modified further, and therefore close it .
*Only Risk Managers are authorized to validate incidents.
To do this:
1. Click Registers > Incidents > Open incidents.
2. Select the incident you want to submit and click Workflow > Close.