Every issue carries a severity of high, medium, or low. It is the fastest way to turn a large result into a short list.
Using it
On a big review, filtering to high severity first is usually the right move. It gets you to the findings most likely to cost real money or create real liability if they reach the field.
Low severity is not noise — it is where drawing-standard inconsistencies, spelling, and minor conventions live. Worth clearing before an issue goes out, but not worth doing first.
A reasonable working pattern on a large set: clear high severity, then work by sheet number through the rest.
Severity is assigned automatically
Severity is set by Pirros and cannot currently be changed. There is no control to re-rank an issue, so if you are looking for one, it does not exist yet.
We know firms want to tune this — what counts as high severity genuinely does vary by firm, by project type, and by client. It is a change we want to make.
If severity is landing wrong for your work in a consistent way, tell us at [email protected]. Specific examples of issues ranked higher or lower than you would rank them are exactly what we need.
In the meantime
Two things do let you shape the list:
Filter by source. If code compliance is the priority this week, filter to code checks regardless of severity.
Assign. Delegating issues to the people who own them, then filtering by assignee, is often a better organising principle than severity on a working set.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I change the severity of an issue?
A: Not today. Severity is assigned by Pirros and there is no control to re-rank an issue. We know firms want to tune it and it is a change we want to make — if it is landing wrong for your work, send examples to [email protected].
Q: Should we ignore low severity issues?
A: Not ignore — just do them later. Low severity is where drawing-standard inconsistencies, spelling, and minor conventions live. Worth clearing before a set goes out, not worth doing first.
Q: What is a good order to work in?
A: Clear high severity first, then work by sheet number through the rest. That gets the expensive problems out of the way while still letting you walk the set the way you normally read it.
Q: Can we prioritise by something other than severity?
A: Yes. Filtering by source works well when you are doing one specific kind of check, and assigning issues to the people who own them — then filtering by assignee — is often a better organising principle on a working set.