# Priority Matrix

According to ITIL, the priority of a call should be derived from its **urgency** (how quickly the disruption in service is going to affect people) and its **impact** (how many people the disruption is affecting).

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If your system is partitioned, you should create and define Call Impact, Call Urgency, Call Priority levels, and a Priority Matrix in each partition to ensure that calls logged via an incoming email account are allocated the correct Call Priority.
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### Selecting a Priority

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### Before you start

As some parameters are read from the database at application start-up, we recommend that there are no Analysts logged on when you make changes to system settings.

You must have **IPK Setup** enabled within the Admin tab of your **General Access Security Role**.

In order for the Priority value to be automatically applied when creating a call, **Impact-Urgency Priority Derivation** must be selected on the IPK Settings window. Once this setting is enabled, when you create a call, the **Priority** field will automatically complete based on the Impact and Urgency criteria that you select. The Priority field cannot be edited from within the Incident window.
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1. Select ≡ > **Admin** > **System Administration**.

   The System Administration window appears.

   In the Explorer pane, expand **IPK Management**.
2. Select **Priority Matrix** to open the window. The Impact column shows the impact types that have been defined in Call Impact. The other columns each correspond to the values defined in the Call Urgency window. You can adjust the column widths if required.
3. For each impact and urgency combination, click in the table cell to select the priority to be used for that combination of urgency and impact.
4. These priorities appear as a drop down box and correspond to the values defined in the Call Priority window. If a priority has been deleted through the Call Priorities window, it will still appear in the priority matrix but the title will be appended with an asterisk (\*) alerting you that you should select an active priority for the impact and urgency.
5. Save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.
6. If you wish to change the priority that you have defined for an urgency/impact intersection, simply select the value you wish to change and choose a new value from the drop down list.


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