# Event Severity

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Please note that if you need assistance to go to Things Menu, [you may check out this guide on how to go to Thing Menu Events section.](https://docs.monogoto.io/guides/thing-menu-events)
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Event Severity describes the attention level that the Events should receive.

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Please note that Event Severity main purpose is usage with Alerts. In Alerts you can set the Severity level, thus seeing the most important Event types with higher Severity than common Events.
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### Event Severities table

| Event Severity example | Description                                                                                                                                   |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Info                   | <p>Severity that is most common and is present in almost all Events<br>Also, can be seen in Alerts that are set to use this Severity type</p> |
| Warning                | <p>Rare Event Severity level, but can be seen in some Events</p><p>Also, can be seen in Alerts that are set to use this Severity type</p>     |
| Error                  | Only seen in Alerts, that are set to use this Severity type                                                                                   |
| Critical               | Only seen in Alerts, that are set to use this Severity type                                                                                   |