Examples of recalculating a remediation target date

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title: Examples of recalculating a remediation target date
description: The following examples show how the system recalculates the remediation target date based on different rule selections and risk rating changes.
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# Examples of recalculating a remediation target date

The following examples show how the system recalculates the remediation target date based on different rule selections and risk rating changes.

**Note:** By default, SLAs define the remediation window for each risk level:

-   Low risk: 30 days
-   Medium risk: 15 days
-   High risk: 10 days

|Target from \(date\)|Field change time|Initial risk \(Target \(days\)\) → New risk \(Target \(days\)\)|Existing RT date|Recalculated RT date|What happens|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------|
|Default calculation|
|Feb 1|Feb 10|Medium \(15 days\) → High \(10 days\)|Feb 16|Feb 11 \(applied\)|Uses the standard formula with the new risk ratings target days, not the Field change time-based formula: Target from \(date\) + New risk Target \(days\) → Feb 1 + 10 = Feb 11.|
|Recalculate from trigger field change date|
|Recalculate from risk change date|
|Feb 1|Feb 10|Medium \(15 days\) → High \(10 days\)|Feb 16|Feb 20 \(applied\)|Uses the recalculation formula: Field change time + Target \(days\) → Feb 10 + 10 = Feb 20.|
|Recalculate from trigger field change date and always set to the earliest target date|
|Recalculate from risk change date and always set to earliest target date|
|Feb 1|Feb 10|Medium \(15 days\) → Low \(30 days\)|Feb 16 \(applied\)|Mar 12|Compares the existing RT date \(Feb 16\) with the recalculated date \(Feb 10 + 30 = Mar 12\) and selects the earliest date → Feb 16.|
|Recalculate from risk rating change date and set to the earliest target date only when risk rating increases \(available only when **Risk rating** is selected as a trigger field\)|
|Recalculate from risk change date and set to earliest target date only when risk rating increases|
|Feb 1|Feb 10|Low \(30 days\) → High \(10 days\)|Mar 3|Feb 20 \(applied\)|Because the risk increased, the system compares the existing RT date \(Mar 3\) with the recalculated date \(Feb 20\) and applies the earlier date → Feb 20.|
|Feb 1|Feb 10|High \(10 days\) → Low \(30 days\)|Feb 11|Mar 12 \(applied\)|Because the risk decreased, the system compares the existing RT date \(Feb 11\) with the recalculated date \(Feb 10 + 30 = Mar 12\) and applies the later date → Mar 12.|