Severity

Description

INFO

Informational text about recording an event, which does not need any follow-up activity. It must help to understand the normal operation or can provide further information for later reviews, audits or investigations.

WARNING

Informational text about an application process that need later follow-up activity by people responsible for the specific category. It is necessary to avoid error situations in the future. The message also provides information about how to solve the problem.

ERROR

Informational text about an application process that terminates without completing the desired tasks. The application is still usable, but corrective actions need to be performed to avoid the erroneous termination in the future. The message also provides information about how to solve the problem.

FATAL

Informational text about an application process that terminates without completing the desired tasks. The application is not usable anymore and cannot be started without corrective actions by experts. Customers will normally need to open problem messages to solve the problem.