View Cortex XSIAM issue exception rules on the **All Exception Rules** page. Review rule status, affected issues, approvers, expiration dates, and approval workflow details.
To open the **All Exception Rules** page, go to **Settings** → **Exceptions Configuration** → **Exception Rules**.
### All Exception Rules field descriptions
The table below describes each field in the All Exception Rules table.
| Field | Description |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Approver Email | Email address of the approver. |
| Approver Name | Name of the approver. |
| Backward Scan Status | <p>Processing status of the exception rule. It indicates whether or not the exception has taken effect.</p><p>Possible values include:</p><ul><li>Pending: the system has not started excepting issues.</li><li>In progress: the system is actively updating the issues.</li><li>Failed: issue exception failed</li><li>Done: all affected issues have been marked as excepted</li></ul> |
| Decision Justification | Justification provided by the approver for approving or rejection the exception rule request. |
| Exception ID | Unique ID for the exception rule. |
| Expiration Date | Date the exception expires. This is the Exception End Date that was specified when the exception rule was created. |
| External Exception ID | Optional reference provided when the rule was created. |
| Impacted Issues | Number of issues impacted by the exception request. |
| Justification | Description of the business justification for this exception. |
| Justification Category | High-level category of the business justification. |
| Name | Name of the rule. |
| Requestor Email | Email address of the person who created the exception rule. |
| Requestor Name | Name of the person who created the exception rule. |
| Rule | The issue ID or other issue identifiers used to define which issues the exception applies to. |
| Status | The current workflow status for the rule. Refer to the Exception Rule status descriptions table for a description of each status. |
### Issue exception rule status descriptions
The following table describes issue exception rule status values.
| Status | Description |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Approved | The rule has been approved and is active. |
| Disabled | The rule has been manually disabled. |
| Expired | The Exception End Date for the rule has passed. |
| No Decision Made | The approver did not respond to the issue exception rule request within seven days, so the request timed out. |
| Pending Decision | The issue exception rule request was sent to the approver. The approver has not yet responded but the request is still within the seven-day response window. |
| Rejected | The approver rejected the issue exception rule request. |
| Self Approved | The rule was created when the Exceptions Require Approval setting was toggled “off”. |
<br>