---
title: "Accept a deviation for an assessment result"
slug: "accept-a-deviation-for-an-assessment-result"
tags: ["BC", "Data Quality Assessment", "DQS", "Task"]
updated: 2026-08-14T09:52:58Z
published: 2026-08-14T09:52:58Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/accept-a-deviation-for-an-assessment-result"
---

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# Accept a deviation for an assessment result

Accept a deviation when a reported issue is acceptable and does not require correction, for example a duplicate that you intentionally keep as two separate records.

## Prerequisites

An assessment result exists with the status **Open**.

## Steps

1. Press **Alt+Q** to open the **Tell Me** search.
2. Enter **Validation History** and select the page from the results.
3. Select the assessment run, and then select **Show Log**.
4. Review the result you want to accept:
  - For a validation failure, review the result line in the **Quality Assessment Exception Log**.
  - For a duplicate failure, select the line, select **View Duplicate Lines**, and review the duplicate candidates on the **Duplicate Result Details** page.
5. Select the result line, or select multiple result lines to accept several at once.
6. Select **Accept Deviation**.

### Results

Business Central changes the status of the selected results to **Accepted Deviation**, and you are no longer prompted to take corrective action on them.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> Accepting a deviation does not exclude the record from future runs. When you rerun the assessment and the same issue fails again, Business Central flags it again with the status **Open**.