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# Similar Defects Dialog Box/Pane

The Similar Defects dialog box enables you to check for similar defects before submitting a new defect. The Similar Defects pane enables you to check for similar defects at any time from the Defects grid.

To access | In the Defects grid or the New Defect dialog box, select a defect and click the Find Similar Defects button. Select either Find Similar Defects or Find Similar Text.
Important information | Checking for similar defects is done by comparing a selected defect with other defects in your project or by comparing defects to a text string. When performing a Find Similar operation, results are displayed with the most likely candidates on top. If no similar defects are found, a message is displayed.
Relevant tasks | Work with defects in ALM

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Element | Description
--- | ---
Search for: | Text string to find. Letter case does not affect the results. The following are ignored: articles (a, an, the); coordinate conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or); boolean operators (and, or, not, if, then); wildcards (?, *, [ ])
Proximity % | When searching for similar text, ALM limits the results of defects found to those with a minimum similarity according to this percentage. Default: ALM returns defects with a similarity of at least 25 percent.
Search | Start search.
| Select columns. Opens the Select Columns dialog box, enabling you to determine which fields to display in the grid and their order. For user interface details, see Select Columns/Select Fields Dialog Box.
| Searchable Fields. The fields used to find similar defects. The fields are read-only.
| Go To. Locates the selected defect in the Defects grid.
<defects> | List of similar defects. For details of the fields displayed for the similar defects, see Defects Module Fields.
Item | The number of the current defect in relation to the total number of similar defects found.

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See also:

- Work with defects in ALM
- Defects Overview

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