# Open an incident from a yes or no answer

> In Weplanify, a Yes / No question in a checklist can open an incident on its own, with the severity you choose and the site and the photos of the answer.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Forms & requests
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.rapport.incident?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.rapport.incident.md
- Last updated: 2026-10-13

In Weplanify, a Yes / No question in a report or checklist can open an incident as soon as it is answered a certain way: emergency exit blocked, extinguisher missing, leak found. The field team has nothing to report a second time.

![The Emergency exits clear and extinguishers in place question open in the editor: Open an incident depending on the answer turned on, if the answer is No, with the High severity](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fformulaires%2Fmaj-2026-10-13%2Frap-regle-incident-985d7013.webp?alt=media&token=a81e97d8-5df1-4b86-9669-22ccff175f5a)

## Steps

1. Open the form, **Questions** tab, and click the Yes / No question.
2. Turn on **Open an incident depending on the answer**.
3. After **Open an incident if the answer is**, choose **Yes** or **No**, then the severity after **with the severity**: **Low**, **Medium**, **High** or **Critical**. Save your changes.
4. When an employee gives that answer, the incident opens in their name, with the site and the photos of the answer, and the site manager is warned.

![A New incident with High severity: Emergency exits clear and extinguishers in place: No, at Dakar Plateau, reported by Awa Fall, opened from the answer to the opening and closing checklist](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fformulaires%2Fmaj-2026-10-13%2Finc-depuis-checklist-3fe29edc.webp?alt=media&token=97abc727-8028-44fa-a859-5d0e4164bd01)

## Good to know

- The incident repeats the question and the answer, for example "Emergency exits clear and extinguishers in place: No". **Opened from** leads to the original answer.
- A **Daily site report** created from the template already does it: "Yes" to **Was there an incident?** opens an incident with **Medium** severity, and the **What happened?** question, asked then, becomes its description.
- The option only exists on forms of the Reports and Checklists categories, for Yes / No questions.
- With the **Critical** severity, the critical alert goes out right away ([critical alerts](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.incidents.alertes?lang=en)).
- What comes next happens in the incidents: [take charge or assign](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.incidents.prendre-en-charge?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Get notified of incidents and critical alerts](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.incidents.alertes?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each incident notifies the managers of its site; a critical incident also alerts the administrators right away, by notification and by e-mail.
- [Take charge of an incident or assign it](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.incidents.prendre-en-charge?lang=en) — In Weplanify, a manager takes charge of an incident or assigns it to an employee, corrects its details and talks with the reporter in the follow-up thread.
- [Field reports and checklists](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.rapport?lang=en) — In Weplanify, reports and checklists bring news from the field: they come back every day on your sites, show what was missed and can open an incident.
- [Fill in a site checklist](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.rapport.remplir?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the employee fills in a checklist on site: they choose the site, answer Yes or No to each point, add a photo, sign it and then send the answer.
- [Report and follow up incidents in the field](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.incidents?lang=en) — In Weplanify, an incident is reported in a few seconds and warns the site manager, who takes charge of it and then resolves it with a short note.