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title: Catalog Items With Short Description Equal To Name
description: "Impact Area Manageability   Severity Warning   Affected Element Catalog item Record producer ## Rule ID **SN-CAT_ITEM_SHORT_DESC_EQ_NAME** ## Impact Catalog item short descriptions which merely reproduce the item name are not useful. These items will be harder for the users…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/catalog-items-with-short-description-equal-to-name/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Catalog Items With Short Description Equal To Name

Impact Area

Manageability

 

           Severity

Warning

 

           Affected Element

Catalog item

Record producer

## Rule ID

**SN-CAT_ITEM_SHORT_DESC_EQ_NAME**

## Impact

Catalog item short descriptions which merely reproduce the item name are not useful. These items will be harder for the users to find.

## Remediation

Ensure that all your catalog items have a meaningful short description.

### Time to fix

5 min