# SonarQube Rules - Changing the Issue Type and Severities

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-rules-changing-the-issue-type-and-severities/63784>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-rules-changing-the-issue-type-and-severities/63784 "2022-05-24T13:04:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramapriya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Ramapriya](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/Ramapriya)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-rules-changing-the-issue-type-and-severities/63784/3 "2022-05-24T15:32:35Z")

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Thanks for the clarification. Checking on designing Custom rules for Cobol. Hence, exploring on all the possible as well as not possible scenarios before starting. I was going through the below page regarding the same topic. Hence, wanted to confirm the same.  
[How to change the type of a Rule? E.g. from Bug to Code smell - SonarQube - Sonar Community (sonarsource.com)](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/how-to-change-the-type-of-a-rule-e-g-from-bug-to-code-smell/1472/3)

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