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title: Override model ratings
description: Override the risk rating and materiality tier of a model manually at any stages of its life-cycle. This helps maintain data accuracy, transparency, and governance when business context or expert judgment requires adjustments to system-calculated values.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Use, Model Risk Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Override model ratings

Override the risk rating and materiality tier of a model manually at any stages of its life-cycle. This helps maintain data accuracy, transparency, and governance when business context or expert judgment requires adjustments to system-calculated values.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_model\_risk\_mgmt.model\_governance or sn\_model\_risk\_mgmt.risk\_coordinator

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Model Risk Workspace**.

2.  Select the list icon \[Omitted image "list-icon-mrm.png"\] Alt text:.

3.  From the list, navigate to **Models** > **All**.

4.  Select the model and go to the **Details** tab.

5.  In the Risk & materiality section, select the override icon \[Omitted image "edit-icon.png"\] Alt text: on the **Risk rating** field.

6.  On the Override risk rating dialog, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Computed risk rating|The system-calculated risk rating. This field is automatically set to the computed value.|
    |New risk rating|Risk rating you want to apply, reflecting business context or expert judgment.|
    |Reason for override|Context to justify the manual override of the system-calculated risk rating.|
    |Revert to computed|Option to revert to the system-calculated risk rating.|

7.  In the Risk & materiality section, select the override icon \[Omitted image "edit-icon.png"\] Alt text: on the **Materiality tier** field.

8.  On the Override materiality tier dialog, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Computed materiality tier|The system-calculated materiality tier. This field is automatically set to the computed value.|
    |New materiality tier|Materiality tier you want to apply, reflecting business context or expert judgment.|
    |Reason for override|Context to justify the manual override of the system-calculated materiality tier.|
    |Revert to computed|Option to revert to the system-calculated materiality tier.|

9.  Select **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Using Model Risk Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/using-mrm.md)