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title: Retire a normalization strategy
description: You can retire a normalization strategy to confirm it is no longer active. Once retired, it cannot be reactivated or changed back to draft or published. However, any purposes currently using this strategy will continue to do so.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Retire a normalization strategy

You can retire a normalization strategy to confirm it is no longer active. Once retired, it cannot be reactivated or changed back to draft or published. However, any purposes currently using this strategy will continue to do so.

## Before you begin

-   Confirm that the smart assessment scoring plugin \[com.sn\_smart\_scoring\] is installed.
-   Role required: sn\_smart\_asmt.template\_manager and sn\_smart\_asmt.assessment\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Smart Assessment Engine** > **Administration** > **Normalization Strategies**.

2.  On the Scoring normalization strategies list, select the normalization strategy you want to retire.

3.  On the top panel select **Retire**.

    The normalization strategy is retired and moved to an inactive state.