# Check Result

The check result pop-up appears when you click on a check result from the policy viewer. This shows you the details of a check result and what triggered it. The following information is available:

* **Check type.** The check that was used. For more details click the help icon to open the online documentation.
* **Severity.** The severity level of the check result. Possible values are Low, Medium and High.
* **Category.** The check type category. Possible values are Security, Maintainability, Quality, and Standards.
* **Message.** An optional message generated by the check. This provides extra information to help you fix the issue found by the check.
* **Target.** The best practice target value configured for this check. This is taken from the check configuration.
* **Value.** The actual value found by the check.
* **Element type.** The type of model / app element that was checked.
* **Element name.** The name of the model / app element that was checked. Note: Some element types do not have a name (E.g. the 'app' element).