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title: "Manually marked outliers"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/FD/1802535161/Manually%20marked%20outliers"
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> Macro (aura-html)

Manually marking a commit in Flow prevents the commit from appearing in reports or metrics except **Work log**. Below are the steps to mark a commit as an outlier.

## Permissions

To manually mark a commit as an outlier, you need the following permissions:

- **Manage commits**
- **Manage configurations**

See our [Advanced outlier detection settings](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FD/pages/1802535113) help document for instructions on permission settings.

## Before getting started

Once you have the necessary permissions, turn on the Advanced outlier settings:

1. In the top navigation, click **Settings**.
2. From the left navigation under **Report Settings**, click **Configurations**.
3. The **General** tab displays.
4. Select the **Advanced outlier settings** under **Commits**.
5. Click the **Advanced settings** link to expand the** **settings.

![Advanced outlier settings.](media://aee7b4df-fc7b-4a9d-a167-d7bbce11fc81)

## Marking a commit as an outlier

To mark a commit as an outlier:

1. Click **Reports** in Flow's top navigation.
2. In the Left navigation, click **Work log**.
3. Click the commit you want to mark as an outlier.
4. Click the **three dots** icon to bring up the context menu.
5. Click **Mark as outlier commit**.

![Mark as outlier commit action in commit pin drawer.](media://768bd45b-31af-485c-98e8-1f9bda3f0fba)

When the outlier filter is selected in Work log, manually marked outlier commits appear as empty commit cells. The cells' tooltips read **Manually excluded**.

This excluded commit now appears in your manually marked commits list in your **Configuration** page.

## Managing outlier commits via the Configurations page

To manage outlier commits via the *Configurations* page:

1. From the *Settings* page, click **Configurations**.
2. To view all manually marked outliers, click the **Advanced settings** link and then the **Manage manually marked outliers** button.
3. To reprocess all of the existing commit data, click the **Rescore all past commits** button. It can take up to 24 hours to rescore past commits.

![Manage manually marked outliers and Restore all past commits buttons.](media://75619e07-3ad6-4674-b546-e21efa2b18ef)

After you click the **Manage manually marked outliers** button, the **Manually marked outliers** modal appears. All manually marked outliers appear in this list.

> ℹ️ This list includes any commit you marked as an outlier, then later reverted to a normal commit. Flow shows these commits as **normal,** as seen in the second commit in the image below.

In this modal, there are three actions you can take:

- Manually mark any commit in the list as an outlier or a normal commit.
- Reset all manually marked commits.
- Reset manually marked commits individually.

### Manually marking a commit in the list as an outlier or a normal commit

Marking a commit as an outlier means you are re-marking it as an outlier commit.

Marking a commit as normal returns the commit to all reports and metrics within Flow. The commit remains on this list but won't be eligible to re-scoring by your **Advanced outlier detection** settings.

![Example of commits marked as outliers and commits previously marked as outliers.](media://d0691fa1-b433-4725-993c-8ca6a05253cd)

### Reset all manually marked commits

Doing this resets all of the manually marked outliers in your account. This includes those that you or anyone else from your organization has set previously. 

Reset commits no longer appear in the manually marked outliers list, but they are eligible to be re-scored by your **Advanced outlier detection** settings.

Click **Reset all manually marked outliers**.

![Reset all manually marked outliers in the Manually marked outliers modal.](media://4a478795-e0fd-4f84-80ad-0203ae5fa1f7)

All commits in the list will be grayed out as seen below. Re-add any commits if necessary.

To update your manually marked outliers list, click **Update**.

A modal appears asking you to confirm your decision. If you're ready to reset all the manually marked outliers, click **Yes, update my list**.

All removed commits are eligible to be re-scored by your **Advanced outlier detection** settings, if applicable.

### Reset manually marked commits individually

Reset commits individually. Reset commits no longer appear in the list, and are eligible to be re-scored by your **Advanced outlier detection** settings.

1. Click **Reset** next to the commit you would like to remove from the **Manually marked outliers** list.
  
2. The commit grays out. If you want to undo a manually reset commit, add it back to the list.
  
3. Once you're done making changes to individual commits, click **Update**.
4. A modal appears asking you to confirm your decision. If you're ready to remove the individual commit from the manual exclusion list, click **Yes, update my list**.

You successfully removed the individual commit from the manual excusing list. This commit is eligible to be re-scored by your other **Advanced outlier detection** settings if applicable. The commit is removed from your manually marked outliers list.

If you reset a commit individually and make changes to a commit’s state, such as marking an outlier as normal or vice versa, the warning message below appears.

![Confirmation modal for manually marked outliers.](media://18ac3612-7499-4ebf-b87e-eef6c379cc6e)

## Unmarking a manually marked commit via Work log

Mark any manually marked outlier commit as a normal commit in the Work log report. This only marks it as a normal commit. It doesn't remove it from your manually marked outliers list.

To unmark a manually marked outlier commit via Work log:

1. Click **Reports **in Flow's top navigation.
2. In Flow's left navigation under Daily check, click **Work log**.
3. Locate the manually marked outlier commit in **Work log**.
4. Click on the commit to bring up the context menu.
5. Click the **three dots icon **and select **Mark as normal commit**.
  

This commit now appears in your other reports and metrics.