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title: pagerduty.actionFromSeverity() function
description: >
  `pagerduty.actionFromSeverity()` converts a severity to a PagerDuty action.
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`pagerduty.actionFromSeverity()` converts a severity to a PagerDuty action.

- `ok` converts to `resolve`.
- All other severities convert to `trigger`.

##### Function type signature

```js
(severity: string) => string
```

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## Parameters

### severity
({{< req >}})
Severity to convert to a PagerDuty action.




## Examples

### Convert a severity to a PagerDuty action

```js
import "pagerduty"

pagerduty.actionFromSeverity(severity: "crit")// Returns trigger


```