# Anomaly detection job severity score change

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anomaly-detection-job-severity-score-change/302290>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-machine-learning\
**Created:** [April 13, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anomaly-detection-job-severity-score-change/302290 "2022-04-13T06:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![richcollier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richcollier/32/115035_2.png) [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anomaly-detection-job-severity-score-change/302290/2 "2022-04-13T10:55:08Z")

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Yes, the score can go down if a more serious anomaly happens later.

> [@Anomaly Score \< 1, despite a big difference between actual and typical detections](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anomaly-score-1-despite-a-big-difference-between-actual-and-typical-detections/299743/2):
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> Scoring is relative to other anomalies. The yellow one right after seems more egregious (less probable and thus higher scoring) than the ones circled. Additionally, there is a difference between what an anomaly is scored when the anomaly happened (in real-time) versus what it might be scored as later (after a more egregious anomaly is seen). You can tell by looking at the "initial score" of an anomaly: More info on scoring: [Machine Learning Anomaly Scoring and Elasticsearch - How it W…](https://www.elastic.co/blog/machine-learning-anomaly-scoring-elasticsearch-how-it-works)

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