# Create Incident Manually Incidents can be triggered manually either from the **Incident Dashboard** or the **Incident** page. First, select the **Team** from the team picker on the top.
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### Triggering Incidents in the **Incident Dashboard** Click on **+** right next to the **Actions** dropdown tab
Triggering Incidents in the Incident Dashboard
### Triggering Incidents on the **Incidents** page **(1)** Click on **Create an Incident**
Triggering Incidents on the Incidents page
**(2)** Add details in the relevant fields:
Create an Incident
* **Incident Title** - This would be the title/message of the incident being created * **Incident Description** - This would be the description of the Incident being created. This is an optional field. * **Service** - Select the relevant **Service** to which this incident would be mapped * **Assigned To** - Upon choosing the **Service**, the default **Escalation Policy** associated with the **Service** would be auto-filled. You can choose to manually update the **Assigned To** field to a different **Escalation Policy** or a specific **User** or **Squad** in your Team * **Tags**
set tags for incidents
* By default, you will have the option to add **Tags** to an incident (either while creating the incident or after the incident is created) * You can do so by assigning the `tag name (key)` and `tag value` in the text fields provided and you can also change the tag colour by clicking on the colour of your choice * You can also add multiple tags by clicking on the **+** option * Adding a **Tag** is optional **(3)** Click on **Create new incident** to trigger the incident ### Adding Attachments to Incident Description You can add a variety of file types as an attachment to your incident’s description. To attach a file, drag and drop the file to the markdown editor. You can also copy-paste the file directly into the markdown editor. The maximum size for a single file is 10 MB (for upload). You can upload a maximum of 5 files at a time. The storage limit for an organization depends on the plan: * For Free plan - the limit is 50 MB * For Pro and Enterprise plans - the limit is unlimited File uploads won’t work if the plan limit has been reached. The file once uploaded cannot be deleted. The supported file types are: * Images (.png, .jpg, .jpeg) * Word Processors (.doc, .docx, .odt, pages) * Spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx, numbers) * PDFs (.pdf) * Presentations (.ppt, .pptx. .odp) * Miscellaneous (.log, .txt, .eml, .msg, .csv, .key, .json) *Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*