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Create a Problem

1. Go to Main > Service Desk > Problems.

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       3. Change the Source if desired.
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      4. Enter the Service Rep into the field.

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      5. Enter a brief description of the Problem into the field. This is not required but encouraged.
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      6. Enter the Due Date into the field. If it's not known, it can be entered later.

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      7. If known or needed, enter Requestor into the field.

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      8. If known or needed, enter choose the Owner. The Requestor and Owner fields are not required and can be added later or not at all. Don't forget, the Owner can also be an Organizational Hierarchy instead of a person. To use a Department Hierarchy as the                      Owner, toggle the radio button.
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      9. Enter the Dept. Hierarchy (or use the Hierarchy picker Image Removed to search).

    10. Click the Image Removed button.

At this point, you should have a Problem number in the upper left-hand corner of the screen:

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To Associate an Incident with a Problem:

There are three ways to do this:

1. Go to Main > Service Desk > Incidents.
   • Find the Incident you want to use or create it from scratch.
   • Enter your Problem number into the picker

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                     or use the Problem picker Image Removed to select it.

1. • If this Incident has already been added (it has an Incident number), click the Image Removed button . Otherwise, continue entering the incident information like normal and click the Image Removed button.
2. Go to Main > Service Desk > Incidents.
   • Click Add to Problem/Project.
   • Select a problem (The Service Number on a problem starts with PB) to associate the incident with and click the Image Removed button .
3. Go to Main > Service Desk > Problem.
   • Open a pending Problem from the grid or create a new problem.
   • Go to the Image Removed tab.
   • Click the Image Removed button.
   • The next step is to toggle the Incident(s) to be associated with this Problem and click the Image Removed button . You can lessen the length of the list by adding filters to any of the columns. You may also conduct a basic search by entering criteria in the field above the grid.