WiscIT - Linking an Incident to a Problem

This document describes how to link an Incident to a Problem in WiscIT during an outage.

When an outage has been opened, the Help Desk will likely continue to receive calls from customers regarding the issue. With WiscIT powered by Cherwell, every contact we get regarding an outage will be recorded in an incident and linked to the outage's corresponding Problem. The advantages to doing so are two-fold: it provides easier stat-tracking regarding outages and allows us to send a mass e-mail to these customers informing them the outage has been resolved.

Desktop Client

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Web client

  1. Open the incident that you would like to link to the problem and make sure you have the case correctly classified. In the bottom toolbar, locate the tab that says Problems.

    Screenshot of clicking the Problems tab

  2. Once you've opened the problems tab, you should see a Chainlink Button. If you mouse over it, it will say Add an existing Problem. Select this button.

    Screenshot of clicking the chainlink icon to add an existing problem

  3. In the window that appears, search for the problem number provided by HDQA. Double-click the problem to select it.

    Screenshot of searching for the problem number

  4. The problem tab should appear like this upon correctly linking the problem.

    See linked problem

NOTE: you can unlink a problem by clicking the Broken Chainlink Button.

Screenshot unlinking the existing problem

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Doc ID:
42168
Owned by:
Will C. in DoIT Help Desk
Created:
2014-07-23
Updated:
2023-04-20
Sites:
DoIT Contract Partner Support Help Desk, DoIT Help Desk, Systems & Network Control Center, WiscIT - Wisconsin IT Service Manager