Troubleshooting application access and usage issues


The following table describes the problems that users with different functional roles might encounter and their possible solutions:

Problem

Functional role

Solution

Reference

Unable to log in to BMC Helix Customer Service Management

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader, Service Quality

You must be assigned at least one functional role – Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader, Service Quality Agent, to access BMC Helix CSM. Contact your Administrator for required permissions.

Unable to create and modify cases

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

You can create or modify cases only if one of the following conditions is true:

  • You are the submitter of the case.
  • You belong to the default support group of the submitter when the case was created.
  • You belong to the support group to which the case is assigned.
  • You are assigned to the case.

Unable to view some activities 

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

The ability to view and perform activities is defined by the group you belong to. Your group must have the necessary permissions to perform activities to modify a case.

Contact your Administrator for required permissions

Unable to Callback

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader, Service Quality

You must have the permission to perform the callback activity. Contact your Administrator for required permissions.

The Service Quality agent by default will have the function to perform a callback. 

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Unable to collaborate

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader, Service Quality

You can collaborate with only those groups that are configured as collaborators. If you are unable to find the right group to collaborate with, contact your Administrator to add the required group as collaborators. 

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Unable to view case details

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

Case details are visible only when you select the case and click on the case ID. Only clicking the case ID without selecting the case will not display case details.

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Unable to reassign a case

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

You can reassign cases to other groups only if you have the right reassignment permissions. Contact your Administrator for required permissions.

Unable to view proposed knowledge articles

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent

Knowledge articles once proposed are sent to the Team Leader for approval. Contact your Team Leader to check for approval and if the article is published.

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Unable to fetch customer info while creating a case

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

Customers whose information is not in the customer database must be identified as potential customers, and the agent must manually put in their information.

Unable to find a case template when creating a case

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

If you are unable to find a template that you are looking for, perform one of the following tasks:

  • Ask your Administrator to verify that the status of the template is Active.
  • If there is no template, request the Administrator to configure a case template for that classification.

Unable to self-assign the case

Frontline Agent, Resolver Agent, Team Leader

Verify that the user is part of the skilled group with the necessary permissions assigned to themselves for them to self-assign cases.

Unable to view a case in the dynamic case counter

Team Leader

You can view a case in the dynamic case counter only if:

  • The case has been configured by the Administrator in the dynamic case counter with a threshold. Contact your Administrator for configuration.
  • If already configured, create a new case after configuration for the case to appear in the case counter.

Unable to perform actions in batches

Team Leader

Only certain actions (reassign, close, resolve) can be performed in batches for security issues. Batch actions can be performed in grids that have a multi-select option.

Unable to view Associated or Potential Associated cases

Team Leader

Select a global case to view Associated or Potential Associated cases.

 

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