Creating an incident from an Outlook message
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Open the Outlook message that you want to use to create an
incident, or click
New Incident.
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Specify this information:
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Interaction Type:
Select
Incident.
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Priority: Select a
code to indicate the level of priority for the incident.
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Status: Select a
status for the incident.
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SSR: If the current
user is a SSR, the username is displayed by default. Otherwise, click the
ellipsis button to open the Search screen and search for a SSR.
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Customer: Select a
customer using the Search screen. If the email address from the Outlook message
is associated with a customer, that customer is displayed by default.
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Add Attachment:
Optionally, select this check box to include any attached documents.
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Document Type: When
including an attachment, select the document type for the attachment.
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Subject: The subject
of the email message is used by default and is truncated to the first 40
characters. Optionally, specify a different subject.
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Optionally, select
Mark as Internal to set
the incident as internal.
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Click
Submit. The message is
flagged with a new icon to indicate that it was converted to an incident. The
incident is generated in
Infor SyteLine and the
Incident field in the
Email Interaction pane is updated with the new incident number.