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  1. About Automation

    Automation is a feature that facilitates automated changes to issues according to a set of criteria defined by an administrator.  In order to set up Automation, you must have the “ Sys Admin ” parameter or “ Can access and maintain Adminis...
  2. About Issue Templates

    Issue Templates are issue submission templates you create for commonly addressed issues. They allow you to pre-define appropriate information and values for those issues, such as the Subject, Description, Issue Type, Subtype, Priority, Email Sub...
  3. About Priorities

    Priorities are used to indicate the relative importance of an issue. Identifying priorities among issues helps determine where a particular issue figures into the larger issue queue and how soon the issue might be addressed. Auto Assignments, Iss...
  4. About Issue Types and Subtypes

    Your system needs an overall structure for capturing and reporting issue-related information. This is accomplished by categorizing the issues being addressed through Issuetrak into: Classes – general categories such as Change Requests, Inci...
  5. About Issue Auditing

    Issue Auditing allows you to capture most changes made to each issue record. Audit records can be searched from either the issue or the Administration menu, reported on using the Report Writer, and archived by date range.   Activating Issue A...
  6. Viewing the Incoming Email Log

    There is an email log so that you can view a list of all messages processed by your IEM for the last seven days. Each message includes a system note as to what happened during processing. If the message was converted into an issue or note, the note ...
  7. Blocked Attachments

    Certain attachments, such as logo files or social media icons can appear repeatedly in your descriptions and notes, especially if included in the signatures of your users. You have the ability to identify the attachments that you may want to block f...
  8. Exclude Text

    You have the option to exclude certain text from email processing. When a block of text is marked for exclusion, IEM scans the message body and removes it from the issue’s description or note if found. This allows you to put in confidentiality or di...
  9. Keywords

    Keywords are words or phrases that cause an email to not be processed. IEM will search each incoming email message for matches in the From Address and  From Name , or the Subject line, depending on which the keyword specifies. Default Keywords h...
  10. Email Tokens

    Incoming email tokens are part of the incoming email (IEM) processor. The processor reads these tokens, allowing you to update certain fields in the issue record. When an email is received, you have the ability to include tokens in the body of an em...