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  1. About User Defined Fields

    User Defined Fields (or UDFs) are custom fields that can be added to Issuetrak by Administrators to allow additional information to be provided in: Issues Organization records User records Asset Types (if licensed) Product...
  2. About Reports

    Issuetrak has five reporting mechanisms:   Dashboard The Dashboard presents users with up-to-the-minute statistics on all open issues in your system. Saved Searches Saved Searches are quick and easy retrievals of stored...
  3. Setting Report Writer Defaults

    Administrators can change your site’s Report Writer defaults and settings from the left menu: Reporting > Custom Reports > Settings on the right quick menu. Format Types specify how data will be displayed. Each field in the Issuetrak sy...
  4. About Organizations

    Any organizational unit – such as a company or a subsidiary – interacting directly or indirectly with your Issuetrak system is an Organization . Organizations are the largest and most important of all Entities within Issuetrak. Organizations...
  5. About Departments

    Departments allow you to organize users based on the functional units they serve within your Organization, such as Accounting, Marketing, IT, etc. More importantly, Departments add another layer to your system’s data filtering options and a whole ...
  6. About Issue Statuses and Substatuses

    Issue Statuses There are two Issue Statuses: Open and Closed. Issue Statuses are inherent to the system and do not require any additional steps to be activated. Many features like Automation and Dashboard   are issue status dependent....
  7. About Locations and Regions

    Locations and Regions reflect physical user, issue, and asset locations. Regions generally define a larger area, while Locations are smaller entities within a Region. A Region might be defined as a state and a corresponding Location within that ...
  8. Introduction to the Issuetrak Deployment Manager (IDM)

    The Issuetrak Deployment Manager (IDM) is the graphical interface for deploying Issuetrak. This tool replaced the installer provided in previous releases. The IDM still provides a friendly wizard-style front-end, but it contains several enhancements...
  9. Introduction to the Issuetrak Deployment Utility (IDU)

    The Issuetrak Deployment Utility (IDU) is the command line utility for deploying Issuetrak. The IDU is an interactive deployment tool designed to provide maximum power and flexibility for the system administrator that needs fine control over how Iss...
  10. Activating Rich Text

    Only users with Sys Admin permissions can activate Rich Text within your system. Once activated, any user can embed an image in any issue they can see. Embedding images into Knowledge Base articles requires the Can add, edit and delete Knowledge ...