The following information should be included in the ticket or available at the time of calling
- School you are calling from
- A concise description of the issue you are encountering
- Detailed step-by-step directions to reproduce the issue
- Student information if issue is in reference to a specific student
- Report information if issue is in reference to a specific report
- Scholarship information if issue is in reference to a specific report
- Any error messages or dialog encountered along with the issue as well as the time the issue occurred in order for Support to cross reference the error logs
- Screen shots of error messages
Information about the machine
- Operating system (Including version)
- Browser (Including version)
- Any additional hardware or software that may be relevant to the issue
- Ensure the machine encountering the issue meets the minimum system requirements for the product
Recommended Subject Convention
We have created a best practice for naming the subject of your support ticket to facilitate timely responses and routing to the correct support department.
- Include your school’s URL extension at the start of every ticket
- Ex: If ABCXYZ's College's URL is abcxyz.edu, include "ABCXYZ"
- Add the product it relates to
- StudentForms = SF
- CampusCommunicator = CCom
- ClearCost = CC
- ScholarshipUniverse = SU
- CampusMetrics = CM
- Include the type of request
- Question
- Tech Support
- Product Feedback
- CCom Revision
- Custom Form
- Custom Form Updates
- Custom Trigger
- External Scholarship Request
- Add a brief description
- Ex: School is receiving a 1010 error when a student tries to create their account
- Description: Error 1010
- Combine it all together!
- Ex: ABCXYZ: SF Tech Support - Error 1010