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by davidbann
18 May 2023, 11:58
Forum: Help
Topic: URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing
Replies: 3
Views: 751

Re: URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing

It seems that only Ticket::Frontend::Article::Actions were affected - for phone, internal, invalid, chat and email. We are just copying the values back into the sysconfig for these items to get the functionality working again. No idea why the upgrade got rid of them...
by davidbann
18 May 2023, 11:54
Forum: Help
Topic: URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing
Replies: 3
Views: 751

Re: URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing

Thanks Roy We tried the rebuild, restart and clear of cache, and no luck. We did a comparison on the DB backup prior to upgrade, and see that there are many sysconfig entries that have gone missing. We are doing the full analysis now, but there are entries that were completely removed from sysconfig...
by davidbann
18 May 2023, 09:08
Forum: Help
Topic: URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing
Replies: 3
Views: 751

URGENT: Ticket Reply Option Missing

Hi there, We recently upgraded from version 6.4.5 to 6.5.2, and now the reply options on tickets is missing. I have checked permissions and even if I assign all possible groups to my own user, there is no reply option in any of the queues, regardless of whether I am the ticket owner or not. It seems...
by davidbann
30 Aug 2017, 09:47
Forum: Help
Topic: How to check OTRS version?
Replies: 7
Views: 33031

Re: How to check OTRS version?

Thanks Eggllo - your method was the quickest and easiest :) Even if this is a bit old, someone may find this helpful if you need to check from the web client. From the admin panel there is a section called Support Data Collector (found in the bottom right corner in the System Administration section ...
by davidbann
22 Feb 2016, 08:19
Forum: Help
Topic: what is at least one transport method for mandatory notifications?
Replies: 2
Views: 1627

Re: what is at least one transport method for mandatory notifications?

I have the same problem - while I know that it's just a warning (although it appears very much like an error and gives the impression that changes are not saved), I would like to understand what is causing this - where are the transport methods maintained?
by davidbann
11 Feb 2016, 10:56
Forum: General
Topic: Reading OTRS logs on CentOS
Replies: 5
Views: 4762

Re: Reading OTRS logs on CentOS

reneeb wrote:You can watch the syslog with

Code: Select all

less +F /var/log/messages
Thanks reneeb - very useful :)
by davidbann
11 Feb 2016, 07:19
Forum: General
Topic: Reading OTRS logs on CentOS
Replies: 5
Views: 4762

Reading OTRS logs on CentOS

Hi there, I am very new to the Linux world - we recently migrated from a Windows environment to CentOS 7. I am researched what I can about the logs in CentOS and the best I have found is to use the journalctl command to read the system logs, although it shows a lot more than I would like to see... A...
by davidbann
11 Feb 2016, 06:47
Forum: General
Topic: Using Azure as backend
Replies: 1
Views: 1623

Using Azure as backend

Hi there,

Is it possible to use Azure AD services as the back-end for agents in OTRS 5?

Thanks
by davidbann
19 May 2014, 21:21
Forum: Help
Topic: Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7 [SOLVED]
Replies: 2
Views: 1890

Re: Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7

Ok I finally figured this one out. I added innodb_file_per_table to my.ini, restarted, ran the sql script again and it worked. I then ran the perl database file again and that worked too - all sorted now :)
by davidbann
19 May 2014, 21:05
Forum: Help
Topic: Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7 [SOLVED]
Replies: 2
Views: 1890

Re: Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7

Ok some more useful information - when the MySql script tries to add the new column to the articles table it also shows an error "table is full". I am using InnoDB, and searches indicate that the problem is either that my partition has run out of space, or I need to make sure that I have s...
by davidbann
19 May 2014, 17:11
Forum: Help
Topic: Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7 [SOLVED]
Replies: 2
Views: 1890

Error After Upgrade to 3.3.7 [SOLVED]

Hi, I am running OTRS on windows... I just upgraded from 3.2.8 to 3.3.7. While doing the upgrade I got an error when running the MYSQL upgrade script ( scripts/DBUpdate-to-3.3.mysql.sql ). The error I received was: ERROR 1072 (42000): Key column 'a_message_id_md5' doesn't exist in table. I then ran ...
by davidbann
21 Aug 2012, 08:50
Forum: Help
Topic: Block Email by Regex [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 2174

Block Email by Regex [SOLVED]

Hi there, We have a requirement where a specific customer has asked that only certain people int heir organization should be allowed to log tickets. Any other people that try tro log tickets through email should be rejected. To do this, I have created a PostMaster filter: Stop after match = Yes FILT...
by davidbann
03 May 2012, 21:46
Forum: Help
Topic: Conditional Dynamic Fields [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 1545

Conditional Dynamic Fields [SOLVED]

Hi there, Is it possible to create conditional dynamic fields? In other words, I would like certain tickets to require dynamic fields while others should not require them. For example, if the service of the ticket is set to "Server Support" then I would like the user to be forced to enter ...
by davidbann
12 Sep 2011, 12:44
Forum: Help
Topic: Malformed Cached JavaScript
Replies: 0
Views: 1151

Malformed Cached JavaScript

Hi there, I am experience a strange problem at the moment... When the agent interface log-in screen loads, the text boxes and button are disabled. I investigated through the Firefox error console, and found that the following cached javascript file was corrupt http://support.domain.com/otrs-web/js/j...
by davidbann
18 Jul 2011, 20:48
Forum: Help
Topic: SOLVED: Reject Tickets From Unauthorized Senders
Replies: 2
Views: 3710

Re: Reject Tickets From Unauthorized Senders

Thanks Crythias, I used your suggestion and did the following: - Created a new queue for the client called "Client::Rejected" - Created a new auto-response (auto reply): REJECTED: <OTRS_CUSTOMER_SUBJECT[24]> Hi <OTRS_CUSTOMER_DATA_UserFirstname>, Please note that your email will NOT be att...
by davidbann
18 Jul 2011, 18:06
Forum: Help
Topic: SOLVED: Reject Tickets From Unauthorized Senders
Replies: 2
Views: 3710

SOLVED: Reject Tickets From Unauthorized Senders

Hi there, We have been providing support to one of our customers for a while now - their employees would submit tickets directly to us. They now want to change this, and want all tickets to be submitted by their own internal shared service team. They want us to enforce this by rejecting any tickets ...
by davidbann
11 Nov 2010, 15:16
Forum: Help
Topic: [RESOLVED] Hide external emails in customer dashboard
Replies: 2
Views: 2146

Re: Hide external emails in customer dashboard

Thanks for the response Mike - I will have a look and try out the back-port...
by davidbann
27 Oct 2010, 17:14
Forum: Help
Topic: [RESOLVED] Hide external emails in customer dashboard
Replies: 2
Views: 2146

[RESOLVED] Hide external emails in customer dashboard

Hi, I have implemented SMS notifications for HIGH and VERY HIGH priority tickets. I have done this using an email to sms service. Basically, all I have to do is send an email to sms@smsgateway.com - I then fill the body of the email with specific details including the contents of the SMS. I added a ...
by davidbann
26 Oct 2010, 11:49
Forum: Help
Topic: Block changes on a closed ticket
Replies: 1
Views: 1721

Re: Block changes on a closed ticket

I haven't tried this and it's not an ideal solution, but anyway... [*]Go to Admin->Queue [*]Select the queue you want to configure [*]Change the "Follow up Option" to REJECT or NEW TICKET [*]Save [*]Now when closing a ticket, set to "auto close +" and set the "pending date&q...
by davidbann
19 Oct 2010, 20:49
Forum: Help
Topic: What is Loop Protection?
Replies: 0
Views: 1903

What is Loop Protection?

Hi, I have loop protection logs that are building up every day - what exactly is loop protection? My understanding was that it protects the system from getting into an endless loops of auto-responses. Looking at my logs, every person that ever creates a new ticket via email is added to a loop protec...
by davidbann
19 Oct 2010, 15:17
Forum: Help
Topic: New Ticket Notifications - Include Attachments
Replies: 0
Views: 1217

New Ticket Notifications - Include Attachments

Hi,

Is it possible to have attachments included in new ticket notifications?

So when agents are notified of new ticket requests, the attachments that were sent by the customer should be sent with the notification to the agents.

Thanks
by davidbann
01 Oct 2010, 09:13
Forum: Help
Topic: Intermittent Email Sending Errors
Replies: 0
Views: 1284

Intermittent Email Sending Errors

Hi, I am getting an intermittent problem where the following error is being displayed to agents when they try and reply to a ticket: [Fri Oct 1 08:58:27 2010][Error][Kernel::System::Email::SMTP::Send][131] Can't send to '#####@########.com': 000! Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info! How do I find o...
by davidbann
30 Sep 2010, 11:54
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

That makes perfect sense - thanks again for the input - very helpful!
by davidbann
30 Sep 2010, 09:56
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

jojo wrote:SLAs normally won't stop for pending, pecause everbody will set his ticket than to pending.
That's a very good point - Perhaps I have been looking at this the wroing way... Thanks for the response
by davidbann
30 Sep 2010, 09:37
Forum: Help
Topic: Clarity on Calendar Timezones
Replies: 1
Views: 1543

Re: Clarity on Calendar Timezones

Anyone have an idea on this?
by davidbann
30 Sep 2010, 09:29
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

I've tested and can confirm that the calculation of escalation dates/times are not "paused" when in a pending status... Regardless of the status of the ticket, the escalation calculations always keep ticking away. So even if an agent is at the mercy of the unresponsive customer, we may sti...
by davidbann
29 Sep 2010, 09:27
Forum: Help
Topic: Slow Form Submission Response
Replies: 13
Views: 7728

Slow Form Submission Response

Hi, I have a strange problem where the performance of OTRS is perfect, except for some occasions where a form is submitted. An example is when an agent tries to create a new email ticket. They fill in all the details, upload attachments, (which is all fine), but then when he submits to create the ti...
by davidbann
23 Sep 2010, 15:14
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

Thanks I will give it a try. My concern is that in the OTRS documentation it states that "Time spent by the ticket in this status will still add towards the escalation time calculations." (http://doc.otrs.org/2.4/en/html/c1964.html#states-predefined) I will test it though, and hopefully th...
by davidbann
23 Sep 2010, 11:44
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

ferrosti wrote:Just create this status and in the Core::Ticket section you should place it in the pending state section.
Thanks - should I use type "pending auto" or "pending reminder"?
by davidbann
22 Sep 2010, 08:39
Forum: Help
Topic: Inserting logos on Agen main frontend page
Replies: 7
Views: 10192

Re: Inserting logos on Agen main frontend page

Not sure if I did this the best way, but I found where the standard theme stores images and CSS files. I then created the following directory: "\otrs\OTRS\var\httpd\htdocs\images\ mytheme \" and put all my theme's images in there. (Replace "mytheme" with the name of your theme) I...
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 21:38
Forum: Help
Topic: Computation of Solution Time
Replies: 3
Views: 3301

Re: Computation of Solution Time

Hi mcqueen,

Did you ever find a solution for this? I have the same problem as you...

Thanks
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 16:36
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Re: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

Guidance would be very much appreciated - this is causing a problem in our support system because agents often need to wait for customers to provide additional information. While we wait for this information, the SLA solution time is reached very quickly. By rights, the SLA solution time should only...
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 16:31
Forum: Help
Topic: Email notification to the customer
Replies: 1
Views: 2122

Re: Email notification to the customer

From my understanding (and I stand to be corrected), there is no such functionality - You need to use the OTRS Agent Dashboard to respond to tickets...
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 15:14
Forum: Help
Topic: [Resolved] Agents not being notified
Replies: 2
Views: 1906

Re: Agents not being notified

Notifications are depending on the "My Queues" setting of the agent. So have a look on his preferences Oh I see - I just assumed that anyone with RW permissions to a queue would get notifications regardless of the "My Queues" preferences. I thought that "My Queues" was...
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 15:02
Forum: Help
Topic: [Resolved] Agents not being notified
Replies: 2
Views: 1906

[Resolved] Agents not being notified

Hi, I have two agents assigned to RW permission on a queue - when a new ticket is created in this queue via email, then for some reason only one agent is notified of the new ticket. I checked the logs, and there is no mention of sending a ticket notification to the other aget. It tells me that it se...
by davidbann
21 Sep 2010, 07:35
Forum: Help
Topic: [Resolved] Default Ticket Type
Replies: 2
Views: 2475

Re: Default Ticket Type

Dizzy wrote:You can use the "Postmaster filter" in the Admin-Menu and set the X-OTRS-Type as you want to!
Thanks Dizzy - I'll give that a try. I was hoping there was a postmaster configuration setting for this to make it less "dirty", but I guess I can't have it all :)
by davidbann
20 Sep 2010, 21:52
Forum: Help
Topic: Inserting logos on Agen main frontend page
Replies: 7
Views: 10192

Re: Inserting logos on Agen main frontend page

You would have to create a new theme - go to "OTRS/Kernel/Output/HTML/" Create a new folder and name it whatever you want to name your theme - we'll call it "custom". Now go to "OTRS/Kernel/Output/HTML/Standard" and copy header.dtl into "OTRS/Kernel/Output/HTML/Cus...
by davidbann
20 Sep 2010, 21:45
Forum: Help
Topic: [Resolved] Default Ticket Type
Replies: 2
Views: 2475

[Resolved] Default Ticket Type

Hi,

Is there a way to set the default ticket type for incoming emails? Currently, all incoming emails default to "incident" which is not correct - how can I change this? Is there anything under SysConfig?
by davidbann
20 Sep 2010, 13:52
Forum: Help
Topic: Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"
Replies: 11
Views: 8673

Custom Status "Waiting for Customer"

Hi, I see that I can create custom status by going to the "Status" section in the admin area. I would like to create a new status called "Waiting for Customer" - if a ticket is in this status, then the escalation time should NOT be counted. Is this possible? Which status type sho...
by davidbann
16 Sep 2010, 22:29
Forum: Help
Topic: You should use FastCGI or mod_perl to increase... [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 10083

Re: You should use FastCGI or mod_perl to increase... [SOLVE

I have used the standard MSI installation for OTRS on windows - StrawberryPerl doesn't come with mod_perl loaded, but it does come with the PPM utility. Go to the command prompt and change to your Perl directory (eg c:\otrs\strawberryperl\perl\bin\). Now type the following: perl -v This will get you...
by davidbann
16 Sep 2010, 17:37
Forum: Help
Topic: [Resolved] Tickets Randomly Not Being Created From Emails
Replies: 10
Views: 8257

Re: Tickets Randomly Not Being Created From Emails

As a final update to this, I have recently moved my OTRS installation to a new VPS with a new host. After the migration, cronw works perfectly well and all mails are delivered as expected. This is very strange, since the new VPS is almost identical to the old on - both Win2003 64bit, and I have used...
by davidbann
16 Sep 2010, 17:15
Forum: Help
Topic: How do SLA's on Email Tickets work?
Replies: 3
Views: 2199

Re: How do SLA's on Email Tickets work?

Thanks ferrosti, but I think we are misunderstanding each other... You are right - "1 hour SLA" is only an example... So let's say that I have an SLA that has a 1 hour 1st response time. I create a new "e-mail ticket" and send this off to the customer. If the customer responds af...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 14:33
Forum: Help
Topic: Access rights not understood
Replies: 7
Views: 5813

Re: Access rights not understood

Regarding the "users" group being assigned to all agents - The best I can come up with is the fact that when an agent creates a new ticket, if they start typing the name of the customer user in the "from" field (for phone-tickets), then OTRS will suggest names (wait a second or t...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 11:54
Forum: Help
Topic: Access rights not understood
Replies: 7
Views: 5813

Re: Access rights not understood

I have noone given permissions on "users", except for admin accounts (way higher permissions than agents!). If you have no one with "users" permissions, how are your agents able to click on the "customer" link when creating a phone or email ticket? If I don;t assign RW...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 11:51
Forum: Help
Topic: Postmaster fetch interval
Replies: 3
Views: 2834

Re: Postmaster fetch interval

ferrosti wrote:I do not use 3.0b, but in the older versions this will be set up in the cron scripts.
DO NOT set the interval too low, since this might block itself in case an import takes longer than the interval that hass been set.
What would you classify as too low?
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 11:50
Forum: Help
Topic: How do SLA's on Email Tickets work?
Replies: 3
Views: 2199

How do SLA's on Email Tickets work?

Hi, Just to clarify, my understanding is that a phone ticket is a ticket that you create when a customer requests something from you, usually over the phone or in person. An email ticket is used when an agent needs a customer to do something, so in actual fact the task is to be carried out by the cu...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 08:57
Forum: Help
Topic: New Stat Report - Missed Response Times
Replies: 0
Views: 1094

New Stat Report - Missed Response Times

Hi, I am trying to create a new stat report, but it is very confusing - I'm sure it will be simple enough once I wrap my mind around it, but for now I can't seem to understand how to configure a new stat report. I would like to create a report that allows me to enter a date range and customer, and f...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 08:30
Forum: Help
Topic: Clarity on Calendar Timezones
Replies: 1
Views: 1543

Clarity on Calendar Timezones

Hi, I have configured my server and set it to the correct timezone (GMT+2). Under Core::Time I have disabled the timezone option. My question now has to do with the calendars - each calendar has a timezone setting. Should I be setting a local calendar to GMT+2, or to GMT+0? In other words, I want th...
by davidbann
15 Sep 2010, 08:04
Forum: Help
Topic: Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info
Replies: 2
Views: 4285

Re: Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info

Thanks Crythias,

I am hosting on a VPS - the hosting provider has closed down all outgoing mail, and forces me to use their SMTP server (to prevent spamming), so I don't think I can use another SMTP server. I will give them a call and see if they can sort it out.

Thanks for the prompt feedback!
by davidbann
14 Sep 2010, 22:59
Forum: Help
Topic: Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info
Replies: 2
Views: 4285

Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info

Hi, I am getting an error in my OTRS logs: [Tue Sep 14 16:25:34 2010][Error][Kernel::System::Email::SMTP::Send][149] Can't send message: 354Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself ! Enable Net::SMTP debug for more info! Does anyone have an idea of what might be causing this? Not...