How to open a Support Ticket

If you want to open a ticket in the Scheer PAS Support Center you can

send an email to support@scheer-pas.com.
log in to the Support Center and create a new ticket.

Sending an Email

Send an email to support@scheer-pas.com. This will create a new support ticket.

In return, you will receive a confirmation email that your ticket has been created.

Creating a Ticket in the Support Center

	If you are logged in to the support center, you have several options to open a ticket - depending on the topic. The start page contains two tabs: General Licenses
	In the General tab you will find two forms: Report a problem: Select the first form to report a problem to Scheer PAS support. File an improvement: Choose this form if you want to file an improvement to a Scheer PAS software component.
	Switch to tab Licenses if you have a license request: Request a license transfer: Use this form to request a license transfer for BRIDGE, BUILDER or MagicDraw. Request a new BRIDGE license: Choose this form if you need a new BRIDGE license. Request a new BUILDER license: Select this form to request a new license for BUILDER or MagicDraw.
	Each form contains input fields that refer to the respective topic. Please follow the instructions under each input field and make sure you enter the required information - the quality of your report plays an important role in reducing the time we need to resolve the problem. The data required for support depends on the PAS component. Please visit the appropriate page in our documentation to learn more about the required information: Information to Include in a Support Request Support Request for Standalone Integration (Bridge)
	If all required content has been entered, click Create. You will receive a confirmation email about the successful ticket creation.

Managing your Request

The support center gives you access to tickets you have created yourself but also to all tickets of your organization as well as to tickets you have been added to as request participant.

	In the upper right corner of the support center page you will find the menu Requests.
	Clicking on the menu opens a window with several options: My requests Organization Name (if applicable) All requests
	My requests: List of your current requests.
	Organization Name (if applicable): You can be member of an organization, in most cases this would be your company. If other colleagues of your company are also entitled to open support requests, you can see all tickets opened by members of your organization.
	All requests: Both of the above, as well as requests where you have been added to as a request participant.

Ticket Status

The status of a ticket shows the current processing step:

Open: The ticket is waiting to be processed.
In Progress: Support started the analysis of your problem and will contact you as soon as first results are available.
Wait: The ticket has been marked as follow-up and will be further processed at a determined date (for example after another logging period or after a scheduled system update).
Waiting for Customer: The support team has contacted the reporter of the ticket because further information is needed for further action.
Resolved: The support team has proposed a solution and is waiting for your feedback whether this will solve the problem.
Closed: The solution provided by support has been accepted by the customer, the problem has been solved.

Ticket Content

Click on a ticket in the list to open it.

The ticket shows the following content:

Ticket number
Summary
Detailed description
Ticket sidebar

The ticket sidebar contains further functionalities and information:

Ticket Status: Displays the current ticket status.
Notification Settings: Click the link if you do not want to receive notification emails for this ticket.
Share functionality: Click here to add more request participants who should be able to see the ticket content.
Close functionality: Click on the link if you want to close your request.
Name(s) of shared users and organizations: The list displays the reporter of the ticket as well as all request participants and organizations.

Adding Ticket Content

You have two options to add content to a ticket:

Answering to Email Notifications

If you enabled the notification functionality for a ticket, you will receive emails when content is added to your ticket or when the ticket status changes.

To add a comment to a ticket, you can just reply to one of those notification emails.

Please make sure that your reply is placed above the line marked in the email.

The content of your email is then added automatically to the associated ticket.

Adding Content in the Support Center

	Once a ticket has been created, you can also add further content in the support center. Use the input field Comment on this request... to add further information to your ticket.
	To add attachments, click the link Browse or drag & drop your files directly to the ticket.
	When you have finished, click Add to save the changes in the ticket.
	The latest entry is always shown on top of the content list.
	Every change of the ticket status is also displayed in the ticket content.