Who can use this feature?
- Users with the following permissions and access can convert a ticket to a Project Request
- Access to TDNext/Work Management
- Access to a Ticketing application
- Access to a Client Portal Application with a security role that includes "Submit Project Requests"
Converting a Ticket to a Project Request
- In the Ticketing Application, open the ticket to be converted
- Select the Actions drop down from the ticket Details window
- Select Convert to Project Request
- Select the name of the Client Portal Application where the Project request service is located
- The New Request screen will be presented.
- Note the cautions as follows
You are converting a ticket into a project request. After saving, the original ticket will no longer be available. The following data will be permanently lost:
- Ticket resources, including schedules
- Custom ticket attributes
- Entries for this ticket in My Work
- Alerts
- Ticket tasks
- Select a Project Type. This will determine what field are required and optional to save the request.
- Complete the fields presented
- Scroll to the top and Save
- Click Review and submit this request to view the unsubmitted request and provide additional information.
- Incomplete sections will display in the left navigator. For each incomplete section, follow these steps:
- Click the section to review what information it is requesting.
- If there is relevant information to add, add it in the section.
- Click Save to save your work.
- Click Mark Complete to verify the section is completed.
- Click the "Review and Submit" tab and then the "Submit for Review" or "Mark Complete and Submit" button at the top.
- After the request has been submitted for the review, it will no longer be editable in the client portal.
Additional Information
- The fields presented on the New Request screen are determined by the Project Type that is selected by the user
- Project Request Forms are NOT used during this process.
- After it is converted, the original ticket will not be available in the ticketing application. If you search by ticket number, a message will be presented as that includes the new project request number, the user who converted it, and the date and time of conversion.
- Custom attributes on the ticket will not map to custom project request attributes but the information stored in those attributes will be captured in the project feed
- The ticket history (feed) will be available in the project feed