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  • 1.  %REQUESTER, SDM Mail Processing

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 07:42 PM

    Hey all,

     

    I appear to have a problem with mail eater. We are leaving the TextAPI in the mail rules within SDM blank and applying the rules directly in the email.

     

    Sending in with emails that use the -m command to define a different end user than the sender.

     

    With the body looking similar to this:

    Originally Approved by John Doe, Verified by Jane Doe

    %REQUESTER=ID0000001
    %ZEFFECTIVEDATE=10/08/2018 00:00:00
    %CATEGORY=Access.BULK

     

    The custom field for effective date works perfectly. The category works perfectly. Assigning the category, group, and assigned end user.

     

    We want to be able to set the REQUESTER as well. But I find that no matter what I do it appears to get me no where despite numerous combinations. What I have learned is it appears to be a permissions block. If I open a ticket under someone with analyst rights or administrative rights (with the -m) I appear to be able to effective apply the requestor details.

     

    However, if I open it under someone with employee rights. Which is the case 98% of the time. I do not appear to be able to apply any value to this area.

     

    Do you know what needs to be changed to make this work? I've attempted a number of permissions combination changes with no luck thus far.

     

    Thank you!



  • 2.  Re: %REQUESTER, SDM Mail Processing
    Best Answer

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 10:56 PM

    Hi Jordan,

    a contact with the Employee access type (or any other 'unlicensed' access type) can only access tickets raised by the contact.  In R11 you could juggle with permissions and get around that, but the restriction is strictly enforced since R12, I believe.  If you make Employee a 'licensed' access type you should find that makes the difference.  But obviously that is unlikely to be a viable solution from a licensing point of view, so you may find it preferable to create a 'licensed' access type - 'Approver', perhaps - with specific access rights, and assign that to anyone whose job requires them to raise tickets on another's behalf.

    Regards,

    James



  • 3.  Re: %REQUESTER, SDM Mail Processing

    Posted Oct 04, 2018 09:37 AM

    Implemented exactly that. It resolved the issue and gave me what I needed. 

    I wasn't used to the explicit deny in R12 as we got around this before.

     

    Thank you.