Solution Topics

Solution Topics

The solution articles are organized by topics and sub-topics, thereby listing a table of contents on the list view page for easy navigation.
To browse solutions by topic, go to the left pane on the solution list view.

Click on a topic to view the corresponding sub-topics. On clicking a sub-topic, you can view the articles listed. You can expand all topics at once using the Expand option and then collapse them.


If a topic/sub-topic is shared to specific technician groups, the shared groups will be displayed beside the topic name on top of the list view page.
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You cannot access topics/sub-topics of specific technician groups, if you are not a part of the group. 


Add New Topic/Sub-topic 

To add a topic, click New on the left pane.

To add a sub-topic, hover over a topic name, click and select New.

In the New Topic form, fill in the following details:
  1. Add a unique solution topic name. This is a mandatory field.
  2. Select an icon to represent the topic. You can also import an image as the topic icon.
  3. Click Save.
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Only JPEG, GIF, or PNG files of less than 2MB can be imported as topic icon. 

Edit Topic 

  1. Hover over the topics/sub-topics and click .
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Update the topic name and icon.
  4. Click Save.

Share Topic

  1. Hover over the topics/sub-topics and click .
  2. Select Share.
  3. Select if you want to share the topic with all technicians or specific technician groups.
    1. If the topic is limited to specific technician groups, select the technician groups in the combo box.
  4. Choose if the access limitation applies to sub-topics or only to the topic.
  5. Click Apply.

Assign Topic Owner 

  1. Hover over the topics/sub-topics and click .
  2. Select Topic owner.
  3. You can modify the topic name, if needed.
  4. Select a technician as topic owner from the drop-down.
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If a topic/sub-topic is shared with specific technician groups, only technicians within the groups can be the topic owner apart from the SDAdmin. 
Sub-topics without owner will be auto-assigned to the parent topic's owner.

Move Topic 

  1. Click on a topic in the left name and drag it to a new position to reorder the topics.
  2. You can create parent topics and sub-topics by dragging a topic over another topic name. This will mark the moved topic as a sub-topic.
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If a solution is moved to another topic, its share permissions will be updated per the parent topic. 

Delete Topic 

  1. Hover over the topics/sub-topics and click .
  2. Select Delete.
  3. If a topic has sub-topics, you can delete the sub-topics as well or move the sub-topics to a different parent topic.
  4. Click Delete.
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When a topic is deleted, all solutions present under the topic will be moved to the trash, and the topic will be inactive till all the trashed solutions under the topic are deleted permanently. 
 

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