Using the Case Portal to create cases in the RSA Community

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Why Should I Use The Case Portal?

Opening support cases online is a very useful feature for several reasons. For example:

• Your case goes directly to the queue of the people that can fix it without multiple rounds of escalation.
• Opening cases online allows you to give more exact details (including screenshots and attachments) - as opposed to time-consuming screen-sharing sessions, or messy email threads.
• In many cases, before opening a case you will see helpful articles and suggestions that might relate to your specific problem, saving you time and money and getting to the solution fast.

Opening a Case in the RSA Community

Follow these steps to open a case in the RSA Community:

Navigate to the Case Portal

Log in to the RSA Community website and hover with your mouse over the Support option in the main navigation menu at the top of any page. Hover over Case Portal and then click on Create New Case

Add Details for Case Support

By carefully selecting your options and providing as much detail as you can in your ticket, you can drastically reduce queue and response time by ensuring your ticket goes to the right support staff. Follow the instructions below to learn how.

Choose Case Type

In the Case Portal choose the Case Type option that most resembles your issue in the dropdown and click the Proceed button.

Select Technical Support to request technical assistance for a RSA product that you have an active maintenance contract for and can't find answers to in the community.

Select RSA Community for an issue within the RSA Community.  For example: seeing "Access Denied" or other errors on the site, or questions or concerns about your community account.

Select myRSA Portal if you are having an issue downloading patches or full releases, or trouble accessing the myRSA page downloads area.

Select Token Media for issues with the Token seed media for your SecurID product

Select Sales Inquiries to submit an inquiry to Sales regarding order status, maintenance renewal, trial requests and similar topics.

Select Education Services to request assistance and/or report an issue relating to the Education Services, such as training and certification programs, access issues, etc.

Select Technical Support to request assistance relating to the Partner Community, such as access requests and partner Site ID requests.

Enter a Successful Subject Line For Your Case

Enter a short outline or quick description using keywords in the Subject field. This is the introduction of your case to the support staff. Be detailed, but brief. A good title includes keywords such as which product (and sub-product), versions, environments (cloud vs. windows or linux), and a brief overview of the issue.

Make sure that your contact details are correct in the pane on the right. This is the information used to contact you.

• Additionally, as you begin typing the subject notice that suggestions will appear containing articles and discussions in the community that could address your issue.

Specify Account Details Using Dropdowns

Account: Select which account you want to open the case for.

Is this a production system? Select whether or not your issue is in a production environment.

RSA Product Set: Which general product queue should this go into? (ie SecurID or SecurID Governance and Lifecycle)

Request For: Which sub-product are you requesting the ticket for (i.e. Authentication Manager, Cloud Authentication Systems, etc.)

RSA Version/Condition: Which version or condition does this apply to?

Description: In the Description field, provide a detailed description of your issue so that the Technical Support Engineer will have a starting point for assisting you, including error logs or other important messages.

The Description field allows for rich text, which means that you can add formatted text, images, hyperlinks, screenshots, etc.

Severity: Select the appropriate severity level for your support case, using the recommended guidelines to the side of the New Case page. An "S3" severity is the default.

Priority: Please select the appropriate Priority for the issue you are submitting.

This is useful if you are submitting cases on various issues, and know one may be more important than the other.

Preferred Communication: Please select your Preferred Communications method for being contacted about this case. Phone (if applicable), Email, or Case Comments). Typically Case Comments is the default selection.

Preferred Language: Please select your preferred language. We will try to contact you in this language (if the resource permits).

Upload Attachments

Most types of attachments are supported for your case. There are some attachment details to pay attention to: namely a restriction on how many attachments you can upload through the Case Portal, and a limit on attachment filesize as covered below. In cases that require more than the below specifications, please contact your support representative for additional options.

You may upload up to five relevant attachments (such as log files, screenshots, etc.) under the Attachments section.

NOTE: There is a file upload limit of 75MB when attaching files to support cases.

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Submitting Your Case, and What Comes Next

Finish Submitting Your Case

Once you are sure that you have all the details and uploads ready for your case, click on the Save button at the bottom of the page to submit your support case. A green success message flash at the top of the screen if it was submitted successfully, or you might have additional information requested that you need to fill in depending on your selections.

It will look a lot like this. Success! Your case was uploaded Successfully.

You can access the case at any time by clicking on the Case Portal link.  For more information, refer to the How do I manage my open support cases? section in the RSA Community Frequently Asked Questions.

I'm Getting an Error Message

If you see red error messages flash instead, try to follow the error message. It is possible that you left out a required field, or that there is a problem with one of your attachments.

Your error message will appear at the top and will look something like this. Get a screenshot of it before you do anything just in case. It should give you additional context about what is going on.

The majority of errors in the Case Portal are timeout issues, or leaving out required fields, or attachment failures. If it mentions something about your account permissions, or a salesforce error, please refer to this article here to get support for your issue, or if you have an account representative you can send your screenshot directly there as well.

For information on all methods of acquiring support, please refer to the document entitled How to Contact RSA Support.