Add related parties to a case

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  • Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
  • 1 Minute Lesedauer

    • Add related parties to a case to help provide the access level to the related parties, such as contacts or consumers on a case.

    Vorbereitungen

    Role required: sn_customerservice_agent

    Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird

    Related parties and their assigned responsibilities are part of the Customer Access Management feature. Customer access management enables you to support multiple contacts and consumers on cases and sold products, providing them with varying levels of access to the case. For more information, see Configuring Customer Access Management.

    Related parties that are added to cases must also be assigned the sn_customerservice.case_authorized_contributor role.

    Prozedur

    1. Navigate to All > Customer Service > Cases > All.
    2. Select the case where you want to add related parties.
    3. From the Related Parties related list, select New.
    4. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Tabelle : 1. Related Party record form
      Field Description
      Type Related party type. The related party type can be a contact, consumer, or a contributor user.
      You can select from the list of related party configurations for the cases that are provided with the base system.
      • Authorized Contact
      • Authorized Consumer
      • Authorized Contributor
      • Listed Contact
      • Listed Consumer
      Case Case number.
      Order Specifies the sequence in which records are displayed, organized according to business preferences.
    5. Select Submit.
      Related parties are added to the case.
    6. Confirm that the contact or consumer selected in step 4 is assigned to the sn_customerservice.case_authorized_contributor role.

    Ergebnisse

    Once related parties are added to the case with a proper functional role having Authorized Representative responsibility, they can perform the following actions.
    • Close a case.
    • Update customer-visible case tasks.
    • Add additional comments and attachments.
    • Accept or reject a solution.
    • Receive notifications on case updates. To confirm that related parties receive email notifications, add them to the email notification configuration.
      1. Navigate to All > System Notification > Email > Notifications.
      2. Select a notification.
      3. In the Who will receive related list, select the lock icon next to Users/Groups in fields.
      4. In the Available column, select Related Party Users and/or Related Party Consumers and move them to the Selected column.
      5. Select the lock icon again and update the record.
      6. Repeat these steps for each of the desired notifications.