Managing your support cases

Searching for support cases

From the Manage cases page, you can filter by case status and search for all of your support cases by using query parameters in the search bar. All parameters can be used together and entered in any order. You can also filter cases by selecting All cases, My cases, and Watchlist cases.

See the following table for details about the search parameters:

If you enter a term without a parameter, the search results are shown for the support case number and the case subject.

Viewing support cases by using the API

You can programmatically view a support case by using the API as shown in the following sample request. For more information, see the Case Management API.

To view a case, see the following samples:

curl -X GET 'https://support-center.cloud.ibm.com/case-management/v1/cases/{case_number}?fields=number,updated_at,resources' -H 'Authorization: TOKEN' \

GetCaseOptions getCaseOptions = new GetCaseOptions.Builder()
  .caseNumber(caseNumber)
  .addFields(GetCaseOptions.Fields.DESCRIPTION)
  .addFields(GetCaseOptions.Fields.STATUS)
  .addFields(GetCaseOptions.Fields.SEVERITY)
  .addFields(GetCaseOptions.Fields.CREATED_BY)
  .build();

Response<Case> response = service.getCase(getCaseOptions).execute();
Case xCase = response.getResult();

System.out.println(xCase);

const fieldsToReturn = [
  CaseManagementV1.GetCaseConstants.Fields.DESCRIPTION,
  CaseManagementV1.GetCaseConstants.Fields.STATUS,
  CaseManagementV1.GetCaseConstants.Fields.SEVERITY,
  CaseManagementV1.GetCaseConstants.Fields.CREATED_BY,
];

const params = {
  caseNumber: caseNumber,
  fields: fieldsToReturn,
};

caseManagementService.getCase(params)
  .then(res => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.warn(err)
  });

fields_to_return = [
  GetCaseEnums.Fields.DESCRIPTION,
  GetCaseEnums.Fields.STATUS,
  GetCaseEnums.Fields.SEVERITY,
  GetCaseEnums.Fields.CREATED_BY,
]

case = case_management_service.get_case(
  case_number=case_number,
  fields=fields_to_return
).get_result()

print(json.dumps(case, indent=2))

getCaseOptions := caseManagementService.NewGetCaseOptions(
  caseNumber,
)
getCaseOptions.SetFields([]string{
  casemanagementv1.GetCaseOptionsFieldsDescriptionConst,
  casemanagementv1.GetCaseOptionsFieldsStatusConst,
  casemanagementv1.GetCaseOptionsFieldsSeverityConst,
  casemanagementv1.GetCaseOptionsFieldsCreatedByConst,
})

caseVar, response, err := caseManagementService.GetCase(getCaseOptions)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}
b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(caseVar, "", "  ")
fmt.Println(string(b))

Updating support cases by using the API

The following sample request shows how to programmatically update a support case. For more information, see the Case Management API.

curl -X PUT '/case-management/v1/cases/{case_number}/status' -H 'Authorization: TOKEN' -d '{
  "action": "resolve",
  "comment": "The issue is resolved. Thank you!",
  "resolution_code": 1
}'

ResolvePayload statusPayloadModel = new ResolvePayload.Builder()
  .action("resolve")
  .comment("The problem has been resolved.")
  .resolutionCode(1)
  .build();
UpdateCaseStatusOptions updateCaseStatusOptions = new UpdateCaseStatusOptions.Builder()
  .caseNumber(caseNumber)
  .statusPayload(statusPayloadModel)
  .build();

Response<Case> response = service.updateCaseStatus(updateCaseStatusOptions).execute();
Case xCase = response.getResult();

System.out.println(xCase);

const statusPayloadModel = {
  action: 'resolve',
  comment: 'The problem has been resolved.',
  resolution_code: 1,
};

const params = {
  caseNumber: caseNumber,
  statusPayload: statusPayloadModel,
};

caseManagementService.updateCaseStatus(params)
  .then(res => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.warn(err)
  });

status_payload_model = {
  'action': 'resolve',
  'comment': 'The problem has been resolved.',
  'resolution_code': 1,
}

case = case_management_service.update_case_status(
  case_number=case_number,
  status_payload=status_payload_model
).get_result()

print(json.dumps(case, indent=2))

statusPayloadModel := &casemanagementv1.ResolvePayload{
  Action:         core.StringPtr("resolve"),
  Comment:        core.StringPtr("The problem has been resolved."),
  ResolutionCode: core.Int64Ptr(int64(1)),
}

updateCaseStatusOptions := caseManagementService.NewUpdateCaseStatusOptions(
  caseNumber,
  statusPayloadModel,
)

caseVar, response, err := caseManagementService.UpdateCaseStatus(updateCaseStatusOptions)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}
b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(caseVar, "", "  ")
fmt.Println(string(b))

Adding comments to support cases by using the API

The following sample request shows how to programmatically add a comment to a support case. For more information, see the Case Management API.

curl -X PUT '/case-management/v1/cases/{case_number}/comments' -H 'Authorization: TOKEN' -d '{
  "comment": "Test comment api"
}'

AddCommentOptions addCommentOptions = new AddCommentOptions.Builder()
  .caseNumber(caseNumber)
  .comment("This is an example comment.")
  .build();

Response<Comment> response = service.addComment(addCommentOptions).execute();
Comment comment = response.getResult();

System.out.println(comment);

const params = {
  caseNumber: caseNumber,
  comment: 'This is an example comment,',
};

caseManagementService.addComment(params)
  .then(res => {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.warn(err)
  });

comment = case_management_service.add_comment(
  case_number=case_number,
  comment='This is an example comment.'
).get_result()

print(json.dumps(comment, indent=2))

addCommentOptions := caseManagementService.NewAddCommentOptions(
  caseNumber,
  "This is an example comment.",
)

comment, response, err := caseManagementService.AddComment(addCommentOptions)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}
b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(comment, "", "  ")
fmt.Println(string(b))