To view the costs incurred within a support provision case

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The procedure to view the costs incurred within a support provision case is as follows:

  1. Using the Advanced search spy-glass (), select Support Case as the Search for and Search by category, and enter the Case ID as the search criteria 1.
  2. With the Results tab in current focus, double-click on the row containing the exact record match, or return to the Criteria tab and refine the search filters. The Support Case Details window is displayed.
  3. Click on Costs. The Costs tab is activated, revealing a list of all expenses incurred within the management lifecycle of the support provision case 1. Certain fields are worthy of special note and are captured in the table below 2.
  4. Click on Close.


Tip

1 By default, all costs are displayed in chronological order i.e. the date on which they were raised against the support provision case; to aid analysis, rows can be reordered by clicking on any of the available headings.

Note

1 Additional search criteria may need to be employed (e.g. start and end date ranges, company, status, support type) to ensure that the correct support provision case is returned; an alternative Search by category of Contact or Contact Group may be selected to extend the available search fields.

2 Use the summary table Menu option to hide or reveal additional columns of information; apply the standard 'drag and drop' technique to reposition columns into a different order.


Field

Description

Type

The classification of the individual cost element e.g. Specialist Consultation Services, Staff Awareness Training, Satellite Surgery Travel Expenses, etc.

Value

The total value of the incurred cost element.

Details

The contextual data in relation to the cost being raised against the support provision case.

Created By

The name of the end user who raised the cost element against the support provision case.

Date

The date on which the incurred cost was recorded against the support provision case.

Remove Date

The date on which any originally recorded cost was removed from the support provision case.


See related topics...

Support provision cost management overview

To add an incurred cost to a support provision case

Using the search facility