Links included with tickets

It seems like some customers get the links included in the new ticket email, and some do not.

Some emails just show;

Hello,

A new Service Ticket has been created for your account.

Your Service Ticket number: 0500-2377
Ticket created:05/14/2013 11:28 PM

Issue / problem:
POP UP BOX ON SUE DESKTOP


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Thank You.


Isnt it being "on" a global settings?

Yes, it is. Links to the Web portal are not included when the customer does not have any Web users defined.

Guess that make a little sense.

So howcome the system isnt smart enough to not send the links if it knows they dont have any web users?

Well, that is exactly what the system does - assuming the system is configured to include Web links in email alerts, when then alert is sent the system first checks to see whether or not the customer has Web user defined under their account, if it finds Web users it includes the links otherwise it does not.

It doesn't send the links, but it still sends the text from the template?

Is there a way to make the template text only show up when there are links?

I think links with no descriptions are ineffective, but when we add a description, users get emails that say click here but with no links.

Links, and their labels, are shown when the customer has Web users defined and when you enabled this feature under Tools > Options > Web Interface tab (scroll down the tab until you see the 'Web Links in Emails' box where you should enable it).

Also, if you use customized templates then you might have removed the tokens that place the label ('View'/'Edit') and the corresponding link. Please verify that your template includes the following four tokens.

<CMTLBLDATA_FLDGENRangerMSPWEBINTERFACESHOWRECOR D> <CMTLBLDATA_FLDGENRangerMSPWEBINTERFACESHOWURLLN K>
<CMTLBLDATA_FLDGENRangerMSPWEBINTERFACEEDITRECOR D> <CMTLBLDATA_FLDGENRangerMSPWEBINTERFACEEDITURLLN K>

The tokens are still there.

If i chose send test email and select a ticket attached to an account with no web users i still see the text with no links.

Maybe I dont fully understand what you are telling me.

The template test does not check this, only the Alerts Server module does, so you should test it with real alerts and only use the Test option to check your email template customization.

How do i test with a real alert without making bogus tickets for myself?

You cannot create a 'real' situation without really creating one... create a test customer account, open a ticket and see how it works. There's no work around here.

Well going back to my first pst, it has already been tested and isnt working correctly.

That client is setup as a web user, but the links didnt show on the email.

Please test it with the system's default email templates and not customized one and let us know how it goes.