<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: Tickets

PRTG includes its own ticket system. With tickets, you can manage and maintain various issues that may occur while monitoring a network. A ticket contains information about recent events in your PRTG installation that need a closer look. You can see each ticket as a task for a particular user.

Each monitoring-related task has a life cycle in the ticket system. PRTG itself can create tickets, for example, when the auto-discovery has finished, and users can create tickets for every kind of issue as well. In addition, you can set up notifications that open a ticket when something uncommon occurs in your network. The task's life cycle starts when a ticket is created. The users who are responsible then take care of this issue. Once the issue has been resolved, the ticket can be closed and the life cycle of the task ends.

Every ticket has a unique ID, a priority, and a status, and you can take several actions on each ticket. You should view every ticket and take a corresponding action. This way, you always keep an overview about each task and its history in your PRTG installation.

PRTG can also send an email to you whenever a ticket is assigned to you or if one of your tickets has been changed.

i_square_cyanFor more information, see Tickets as Emails in this section and how to turn off emails about tickets.

List of Tickets

List of Tickets

i_round_blueExcept for administrator groups, you can disable the tickets system for particular user groups under Setup | System Administration | User Groups. Users that belong to an administrator group do not receive new ToDo tickets (and notifications about changes) by default, only the PRTG System Administrator user does. You cannot change this behavior. However, you can disable ticket emails for every user account.

Types of Tickets

New tickets are created in the following cases:

  • New devices or sensors have been created by the auto-discovery process.
    i_round_blueIn the corresponding ticket, PRTG only lists the device templates that were used to create the sensors.
  • A new probe has connected to the PRTG core server and you must acknowledge it.
  • A new cluster node has connected to the cluster and you must acknowledge it.
  • A new version of the software is available.
  • A new report is ready for review.
  • In a few other situations, such as when the system is running out of disk space, for license issues, or when an error occurs.
  • A notification opened a ticket if set in the notification template settings.
  • A user opened a ticket.

All in all, there are three types of tickets:

Type

Description

User Tickets

User tickets are created by users, for example, to assign monitoring-related tasks to a particular user account (or user group).

ToDo Tickets

ToDo tickets are created by PRTG to show important system information and inform you about specific system events. They are assigned to the predefined PRTG Administrators group. You cannot change the user group to which PRTG assigns ToDo tickets and you cannot disable ToDo tickets. As a member of the PRTG Administrators user group, the PRTG System Administrator user is always notified when a ticket of this type is created.
i_round_blueThe Related Object of ToDo tickets is System.

Notification Tickets

Tickets created via notifications in case of monitoring alerts.

States of Tickets

Tickets can have three different states depending on the working process regarding the corresponding issue:

Symbol

State

Description

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Open

New tickets are open as long as the issue as described in the ticket exists.

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Resolved

The issue as described in the ticket does not persist any longer. Someone took care of it.

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Closed

Usually, the ticket was resolved before, the solution to the issue was reviewed for correctness, and the ticket does not require any other action.

Tickets (Main Menu)

i_round_blueThis option is only available in the main menu bar if the user group of the logged in user is allowed to use the ticket system. You can turn off tickets for user groups under Setup | System Administration | User Groups. Read-only users never have access to the ticket system and cannot see the Tickets option in the main menu bar.

You have several options to display a list of tickets that is filtered to your needs. In the main menu bar, hover over Tickets to show all available filter options, or click directly to show all open tickets assigned to you. You can also create a new ticket via the main menu. Available options are:

Option

Description

My Tickets

Click to show all open tickets that are assigned to you. Hover over My Tickets to show other options to filter these tickets depending on their status: Open, Resolved, Closed, or All.

All Tickets

Click to show all open tickets of all users. Hover over All Tickets to show other options to filter these tickets depending on their status: Open, Resolved, Closed, or All.

ToDo Tickets

Click to show all open tickets of the type ToDo. Hover over ToDo Tickets to show other options to filter these tickets depending on their status: Open, Resolved, Closed, or All.

Click Open to show all open ToDo tickets. Hover over Open to show other options to filter these tickets depending on their event type: All, Report Related, Auto-Discovery Related, Probe Related, System Errors, or New Software Version.

Add Ticket

From the main menu bar, select Tickets | Add Ticket, or hover over b_add and click Add Ticket. This opens the Add Ticket dialog.

In step 1, select the object that the new ticket is related to via the object selector. Click OK.
i_round_blueYou can leave this step out if you use the context menu of this object in the device tree to open the ticket.

In step 2, provide the following information and click OK to create a User Ticket:

  • Subject: Enter a meaningful title for the ticket that indicates the topic of the issue.
  • Assigned to: From the dropdown list, select a user (or user group) who is responsible for this issue.
  • Priority: Define a priority from i_priority_1 to i_priority_5.
  • Comments: Enter a text message. This message should describe the issue in detail.

After you open a new user ticket, a corresponding list of tickets appears. In this table list, you can sort the items via the respective options. Additionally, several search options are available in the filter directly above the table:

Option

Description

Status

all, open, resolved, closed

Type

Tickets, User Tickets, ToDo Tickets, Notification Tickets

Assigned To

Show only tickets that are assigned to a specific user or user group. There are the following options:

  • anyone: No user filter is applied, so all tickets are shown.
  • me: Show tickets that are assigned to you (the user who is logged in).
  • Groups: Show tickets that are assigned to a specific user group. The displayed groups are specific to your setup.
  • Users: Show tickets that are assigned to a specific user. The displayed users are specific to your setup.
  • Disallowed: Display users or user groups that do not have access rights to the selected object. This is for your information only. You cannot select disallowed users or user groups.

Related To

Specify the relationship to a monitoring object. Select groups, probes, devices, or sensors with the object selector
i_round_blueToDo tickets are related to System.

Changed Between

Define a time span to view tickets by their last edit. Use the date time picker to enter the date and time.

Click the subject of a ticket to open the ticket. There you can find all related information and take several actions.

An Open ToDo Ticket with Instructions

An Open ToDo Ticket with Instructions

Actions

For the best experience with PRTG, check every ticket and select appropriate actions.
i_round_blueOnly user group members that have the corresponding access rights can view and edit tickets that are related to a certain monitoring object.

The following actions are available when you view the tickets list or a specific ticket:

Action

Description

Edit

Open a dialog where you can change the subject and the priority of the ticket, as well as assign the ticket to a different user. Furthermore, you can add a text message to this ticket. Click OK to apply your changes.

Assign

Open a dialog where you can give the ticket to a different user. Select a user (or user group) via the dropdown list. Furthermore, you can add a text message to this ticket. Click OK to apply your changes.

Resolve

Open a dialog where you can resolve the ticket. The status resolved indicates that the issue as described in this ticket does not persist anymore. Furthermore, you can add a text message to this ticket that indicates, for example, what has been done regarding the issue. Click OK to apply your changes.

Close

Open a dialog where you can close the ticket. Usually, this ticket was resolved before and the correct solution of the issue was reviewed. Furthermore, you can add a text message to this ticket. Click OK to apply your changes.

Reopen

Open a dialog where you can reopen a ticket after it was resolved or closed. Do so, for example, if the solution of the issue was not correct. Furthermore, you can add a text message to this ticket that indicates, for example, why you have opened the ticket again. Click OK to apply your changes.

Tickets as Emails

You can receive all tickets that are assigned to you or to your user group as emails. You are also notified via email each time this ticket is edited. This way, you are always informed about new notifications (if set), important system information (if you are an administrator), or the communication between other users. You can disable the setting Email Notifications under Setup | System Administration | User Accounts. If you disable emails for tickets for a user account, this particular user does not receive any ticket emails anymore.

i_round_blueIf you defined to get tickets as emails and you are a PRTG System Administrator user, you receive emails for ToDo tickets as well, although ToDo tickets are usually opened by the PRTG System Administrator user.

Basic Procedures