Support ticket
computer software package that manages and maintains lists of issues
A support ticket (also trouble ticket or incident ticket) or simply ticket is a running report on a particular problem, its status, and other relevant data for incidents that occur or concerns that arise within an organization, especially related to customer support. Tickets are generally used in collaborative settings, especially in large or distributed collaborations, but can also be employed by individuals as part of a time management or personal productivity regimen. Tickets often call for resource allocation, time accounting, priority management, and oversight workflow in addition to the desired response.
Background
In an institutional setting, support tickets are commonly used in an organization's customer support call center to create, update, and resolve reported customer issues, or even issues reported by that organization's other employees. A support ticket generally includes vital information for the account involved and the issue encountered. A ticket-tracking system often also contains a knowledge base containing information on each customer, resolutions to common problems, and other such data.
Ticket-tracking systems are similar to bugtrackers, and often, a software company will sell both, and some bugtrackers are capable of being used as an issue tracking system, and vice versa. Consistent use of a ticket- or defect-tracking system is considered one of the "hallmarks of a good software team".
They are commonly created in a help desk or call center environment and almost always have a unique reference number, also known as a case, issue or call log number which is used to allow the user or help staff to quickly locate, add to or communicate the status of the user's issue or request.
These tickets are called so because of their origin as small cards within a traditional wall mounted work planning system when this kind of support started.
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