General Software

Software

150 sections
640 source tickets

Last synthesized: 2026-02-12 23:58 | Model: gpt-5-mini
Table of Contents

1. False/phantom card payment recorded in OASIS after Verifone failure

3 tickets

2. Company Portal / Endpoint Management app-distribution caused application failures or broken updates

20 tickets

3. iPhone App Store restrictions caused by institutional Apple ID

2 tickets

4. Live on-screen annotation for Windows presentations

1 tickets

5. Qualification record fixes: manual completion and clearing 'NO' overall grade

24 tickets

6. Asset upload into Letterwriter for template use

6 tickets

7. Confluence space-level permission issues (create templates, edit pages, delete attachments)

28 tickets

8. LetterWriter email-template bulk address update failures due to formatting and encoding differences

3 tickets

9. Recruiting OTRS: removal/deactivation of unused ticket queues

2 tickets

10. Inventory360 portal document signing link returned 404 (SSO navigation required)

2 tickets

11. Lenovo Display Control Center floating 'D' icon on Windows taskbar

2 tickets

12. DokGen signature assignment incorrect due to date-rule typo for DS certificates

8 tickets

13. OTRS missing older tickets because archived tickets were excluded from normal search

4 tickets

14. Uncommitted exam results caused by missing/blank QBEAM paper mapping (DRDB v7)

12 tickets

15. Duplicate and missing semester entries in Praxisberichte dropdown due to plan/calid record inconsistencies

7 tickets

16. Employer Deutschlandticket not visible after phone change due to missing Abo‑Nummer in DB Navigator

2 tickets

17. Missing digital certificates due to CONGRAT bulk failure; reprocessed via LetterWriter bulk

5 tickets

18. Duplicate CMA approval entries from background process running twice created duplicate sps_request rows

3 tickets

19. Exemptions must be added against subject codes (not module codes) in Registration Admin

4 tickets

20. Textbook dispatch blocked by ELCAS payment hold and invalid module registrations

5 tickets

21. Inserting a digital signature into PDFs using PDF24 Toolbox

3 tickets

22. Adobe Photoshop 'virtual memory / scratch disk full' errors while working on OneDrive files

2 tickets

23. Missing GIF picker in Microsoft Teams caused by connected-experiences setting

3 tickets

24. Microsoft Teams extreme slowness on Lenovo laptops resolved by System Update

3 tickets

25. DokGen certificate rendering shows box glyph from trailing whitespace in module title

3 tickets

26. Unable to approve 'NS' Pearson registration entries via Registration Results UI

1 tickets

27. Small invoice discrepancies from per-line percentage discounts and rounding

1 tickets

28. MyLIBF homepage shows only the most recent attempt; prior attempts seen in Study History

1 tickets

29. Question‑bank items placed in wrong unit(s) requiring key‑all grade corrections

2 tickets

30. Competency App missing PMS courses and stale staffing due to synchronization issues

16 tickets

31. Digital badge UI wording ambiguity for 'Qualification Completion' and back‑populate

3 tickets

32. Transient account/session issues resolved by re‑authentication or password reset

31 tickets

33. Device locked by 1Password requiring recovery key retrieval

1 tickets

34. Obsolete qualification elements copied into new sessions via session template

3 tickets

35. MEA onboarding form: missing required private email field and missing auto-created onboarding sub-tasks

6 tickets

36. Confluence space templates cannot be retroactively converted; SpaceKey reuse constraints

2 tickets

37. KPI request: semester script-order counts for quality reporting

2 tickets

38. DokGen participation certificate contained mapping and wording errors producing 'ERROR' output

31 tickets

39. Cases could not be closed because Type/Topic or Record Type prevented selecting the correct closure type

11 tickets

40. Shared team password manager evaluation for collaborative admin account access

1 tickets

41. DokGen semester-selection showing irrelevant semesters due to variable setting change

21 tickets

42. Company-managed Jira board (PEOP) required workflow and column/status remapping

1 tickets

43. Assisted software installs and updates via remote session using Company Portal and TeamViewer

17 tickets

44. Pearson demographic validation failed due to missing phone-country code for East Timor

6 tickets

45. Letterwriter custom colour not persisting resolved with toggle button for rust colour

1 tickets

46. VLE links opened inside VLE reader blocking access to external database formats

1 tickets

47. Green, grainy video playback with freezes caused by GPU/codec/driver conflict

2 tickets

48. Persistent Jamf authentication popup on macOS cleared by reconnecting Jamf from menu bar

3 tickets

49. Exam detail view blank in gradebook after update

3 tickets

50. Browser/Twilio calls: Bluetooth headset microphone not detected

2 tickets

51. New macOS device missing Self Service (IU Group) and VPN during initial setup

2 tickets

52. Staff/faculty website profile updates processed via Meldeportal

9 tickets

53. Copilot for M365 license issuance tied to completion of Essentials course

1 tickets

54. Website registration link misdirected to wrong qualification causing incorrect Pearson VUE candidate account

11 tickets

55. Logi Options+ on macOS required temporary SelfService+ admin elevation for device configuration

2 tickets

56. Figma design-system transfer required IU Group admin to move shadcn/ui kit into target workspace

1 tickets

57. Publication-consent (Professional Services Register) preference not persisting in MyLIBF

2 tickets

58. Zoom free‑plan lacks booking/calendar scheduling for 1:1 appointments

1 tickets

59. Think‑Cell PowerPoint add‑in stopped working with error

1 tickets

60. Printed invoice description sourced from Finance Admin Product Codes fields

2 tickets

61. MIFS renewal notices scheduled 21 days before end-of-term (timing mismatch)

1 tickets

62. Scheduled ITR notifications perceived as missing due to weekly run frequency

3 tickets

63. CITR CPD logging UI missing activity fields causing generic upload error

11 tickets

64. Specimen-paper availability and bundle-selection validation issues

3 tickets

65. Local admin app UI errors (ADMN1061) resolved by reinstalling client

1 tickets

66. Certificate printing failed because CPACERT template had been auto-ended

1 tickets

67. RETURN1 letter template marks addresses suspended rather than removing them

1 tickets

68. Jotform enterprise custom-domain migration broke embedded forms and assets

1 tickets

69. Issues with applications managed outside central IT (exams office, external providers, or retired apps)

119 tickets

70. SharePoint embedding blocked by allowed/secure-sites list

1 tickets

71. Figma enterprise license vs. workspace creation controlled by Group Owner

9 tickets

72. SPS Import Bulk Excel files failing on commit due to import UI incompatibility

2 tickets

73. Overnight shipment file missing at recipient due to recipient-side server issue

1 tickets

74. Permission granted to use IU PowerPoint template in a personal Canva account

2 tickets

75. Resit registration allowed after qualification withdrawal due to still‑available resit option

3 tickets

76. Automated month‑end FE student numbers report producing zeros and continuing distribution

2 tickets

77. Recruiting OTRS AgentStatistics reports error and missing report access

2 tickets

78. OTRS web access timeout caused by connector failure

7 tickets

79. Simple video editing and automated subtitle generation for Zoom recordings

3 tickets

80. Poor quality embedded voice files resolved by noise and rumble removal

1 tickets

81. Testothek (test bank) request closed without implementation

1 tickets

82. Applicant portal blocked at Enrollment step due to incomplete prior required fields or Salesforce status

5 tickets

83. OTRS tickets showing 'OTRS-ADMIN' as actor for manual/automation closures

1 tickets

84. CleverReach account recipient/sending quota increase

1 tickets

85. Restoration of deleted Atlassian Confluence Cloud space

1 tickets

86. Embedding dynamic Excel sheets in Confluence requested but not approved

1 tickets

87. Miro board invite failed because user accounts were deactivated

2 tickets

88. Keyboard selection failed for single-item country autocomplete on registration confirmation

3 tickets

89. SharePoint news items not appearing automatically on intranet home page

2 tickets

90. MyLIBF students listing and CSV export timed out for large cohort

1 tickets

91. Stop automated overnight/bulk letter jobs to prevent printing when staff absent

2 tickets

92. Pearson EAD authorization‑type mismatch: missing hosted authorization prevented eligibility update

1 tickets

93. Microsoft Word could not produce PDFs; PDF24 offered as immediate workaround

2 tickets

94. Microsoft Teams Kanban Task Board app update stuck pending approval

3 tickets

95. Missed session recording inaccessible until publication (Minerva)

1 tickets

96. Repeated WhatsApp/webchat notifications after channel switch

3 tickets

97. WhatsApp chat End button unresponsive / cannot close chat

1 tickets

98. Desktop app login fails when Windows %USERNAME% is truncated

1 tickets

99. Converting scheduled in-person lecture to assigned virtual room and host/link details

3 tickets

100. SharePoint link in Care profiles blocked by missing permissions

4 tickets

101. Competency App Preferences showed outdated course title

2 tickets

102. WhatsApp Business: multiple chats stuck at 'loading' while messages still arrive

2 tickets

103. Universal Print on macOS omitted printers due to location filter selection

1 tickets

104. TEAQ login/access problem routed to TEAQ support (not managed by central IT)

2 tickets

105. Run Windows‑only desktop apps (Power BI Desktop) on macOS with Parallels

1 tickets

106. Enable Cursor 'Background Agents' so Linear can assign tickets to Cursor

2 tickets

107. Export Jira IT Helpdesk tickets for Twilio without including personal user data

1 tickets

108. WhatsApp registration blocked by number already tied to another device/account

1 tickets

109. DokGen: exclude non‑transcript module (PRAXP7) from DS Zeugnis output

2 tickets

110. Adobe Acrobat signing unavailable due to corrupted PDF

2 tickets

111. Twilio WhatsApp: stuck and duplicated inbox sessions closed by support

1 tickets

112. PMS/Connectedware search returned incomplete results; referral to owning support

2 tickets

113. Lecture timetable blank or generic error when lecture plans missing

2 tickets

114. EPOS Roles & Permissions: recovery email change blocked by 403 error

4 tickets

115. Moodle course progress indicators vs onboarding completion notifications

1 tickets

116. WAPP message templates restricting free-form replies and available workaround

2 tickets

117. POB task delivery modes: preview vs auto‑dial and active FUP immediate execution

2 tickets

118. NordLayer VPN install blocked by missing local admin rights — temporary admin credential process

1 tickets

119. viewneo accidental playlist deletion and content restoration

1 tickets

120. Competency App MyCourses showing duplicate course entries from multiple program bookings

1 tickets

121. DokGen: duplicate bachelor thesis grade and unwanted Praxisbericht 7 inclusion in DS Zeugnis

2 tickets

122. DokGen certificates using today's date instead of the booked exam date

1 tickets

123. Calendly location email confirmation failing with 'Not authorized' due to missing confirmation email delivery

1 tickets

124. Simovative scheduling: assigned lecturer missing from Lecturer field when creating terms

2 tickets

125. Jira Service Desk customer portal: reply templates appended instead of replacing content

1 tickets

126. VM disk nearly full due to failed automated storage‑cleanup

2 tickets

127. Copying SharePoint Online pages between sites can leave web‑part content missing when site‑scoped libraries are absent

2 tickets

128. Simovative scheduling: planning groups not persisting in 'Create appointments' dialog

1 tickets

129. Lead Transfer Tool (LTT) single-report downloads returning 404 while bulk download works

1 tickets

130. MyLIBF duplicate CeMAP entries from same-day RRMP/CMP2 registrations

1 tickets

131. Bulk registration: 'Payer does not pay for Products in Reg Group' due to renamed/missing product on payer list

2 tickets

132. OTRS queues disappeared from agent view after email ingestion outage

1 tickets

133. Ticketing system selection and email‑to‑ticket capture for a small team handling sensitive data

1 tickets

134. Application-request with incorrect or unspecified cost center blocked approval

1 tickets

135. PowerBI BringAFriend report showed inconsistent Applicant-to-Definite ratios

1 tickets

136. Per-location WhatsApp channels and Communities for one-to-many student communication

1 tickets

137. E‑commerce discount-code validation failure in OBWs (STUDIUM24)

1 tickets

138. QBEAM item‑bank extraction failures when user profile 'temp' folder missing

1 tickets

139. Unable to locate exams to mark — exams assignment/locations managed by Examination Office

1 tickets

140. Bulk registration blocked by payer missing new product code mapping

1 tickets

141. Intermittent blank software-catalog pages and missing Self Service+ entries

2 tickets

142. Microsoft Teams message edit/UI failures correlated with new device performance

1 tickets

143. Third‑party academic app (Prezi) requests routed to owning pedagogic team

1 tickets

144. iPad app crash with unrecoverable local 'On my iPad' files after device reset

1 tickets

145. INV360 not reflecting Jamf mobile device user assignments (Jamf–INV360 sync mismatch)

1 tickets

146. Adobe Reader frequent crashing and hanging on Windows

1 tickets

147. Unable to reschedule assigned course session in LMS due to course-level settings

1 tickets

148. Published rubric score differs from saved rubric value in Bongo grading

1 tickets

149. Read‑aloud (Vorlesefunktion) failed for specific lesson cycles in Lern App

1 tickets

150. WhatsApp chat replies failing (cannot reply or use templates)

1 tickets

1. False/phantom card payment recorded in OASIS after Verifone failure
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Payment gateway or payment-processing issues caused payments to be recorded incorrectly in OASIS — either as initiated/received when the card transaction did not actually process, or as a full payment instead of the intended instalment plan. Affected systems included Verifone and Stripe (and downstream DPAYCO/DPAYIN) and the Financials/Payment Refunds screens. These discrepancies prevented normal payment-state reconciliation and could also block corrective refunds or payment-method changes when refund amounts exceeded staff permission limits.

Solution

When OASIS showed a payment that had not actually processed (a phantom card payment) the registration was cancelled, a credit note was raised to balance the invoice and a corrective refund ledger entry was posted to clear the false payment; for example a £223 refund was recorded using refund type "CORCRD", which flagged and removed the phantom payment from the ledger. In separate incidents where Stripe recorded a student as pay-in-full instead of on a monthly plan, staff attempted to use the "Strip C" correction in the Payment Refunds screen to switch the payment method to DPAYCO/DPAYIN but the operation was blocked when the refund amount exceeded the requestor's refund-permission limit. Those Stripe/pay-in-full cases therefore required finance-level intervention or alternative ledger adjustments (credit-note plus an authorised corrective refund) to correct the invoice and payment records.

2. Company Portal / Endpoint Management app-distribution caused application failures or broken updates
86% confidence
Problem Pattern

Applications distributed or updated via Company Portal / Intune / other MDMs failed to install, start, or became partially functional on target devices. Reported symptoms included installer errors, apps hanging on launch (for example an app showing “Check the system configuration”), authentication/sign‑in failures, missing or unusable UI or organization templates, broken add‑ins or plugins after upgrades, persistent local state surviving reinstalls, repeated elevation prompts, and unexpected automatic updates reapplying faulty packages. Availability problems included apps visible only on particular device images, OS builds, or user/device groups, or absent when target machines were offline, powered off, or unenrolled; tickets also reported printer driver and network‑printer add failures.

Solution

Incidents involving Company Portal/Intune/MDM‑distributed applications were resolved by addressing faulty packages, device targeting/enrollment state, residual local state, authentication/entitlement blockers, and reprovisioning or restoring devices when corruption prevented recovery. Key observed fixes included:

• Faulty update packages and auto‑updates: Endpoint Management assignments were rolled back or replaced so incorrect automatic updates no longer reapplied and regressions were removed.
• Application rollbacks and version restores: Restoring earlier application releases recovered integrations disabled by upgrades (for example reverting to a prior Zotero release restored the Word add‑in).
• Device online/state and MDM pushes: MDM pushes completed only after machines were powered on and enrolled; affected deployments remained unavailable while devices were offline, powered off, or unenrolled.
• Device‑image and provisioning visibility: Some apps were present only on specific device images or Windows builds; support confirmed targeted‑image availability and provided alternatives such as self‑install or web clients when appropriate.
• Full uninstall and removal of residual folders: Functionality returned after complete uninstalls that removed residual program folders (for example clearing %programfiles% and %localappdata% entries restored Wireshark 4.6.1 and other apps).
• Authentication and entitlement issues: Corrupted installs and Company Portal sign‑in problems (Azure AD / Okta) were resolved after verifying directory/entitlement status and re‑provisioning through alternate distribution channels so sign‑in and licensing behaved correctly.
• Retained local application state and elevated permissions: Persistent local data under %localappdata% or similar locations caused breakage across reinstalls; fixes involved clearing or renaming local state and performing reinstalls with required privileges.
• Application catalogue, approvals and provisioning: Packages that appeared slowly or only to certain groups were restored by approving/provisioning to named users or device groups, forcing catalog syncs, or rerouting requests through the New Software / Security review when manual upgrades were unsuitable.
• Application content and language packs: Loss of organization templates or language content after updates was corrected by obtaining required language packs or content from the application owner and relaunching the app.
• App‑specific configuration fixes: Per‑app changes (for example remapping Greenshot PrintScreen hotkey) corrected behavior after reinstalls or upgrades.
• Printer drivers and network printers: Bundled requests were resolved by supplying correct drivers or assisting users with adding network printers via Windows Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners.
• Launch‑failure and web‑client fallbacks: Instances where apps failed to start and hung with an error such as “Check the system configuration” (reported for Clipchamp) were addressed by reinstalling the app via Company Portal or using the application's web client as a temporary or permanent fallback.

Resolutions typically involved removing or replacing faulty update packages, ensuring targets were enrolled and online for MDM pushes, clearing residual/local state, resolving authentication or entitlement blockers, reprovisioning/approving apps to appropriate users or device groups, and performing complete reinstalls or device restores when corruption prevented recovery.

3. iPhone App Store restrictions caused by institutional Apple ID
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

iPhones were prevented from downloading apps from the App Store. In some cases the App Store returned an explicit message that the app could not be downloaded because of account restrictions tied to an institutional (email-based) Apple ID; in other cases the App Store's download/Get button was greyed out and inactive with no error code. Affected systems included the device iOS, App Store, and the Apple ID/account used on the device.

Solution

In one resolved case the device had been signed in with an institutional, email-based Apple ID that imposed App Store restrictions; a new Apple ID was created using a non‑institutional email address, the device was signed out of the institutional Apple ID and signed in with the new account, and the requested apps (Outlook, Teams, WhatsApp, etc.) downloaded successfully. In a separate matched case a new iPhone showed the App Store download/Get button as inactive/greyed out with no error codes; no confirmed fix was recorded for that instance and support noted standard troubleshooting (restarting the device and checking for iOS/App Store updates) without a verified resolution.

Source Tickets (2)
4. Live on-screen annotation for Windows presentations
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Windows users sought a Presentify-like tool to draw and highlight on-screen during live meetings but could not find an equivalent or a way to annotate when sharing application windows.

Solution

Microsoft Teams' built-in annotation feature was used while sharing the entire screen (annotation not available when sharing a single application window). When the full screen was shared the Teams top bar exposed a pen/annotation icon which entered annotation mode and allowed drawing/highlighting during the meeting.

Source Tickets (1)
5. Qualification record fixes: manual completion and clearing 'NO' overall grade
91% confidence
Problem Pattern

Qualification, recertification and registration records contained incorrect or missing metadata and relationships, producing wrong overall grades (including persistent 'NO'), element-level pass/fail mismatches, certificate dates present without certificate numbers or digital links, missing certificates or accreditation/designation fields, and split components across accounts preventing awards. Configuration and scheduling issues produced incorrect grade-band/mark-scale displays and session classification errors; automated reporting and period-linking errors (for example exam passes linked to the wrong period) produced false-positive or missing completion data.

Solution

A coordinated programme of targeted data fixes, configuration corrections, code changes and operational escalations resolved multiple defects affecting qualification, recertification and registration records. Key actions and findings included:

• Transfer, scheduling and session-classification interactions: Investigations showed transfer or scheduling/reporting logic could set certification_date values independently of produced certificates and that session classification codes could be set incorrectly and become immutable once registrations had opened. Affected qualification attempts were reopened where appropriate and spurious certification_date values were cleared or set only if a certificate number or digital-certificate link existed. In one session-classification case (AFA 2026 sessions created with the wrong ending code while registrations were open) the sessions were left as-created and stakeholders were informed when edits were blocked by live registrations.

• Element- and attempt-level data corrections: result_element rows and attempt states were corrected (for example passed_ind set to 'Y' where valid), lingering and recertification attempts were closed or corrected, older course elements were restored to allow resits to be re-added and processed, and original approval dates, certificate numbers and print dates were reapplied where reopening had removed metadata.

• Pass-period linking and reporting exceptions: Investigations found exam passes linked to incorrect qualification/period records (for example a PDT pass linked to the wrong CDCS period), which caused automated reports to flag completions incorrectly and left the original period without linked passes. Affected passes and periods were identified and pass-linkage was corrected so reports reflected the correct period; reporting logic was adjusted to treat known false-positive cases as exceptions where appropriate.

• Recertification audit logic: PACK_CPD.getRecertAudits and PACK_CPD.comRecertAudit were corrected so final audit confirmation no longer bulk-approved recertifiers, respected the Can_Confirm_Ind flag and verified invoice allocations before confirming. Recertification attempts incorrectly approved while invoices were unpaid were unapproved and reprocessed after allocations and audit flags were corrected.

• Grade-band / mark-scale and configuration corrections: Grade-band and mark-scale configuration errors (for example FRMB bands using a 0–100 basis) were fixed to use each subject's actual maximum so 'out of' scales displayed correctly. Qualification equivalency and subject-replacement configuration and related views were fixed so legacy qualifications were not treated as exemptions and affected components no longer appeared as already passed.

• Record consolidation and account merges: Component subjects split across different CS accounts were consolidated by merging CS records and component records so overall qualifications could be awarded and QualPass/Potential Completions and congratulation email/template generation applied.

• Accreditation-field and designation handling: For CMP2 transfers from RRMP, bulk updates populated accreditation fields that had been added after the transfers. For missing designation/honours displays (for example 5PCE completions), it was clarified that the awarding of specific honours is driven by qualification configuration and enabling a designation only affects new completions; the system does not back-populate honours onto existing completed records.

• Operational and finance escalations: Bulk operational and finance issues (late recertifications, unlinked or sundry invoices) were escalated to central processing and finance teams for bulk marking, invoice allocation or credit-note handling where no systemic code fix was indicated.

All corrective actions targeted affected rows or attempts and were implemented using targeted SQL updates, corrections via Qualifications or Registration/Enquiry screens, code fixes where reprocessing or audit changes were required, record merges for cross-account components, and accounting adjustments where invoice linkage or cancellations were necessary.

6. Asset upload into Letterwriter for template use
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Generated template-driven documents (certificates, letters and other outputs) showed outdated branding (old logos, headers/footers), incorrect or missing signatory graphics, or wrong signatory job titles across template engines (LetterWriter, DokGen, myLIBF). Users raised bulk rebrand/rename requests affecting many templates and channels (letters, JotForms, LiveChat prompts, phone messages, DCWEB). Template engines used per‑template assets and template versioning, preventing domain‑level or behind‑the‑scenes overrides and making global or retroactive changes infeasible or risky.

Solution

Supplied image and signature assets were added to each affected template and the templates were saved and published so newly generated documents used the updated images and text. In LetterWriter, revised JPEG assets were uploaded to the 'LIBF Walbrook Header/Footer' location; the CPACERT certificate image was replaced with the LIBF/Walbrook dual‑branding asset, a shorter footer was applied where requested, Mark’s signature graphic was replaced with John Somerville’s signature and the job title was updated. In DokGen the requester’s example and signature file were inserted into the 'Zertifikat Online‑Weiterbildung - DS' template so signatures appeared on generated certificates. In myLIBF the SPS and CPA certificate templates were updated: the top LIBF logo was replaced with the new Walbrook/LIBF branding (aligned with FCA register formatting) and the bottom certificate text was changed to the requester’s legal wording referencing Walbrook Institute London Limited and the Peninsular House address. The root cause in each case was traced to template assets rather than application code; availability and visibility of updated assets to the requester were confirmed. A separate large‑scale rebrand affecting roughly 275 templates plus JotForms, LiveChat/virtual assistant prompts, phone messages and DCWEB was investigated and found to be constrained by LetterWriter’s per‑template asset model and template versioning; universal automatic global updates were not possible, so rebranding work was handled as per‑template/manual updates with prioritisation across the affected systems.

7. Confluence space-level permission issues (create templates, edit pages, delete attachments)
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported inability to access Confluence spaces, groups, or perform space‑level actions despite successful login or granted membership, often seeing 'You don't have access to this space' or error screens. Symptoms included missing Personal Space creation option, disabled or hidden UI controls for creating spaces/templates, inability to edit restricted pages or delete attachments, and missing or inaccessible approval/request items. Access sometimes appeared denied immediately after membership or approval changes (transient provisioning/propagation delays). Incidents affected Confluence Cloud and Server, Trello and third‑party dashboards, and sometimes involved inactive owners or content that resided under a different domain/space.

Solution

Permission- and feature-related issues were resolved after confirming users had active product accounts and the expected product-level access; when group or space membership had just been approved access sometimes became available after the user retried, indicating provisioning/propagation latency. Personal-space problems were resolved when the Create Personal Space global permission or appropriate group membership was enabled and the Personal Space option reappeared. Space- and page-access issues were resolved by inspecting space membership and page‑level restriction lists and adding requesters to allowed editors/viewers, or by coordinating changes with the space owner; when space owners were inactive support transferred ownership or assigned IT teams as primary owners to restore administrative control. For sensitive pages whose owners were unavailable, pages were removed after colleagues confirmed credentials/secrets had been secured. Self-service access-request flows were used to grant general Confluence access while space membership still required owner approval. Missing dashboards and third‑party content were resolved after confirming whether content resided under a different domain/space. Intermittent or inconsistent UI controls were investigated by checking browser session state (cache/cookies) and testing in a private/incognito window. Trello Power‑Up activations were resolved by engaging workspace admins and vendors to complete the admin‑level enablement path so the Power‑Up became available workspace‑wide. Import/export and permanent‑deletion requests were completed after accepting archives and performing the operations, then granting the requester space‑admin rights on the resulting or imported space. When Confluence approval/request items were inaccessible support inspected the workflow state and found items that had already been approved, declined, or canceled by the requester; canceled requests no longer required approver action and approvers were not always notified. Tickets were closed without IT action when other space administrators had already applied the requested permissions.

8. LetterWriter email-template bulk address update failures due to formatting and encoding differences
70% confidence
Problem Pattern

An automated find-and-replace operation to change the address string in many LetterWriter email templates skipped some templates without errors because of formatting differences (e.g., superscript 'th') and HTML entity/encoding variations (& vs &), leaving inconsistent templates and raising concerns about changing historical template content.

Solution

Templates that matched the plain-text pattern were updated via the existing PL/SQL batch process against the lw_template/text_store (using the PACK_IFS2000NEW.comTextStoreClob interface). Templates that the script skipped were inspected and corrected manually: non-standard formatting (superscript characters) and inconsistent HTML entities were normalized in the template source, then the corrected template content was saved back to the database. Problematic templates were edited individually to ensure the new address appeared consistently in current template versions.

9. Recruiting OTRS: removal/deactivation of unused ticket queues
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

The Recruiting OTRS instance contained unused or unnecessary queues that were visible in routing options and risked accidental ticket moves. During a migration from OTRS to Jira, disabling forwarding to OTRS and adding an automatic-reply link to the Jira contact form produced additional user-facing access symptoms: users clicking the link reported the OTRS Service Portal page was inaccessible, with the portal not visible and not found in portal search.

Solution

The specified unused queues in the recruiting@iu.org OTRS instance were deactivated to prevent accidental routing. 'Talent Acquisition' and 'Workday' were deactivated on 2023-05-02; 'BS Dozenten' and 'CS Dozenten/Tutoren' were deactivated on 2023-05-04, removing them from available routing options. Separately, during the OTRS→Jira migration a report noted that after forwarding to OTRS had been disabled and an automatic-reply directing users to the Jira contact form was added, users clicking the link encountered an inaccessible OTRS Service Portal page (portal page not visible and not discoverable via portal search); this access issue was logged for investigation alongside the queue deactivations.

Source Tickets (2)
10. Inventory360 portal document signing link returned 404 (SSO navigation required)
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A signing link sent by Inventory360 (documents.php) returned a 404 Not Found error, preventing the user from accessing the handover protocol; the contact email in the message was not monitored and the user could not reach help via that address.

Solution

The user's Inventory360 account was confirmed active and the user was instructed to open the portal root URL, sign in via Single Sign-On, and navigate to 'Meine Dokumente' (My Documents) → 'Zur Unterschrift' (to be signed) to locate and sign the document. The user accessed the portal this way and was able to sign the handover protocol.

Source Tickets (2)
11. Lenovo Display Control Center floating 'D' icon on Windows taskbar
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A persistent floating 'D' icon from Lenovo appeared on the user's screen/taskbar (bottom-right) and remained visible for weeks, causing annoyance; no error messages were reported.

Solution

The floating 'D' icon was identified as the Lenovo Display Control Center floating icon. The icon was hidden using the application's float-icon control, after which the overlay disappeared and the user confirmed the issue was resolved.

Source Tickets (2)
12. DokGen signature assignment incorrect due to date-rule typo for DS certificates
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

DokGen-generated certificates and diplomas showed incorrect authorised persons on produced documents. Symptoms included an incorrect signatory being applied for documents within a specific graduation-date range (documents dated 21.11.2022–20.12.2022 were signed by the wrong person due to a date-rule typo) and rector name fields on Zeugnisse displaying the wrong rector for some students. Affected system: DokGen document generation for DS certificates / Zeugnise.

Solution

The DokGen configuration errors were corrected and verified. The mistyped date-rule was changed from 21.12.2022 to the intended 21.11.2022, and test documents were generated to confirm that certificates/diplomas dated 21.11.2022–20.12.2022 now carried the expected signatory. Separately, the rector-name rendering in DokGen was fixed so the certificate showed the correct left and right rector names (previously displayed as Prof. Dr. Peter Thuy; corrected to left Prof. Dr. Holger Sommerfeldt and right Prof. Dr. Tobias Brückmann), and a sample Zeugnis was produced to validate the fix.

13. OTRS missing older tickets because archived tickets were excluded from normal search
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported that OTRS searches and ticket lists did not show older or historical tickets: standard search returned only recent tickets (first visible date later than requested range) and closed tickets older than the archive threshold (~6 months) were absent. In some cases specific queues or queue lists were missing from user interfaces after mailbox reassignments or input-channel/queue configuration changes. Affected systems were OTRS ticket search, OTRS archive/search, and queue access; no explicit error messages were shown.

Solution

Two root causes were identified and resolved. First, tickets closed beyond the archive threshold (~six months) had been moved to the OTRS archive and were excluded from normal search results; affected users were granted the archive-search attribute ('Archivsuche') in their search view/permissions and archive searches were run with the search scope set to “All Tickets.” Searches were optionally narrowed by owner/responsible and by date range to improve performance, and results were exported to Excel when required. Second, several OTRS queues had been deliberately disabled during input-channel migrations (Sf), which removed queue entries from users’ views and prevented access to historical threads; the disabled queues (including StudSek and PA) were re-enabled and read permissions for staff were restored, which returned the missing queues and made historical tickets findable via search.

14. Uncommitted exam results caused by missing/blank QBEAM paper mapping (DRDB v7)
91% confidence
Problem Pattern

Candidate exam results were uncommitted or appeared in vendor/administration Invalid Results lists because deliveries could not be linked to an open, correctly-assigned registration or failed vendor-side validation. Symptoms included candidate identifiers appearing in QBEAM Tests/Invalid Results with no explicit error, QBEAM-marked Invalid results from missing or blank QBEAM paper mappings, validation failures caused by missing required assessment responses (example: unanswered SPF question Q54), PETR/contingency-student entries flagged in Invalid Results, missing No‑Show records despite IFS delivery files, and Pearson deliveries remaining uncommitted. Affected systems included QBEAM/DRDB v7, Pearson result delivery/Invalid Results UI, and assessment input sources. Triggers observed included blank/incorrect QBEAM paper mappings, vendor bookings against closed or unassigned registrations, eligibility-sync timing lag, registration elements not assigned to the vendor, or missing required question responses in the assessment.

Solution

Issues were resolved using a combination of configuration fixes, targeted backend data corrections, completion of missing assessment inputs, and selective removal of erroneous Invalid Results entries. QBEAM / DRDB v7: blank or incorrect QBEAM Papers configuration was removed or corrected (blank paper rows were deleted and affected papers were switched to Random where appropriate). Scoped Oracle SQL updates were applied to qbm_test_result (Original_Id corrected to the expected format 'S' + Registration_Id + '/1') and qbm_test_result_paper rows (including setting end_date on specific rows) limited to the affected paper_code/registrations. Where QBEAM rows represented spurious or duplicate entries (for example PETR contingency students), operators removed the specific result entries from the QBEAM Tests/Invalid Results folder. Validation-mismatch cases included SPF results missing required answers (Q54); completing the missing response allowed QBEAM to re-run checks and the results to commit. Pearson Invalid Results: at least one case was caused by a registration element not assigned to Pearson; restoring the registration element at source allowed the result to be pushed from Pearson’s Invalid Results UI (an authorised user performed the push when direct access was unavailable) and backend records were updated. A reported No‑Show (NS) existed in the Pearson IFS archive but was not attached to the student record; because Pearson could not re-send NS files, investigators applied targeted database record corrections together with QBEAM configuration fixes so the NS became attached and the result committed. Eligibility-sync timing issues that recorded bookings against registrations already closed were handled by restoring/opening the registration element where possible, pushing via Pearson Invalid Results when available, or applying precise backend corrections to attach deliveries to the correct registration.

15. Duplicate and missing semester entries in Praxisberichte dropdown due to plan/calid record inconsistencies
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Praxisberichte UI showed semester-related display inconsistencies: the semester dropdown could display duplicated semesters or omit later-semester entries for a student. Separately, the Praxisberichte week/counter display could show an incorrect week number (off-by-one) at quarter start, creating a cosmetic/UI discrepancy while functionality remained intact.

Solution

Duplicate/missing semester entries: Resolved by repairing the student's plan/plan-calid data — duplicate calid rows were removed and missing calid rows were added or mapped so the semester dropdown displayed the correct sequential semesters and previously uploaded practice reports became accessible. Week/counter display: Investigated an off-by-one week-count shown at quarter start; support confirmed the discrepancy was cosmetic only, that Praxisberichte functionality was unaffected, and the issue was forwarded to the specialist team for awareness with no corrective action required.

16. Employer Deutschlandticket not visible after phone change due to missing Abo‑Nummer in DB Navigator
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A user's employer-sponsored Deutschlandticket (Jobticket) was only present on their old phone and did not appear in DB Navigator on a new phone. The user could not access the Abo-/order number (or had no DB account) and reported no error codes when attempting to add or view the ticket on the new device.

Solution

Restored employer Deutschlandtickets using one of two methods depending on available information:

• When the user had a DB account or access to the original order email, the ticket was restored by retrieving the Abo‑Nummer/order number from the original Jobticket email (commonly from noreply@deutschebahn.com or messages containing 'Jobticket'/'Abo') in the user's DB account and re-adding the employer Deutschlandticket in DB Navigator using that Abo‑Nummer.

• When the user did not have a DB account but had the order/subscription number, the ticket was restored on the new device via the DB Navigator app: the app accepted the order/subscription number plus the passenger's last name, detected that the ticket was present on another device, and offered an in‑app transfer to the new phone, allowing recovery without a DB account.

Source Tickets (2)
17. Missing digital certificates due to CONGRAT bulk failure; reprocessed via LetterWriter bulk
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

LetterWriter bulk jobs for certificate generation/printing (for example CONGRAT and QUALCERT) sometimes failed or intermittently did not complete, preventing certificate records from being pushed to DCWeb and certificate numbers from being generated. Failures appeared as 'Failed' entries in Bulk History or bulk processing errors; in other cases DCWeb showed no certificate even though the export or individual record indicated success (status = 0, error = null). FE certificate-data contained student records for LIFA, LIFC, CFCD, AIFE, CEFE, TCF, CFS3 and DFS3 with passing grades where Certificate Date or Certificate No was null, often with no associated error codes. Affected systems included LetterWriter, the Bulk Process service (LWPS2022), DCWeb, FE Certificate Data, and student-records exports.

Solution

CONGRAT-related missing digital certificates were restored by reprocessing affected completion records with a special LetterWriter bulk run (CONGRAT template, CONGRAT5 bulk variant) from the Bulk Request screen; that reprocessed records were pushed to DCWeb, which restored certificate-number generation and visibility in MyLIBF. Intermittent QUALCERT bulk-job failures that appeared as 'Failed' in Bulk History were resolved by retrying the bulk (the retry completed successfully); recurring QUALCERT failures were remedied by restarting the Bulk Process service on server LWPS2022 (stop then start), which restored normal bulk processing. Instances where DCWeb showed no certificate despite the export or individual-record status reporting success (status = 0, error = null) were resolved by reprocessing the completion records through the LetterWriter bulk re-run, which restored DCWeb visibility. For FE certificate-data gaps, analysts queried student-records/FE certificate datasets for qualifications LIFA, LIFC, CFCD, AIFE, CEFE, TCF, CFS3 and DFS3 where grade was not 'U' and not 'F' and either Certificate Date or Certificate No was NULL; the resulting export of affected records was produced for downstream remediation and reprocessing to restore missing certificate metadata.

18. Duplicate CMA approval entries from background process running twice created duplicate sps_request rows
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Duplicate or stale operations were created or executed when backend processes or queuing logic produced repeated writes or delayed tasks. Symptoms included duplicate unapproved/unrejected/unwithdrawn sps_request rows, duplicate module registrations during transfers, and Twilio tasks/calls being created or executed after candidates had already booked or completed an EEB. Affected systems included the CMA approval screen (sps_request), student enrolment/registration modules, the POB queuing system, and Twilio task execution.

Solution

Duplicate and stale operations were resolved by removing or cancelling the later-created duplicates and by escalating queuing anomalies for specialist investigation. For the CMA approval duplicates, operators identified later duplicate rows in the sps_request table and executed a targeted DELETE removing duplicated unapproved/unrejected/unwithdrawn CMA requests for the same contact, restoring a single approval entry per candidate. For student registration duplicates created during transfers to BS, support staff identified duplicate module registrations (MRT1 and MRT2) and cancelled the duplicate registrations in the enrolment/registration system when UI cancellation was not possible; cancellation confirmations were communicated to the requester. For unexpected Twilio calls/tasks that ran after candidates had booked/completed an EEB, the incident was forwarded to the specialist team; investigation determined that the queuing/task-creation logic generated Twilio Tasks for applicants who had not immediately booked an EEB, which allowed those tasks to be executed later after an EEB was booked. The queues and task records were inspected and the findings were communicated to stakeholders.

19. Exemptions must be added against subject codes (not module codes) in Registration Admin
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users attempted to add exemptions using module codes in Registration Admin's Exemption Codes screen; the screen rejected module codes with the error 'it's not a valid subject code'. Common requests included adding 'CFA IMC' as an exemption for DipFA module 3.

Solution

Exemptions were added via the Registration Admin Exemption Codes screen. A new exemption code and description for "CFA IMC" were created and associated to the relevant subject codes; when a whole module was to be exempted, each subject within that module was added individually. Changes were saved and the exemption was applied.

20. Textbook dispatch blocked by ELCAS payment hold and invalid module registrations
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Textbook and study-material dispatches either failed to release or were incorrectly released due to mismatches between registration/payment/invoice status and the textbook-release pipeline. Symptoms included items remaining 'reserved' or not sent to fulfillment with outstanding balances or stock/invoice statuses flagged as 'invalid', and conversely free additional materials being dispatched despite a linked unpaid registration invoice. Affected systems included ELCAS, the student registration system (UKFR), invoicing/stock invoices, inventory/textbook release, and Carousel/Distribution.

Solution

Dispatch failures were resolved by addressing both accounting/registration blockers and a release-logic gap for free materials. Customer Services cleared outstanding ELCAS payments and corrected invalid CeMAP module registrations (notably MRT2 and UKFR) in the student records. Where stock or invoice records had been marked 'invalid' (often after credit notes or due to non-payment on closed registrations), those stock invoice statuses were manually set back to 'valid' so the textbook-release pipeline could pick them up; the dispatch process was then retriggered and items sent to fulfillment. Separately, a release-logic fix was deployed to prevent free additional books/materials from being released when the student's linked registration invoice remained unpaid; records were reviewed and the small number of students affected by the prior behaviour were corrected. Systems affected in these incidents included ELCAS, invoicing/stock invoices, the student registration system (UKFR), Carousel/Distribution, online payments, and the inventory/textbook release process.

21. Inserting a digital signature into PDFs using PDF24 Toolbox
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported they could not find or use a digital/electronic signing method for PDF documents; there were no error messages, only inability or unfamiliarity to place or complete a signature. Affected systems included PDF24 Reader/PDF24 Toolbox, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Sign, and DocuSign.

Solution

PDF24 Toolbox cases were resolved by using the 'PDF unterschreiben' (Sign PDF) feature in PDF24 Toolbox: a signature was created by uploading an image or drawing it, the created signature was selected and placed into the document, and the resulting PDF contained the inserted signature. For Adobe/DocuSign/Acrobat cases, support resolved the issue by sending an Adobe Sign invitation to the user, which enabled the user to complete the e-signature workflow; the invitation typically arrived within about 30 minutes and restored signing functionality.

22. Adobe Photoshop 'virtual memory / scratch disk full' errors while working on OneDrive files
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

Adobe Photoshop failed to generate previews and to save files with an error stating that virtual memory / scratch disks were full (messages were sometimes localized). The failures occurred while working on files stored in Microsoft 365–synced locations (OneDrive or SharePoint), where Photoshop could not write temporary or preview data to the local synced folder.

Solution

Support confirmed Microsoft 365 cloud storage had available capacity, but the failures persisted until local scratch usage and cloud sync of active temp files were addressed. The problem was resolved by freeing local scratch-disk space and preventing Microsoft 365 sync from holding Photoshop's active temp/preview files: Photoshop's scratch-disk was switched to a local drive, Photoshop caches and temporary files were cleared, and active working files were moved off or excluded from OneDrive/SharePoint sync. After these changes preview generation and save operations completed without the 'virtual memory / scratch disks are full' error.

Source Tickets (2)
23. Missing GIF picker in Microsoft Teams caused by connected-experiences setting
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Microsoft Teams displayed only emoji and stickers in the picker and the user could not send GIFs (GIFs received from colleagues opened in a separate page). The GIF picker option was not visible

Solution

GIF sending was restored after the Teams setting for 'Optional connected experiences' (under Privacy) was enabled, which re-enabled the GIF picker functionality.

24. Microsoft Teams extreme slowness on Lenovo laptops resolved by System Update
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Microsoft Teams desktop (new) client on OEM-managed Windows laptops became unusable or severely impaired: extremely slow and unresponsive during meetings and recordings, refused to start with an update error (“Teams needs an update. You are using an older version of Teams. Please update Teams for a secure and reliable experience.”), or exhibited client-specific media issues such as delayed camera activation (~10–12 seconds) and screen‑sharing freezes. Problems occurred on OEM-managed notebooks (examples: Lenovo, Dell) despite stable network connectivity, restarts, and Windows Update; the web/old Teams client often continued to work.

Solution

Teams failures on affected OEM Windows laptops were resolved by applying device vendor system/driver/firmware/utility updates via the vendor’s updater utilities rather than relying solely on Windows Update. On Lenovo devices the issue was resolved by running Lenovo System Update, installing all reported firmware, driver and utility updates while the laptop was on AC power with the battery charged, and rebooting as required. On Dell devices the issue was resolved by running Dell SupportAssist (Complete Scan) and Dell Command Update, installing driver updates identified there (notably display/graphics drivers), and rebooting. After those OEM firmware/driver/utility updates were applied, Teams responsiveness, meeting behavior and recordings returned to normal and client startup/update‑error messages were cleared so the client could launch. Some incidents presented specifically as the new Teams desktop client having delayed camera activation (~10–12s) or screen‑sharing freezes while the web/old Teams remained functional; these symptoms were observed within the same set of OEM-managed devices affected by the other Teams slowness/startup issues.

Source Tickets (3)
25. DokGen certificate rendering shows box glyph from trailing whitespace in module title
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A DokGen-generated certificate or transcript displayed an unexpected box/placeholder glyph immediately after a module title (for example: "Projekt: User Interface-Design"). The box glyph consistently appeared adjacent to module titles in produced certificates/transcripts.

Solution

The root cause was a trailing whitespace/paragraph character in the Curriculum module title. Removing the extra trailing whitespace/paragraph mark from the module title in the Curriculum module descriptions and regenerating the document removed the box glyph from the produced certificate.

Source Tickets (3)
26. Unable to approve 'NS' Pearson registration entries via Registration Results UI
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Customer Services could not approve 'NS' (Not Submitted/Not Specified) entries on Pearson registrations: registrations were stuck at 'Pending' and PR0001 sessions could not be approved using the usual workflow in the Registration Results interface.

Solution

The NS entries were approved by using the Registration Results application: the Registrations screen's Exam Flag dialog was opened and the dropdown control at the bottom was set to the appropriate approval value for the NS entry, then the change was saved/submitted. Once that value was applied the NS status was approved.

Source Tickets (1)
27. Small invoice discrepancies from per-line percentage discounts and rounding
75% confidence
Problem Pattern

A promotional code (ALL3FLAM for full DipFA) produced invoice totals off by 1–2 pence from the advertised price because the promotion engine applied a percentage discount per registration line and rounded each line to currency precision, producing minor rounding discrepancies across multiple identical units.

Solution

The investigation identified the root cause as per-line percentage discounts combined with line-item rounding: the discounted unit price (example £1,100 → £666.33 after discount) was not evenly divisible by the quantity of three, which produced 1–2p differences in totals. The invoice was corrected via intervention and the promotion parameters (discount percentage and validity) were recorded; no systemic rounding change was applied in the ticket.

Source Tickets (1)
28. MyLIBF homepage shows only the most recent attempt; prior attempts seen in Study History
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A released AFR (BS) exam result for a student was not visible on the MyLIBF homepage even though the analysis sheet was accessible via 'Previous Analysis Sheet'; the reporter suspected a resit or system issue prevented the homepage display.

Solution

It was confirmed that MyLIBF homepage behaviour was working as designed: the homepage displays only the most recent attempt for a unit, so if a resit is registered the resit attempt appears on the homepage. Prior attempts and their analysis sheets remained available through Study History and the Previous Analysis Sheet view.

Source Tickets (1)
29. Question‑bank items placed in wrong unit(s) requiring key‑all grade corrections
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Exam question items were allocated to the wrong unit bank in the QBM question bank, causing some students to receive incorrect items during assessments and potentially altering raw marks/grades (including pass/merit boundaries). Symptoms included incorrect item allocation visible in qbm_item_response and downstream mismatched result_element/grade_band entries; no system error messages but confirmed adverse effect on a small number of students.

Solution

Key‑all operations were executed to correct the grading impact of the misallocated items. For each affected item the team awarded one additional mark to students who had that item and answered it incorrectly, updated QBM responses and assessment result tables, and recalculated affected result_element/grade_band records so final grades reflected the adjustment. The changes were performed via targeted SQL/PLSQL updates against qbm_item_response and the Oracle assessment tables and verified against provided counts (including item 36585 and the three CITF items).

Source Tickets (2)
30. Competency App missing PMS courses and stale staffing due to synchronization issues
86% confidence
Problem Pattern

Course and staffing data were inconsistent or stale across multiple systems (Competency App, PMS, Skillsmap, Power BI, Moodle, KLAUS and Quercus), causing cancelled programs to reappear, courses to lose kurscodes and display numeric-only entries, module-handbook links to point to wrong-language files, and courses flagged 'staffing not required' to appear in upcoming-course filters. Tutor and staff records were stale, mis‑mapped, corrupted, missing or retroactively overwritten by client-side Moodle/KLAUS behaviour. IU module imports into Quercus sometimes omitted modules without explicit errors and mismatched module start dates were observed. Missing courses were also reported in the Notenmeldungsystem (grade-reporting), preventing instructors from entering grades for affected terms and locations.

Solution

Source and application datasets were reconciled and cleaned: cancelled programs and malformed records were removed or replaced with canonical records, and corrupted teacher entries in Skillsmap were deleted and recreated by affected users. The RunPMSSync Azure Logic App was re-run and application credentials were refreshed from the 1Password employee vault so subsequent PMS syncs no longer reintroduced deleted items. Stale or incorrect PMS_Course rows and Kurs/Hierarchy/Modul/Studiengang/Contact relationships were corrected in the app database. Courses that had lost kurscodes and appeared as numeric-only entries were fixed in the Skillsmap and PMSKurscodes datasets and corresponding Power BI/Skillsmap dashboards were updated. file_path entries in PMS_Course that pointed to wrong-language module handbooks were updated to the correct English files for affected courses (examples: DLBCSM101, DLBCSM201, DLBDSMFC01). All obsolete kurscodes identified (for example LIBF and UFRED) were removed so incorrect IU lecturer assignments no longer appeared. The 'only upcoming courses' filter logic was changed to exclude courses flagged 'staffing not required' and affected Spanish‑language courses were removed from the view. A missing-kurscode issue reported for a lecturer was noted as potentially related to the staffing flag and remained under investigation. During triage a client-side Moodle/KLAUS plugin behaviour was recorded where retroactive assignments could overwrite or drop previous assignments (producing placeholder users and transferring quotas); this behaviour was logged for further investigation. Stakeholder data‑management requirements captured during triage included bulk course-start upload (Excel/CSV) with fields such as kurscode, kursstatus, versions-id, sprache and active/from; bulk corrector-assignment fields (korrektor/in, kursstatus, active/from, kontingent, reihenfolge and from/to date range with open-ended 'to'); and an audit trail/history logging timestamps and user for data adjustments. A missing employee record (Annika Nageldiek) was added to the OnCampus MA Bonus database in Power BI so the colleague appeared in the Bonus Dashboard. Separately, an IU Module import to Quercus (IUMODULE) was recorded as failing to pick up modules; a mismatched module start date was corrected and the import retried but the issue persisted and was logged for follow-up investigation. Additionally, missing courses in the Notenmeldungsystem were reported for BE II (SoSe2024) at Freiburg and Nürnberg; that report was closed as a duplicate and forwarded to the Fachabteilung, and no technical remediation for the grade-reporting system was documented in the tickets.

31. Digital badge UI wording ambiguity for 'Qualification Completion' and back‑populate
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported inconsistent or ambiguous UI wording and labels in the Upskilling application. Examples included a "(last 12 months)" note shown next to the 'Qualification Completion' option that led administrators to believe badges or awards might expire, and a dashboard tile still displaying the old German label "Zertifikatsdownload" after the term was changed elsewhere. No runtime errors occurred; the issues were purely wording/label inconsistencies that caused user confusion.

Solution

It was clarified that 'Qualification Completion' digital badges were lifetime awards and did not expire or require re‑application; the "(last 12 months)" text referred only to the back‑populate (historical award) filter that limited back‑dated awards to those completed within the prior 12 months. That clarification was recorded and communicated to badge administrators to remove ambiguity. Separately, a dashboard tile in the Upskilling app still showed the old German label "Zertifikatsdownload" after the wording had been changed elsewhere; developers replaced the tile text with the updated label "Zeugnisdownload" and deployed the change (implemented and confirmed 2025-08-14).

32. Transient account/session issues resolved by re‑authentication or password reset
92% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users experienced access failures and loss of functionality caused by invalid, expired, inconsistent, or stalled authentication/session state in web and native clients that use session tokens, API keys, or SSO. Reported symptoms included persistent login failures, long-loading or stalled login pages (including SSO flows), 'unauthenticated' or 'invalid api key' errors, hidden or non-responsive admin/UI controls until re‑authentication, unexpected post-login redirects, repeated logouts or presence/status inconsistencies, and session timeouts or auto-closures that discarded in-progress form data. Affected systems included web portals, admin consoles, chat and telephony integrations, third-party services (for example Twilio, Calendly, Jamf Connect, WhatsApp Business Web), and native client features such as screen sharing.

Solution

Issues were resolved by restoring or refreshing affected users’ authentication/session state, by local client restarts, or by vendor-side fixes. Observed concrete resolutions included: password resets to regain third-party access (for example Calendly); users signing out and signing back in which cleared workflows (verified using support impersonation); clearing browser cookies/cache or using a private/incognito window where sign-out/sign-in alone failed; full logout/login cycles that restored tokens/API-key access and made missing UI elements visible; and a local device reboot that restored a native feature (screen sharing to a C6 endpoint). A recurring Jamf Connect macOS password prompt stopped after the user opened the Connect menu and authenticated. Some defects required escalation to application owners or vendors; vendor-deployed fixes addressed a Twilio sidebar account/context mismatch while other Twilio presence/status defects were escalated when restarts and network checks did not help. One SSO login flow stalled for about 20 minutes while the user was on VPN and was triaged/escalated after re-login attempts failed. One upload failure matched an intended 15-minute auto-logout window. Repeated WhatsApp Business Web logouts were traced to absence of the verification phone/SIM. One portal displayed an unresponsive "weiter" (next) button and an input window that auto-closed after six hours; no permanent fix was applied during triage. In summary, fixes fell into user-side session restoration (password reset, sign-out/sign-in, cookie/cache clearing), device restart/reboot for native client state issues, confirmed intended timeout behavior, or vendor-side code fixes and escalations.

33. Device locked by 1Password requiring recovery key retrieval
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A user could not access a computer after long absence because the device/account was locked and required the 1Password recovery key to regain access. The request involved proving device identity (serial number) before recovery key release.

Solution

IT obtained the device serial number from the requester, retrieved/generated the appropriate 1Password recovery key for the device/account, and securely transmitted the recovery key to the requester's delegated contact. The provided recovery key allowed the user to unlock the computer and regain access.

Source Tickets (1)
34. Obsolete qualification elements copied into new sessions via session template
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Legacy or deprecated qualification content persisted in downstream systems because copies existed in shared session templates or in the IRI content repository. Symptoms included unexpected qualification elements (for example, FPIR Video) appearing on newly created Oasis sessions and in examiner assignment lists, and qualification paragraphs present in IRI that were not removable via the Qualifications Paragraphs view. Affected surfaces included Oasis session creation, the examiners system, and IRI content views.

Solution

Investigations found two distinct sources of persistent obsolete qualification content and both were cleaned. For Oasis/examiners: the session-creation screen used a shared template whose element list was copied into every new session and consumed by the examiners system; removing obsolete elements from that template stopped them appearing in subsequently created Oasis sessions and in examiner assignment lists, and teams were notified to confirm examiner/result mappings after template changes because the same template fed multiple systems. For IRI/content repository: support confirmed deletion of obsolete qualification codes and removed paragraphs/sections no longer used (examples: legacy CDCS/CDC2, DipFA/DIPF2, CITF/CIF2 and old/closed banking quals such as DipPP). Where qualification paragraphs did not appear in the Qualifications Paragraphs view, support performed manual removals in IRI to eliminate the hidden entries. The combined fixes removed legacy-format elements from session creation, examiner assignment screens, and the IRI content store.

35. MEA onboarding form: missing required private email field and missing auto-created onboarding sub-tasks
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

The Jira Service Management portal exhibited inconsistent form and workflow behaviour: bilingual forms sometimes mixed languages and lacked description text. Some request types and catalogue items were missing required fields or appropriate categories (for example the MEA onboarding form lacked a private-email field and some applications were absent from the Self Service software catalogue), causing manual handling. Custom or detailed due dates did not reliably generate expiry notifications. Approval automations and incorrect approver selection sometimes left requests stuck in an 'is waiting for an approval' state or assigned the wrong approver.

Solution

The MEA onboarding form was corrected: the private-email field was made required and moved into the primary personal-details section, and Employee ID/telephone requirement flags were aligned with updated rules. The MEA request type was linked to standard onboarding sub-task templates so Okta/IU account import, Epos/Care/myCampus account, hardware order, and credential-dispatch sub-tasks were created automatically on submission. Jira Service Management forms were reviewed and republished; bilingual forms were separated and missing description texts restored so English and German variants no longer mixed. A new 'Standorttätigkeiten' category/subcategory was added for site-activity requests with requester-specified required fields and delivery-address behaviour clarified (CMDB selection vs free-text depending on workflow). An automation was implemented to create a comment/notification when custom/detailed due dates expired so assignees received timely notifications, and template links/automations were validated to ensure consistent automatic sub-task creation and due-date handling across the portal. Portal configuration items and labels were corrected where inaccurate (for example the portal item label "IT Security und Datenschutz" was renamed to "IT Security"). Approval and workflow issues were addressed in practice: a Calendly account request that was stuck in an 'is waiting for an approval' state was progressed by sending the Calendly invitation directly and by correcting the approver assignment on the request; approver assignments on affected requests were updated as needed to unblock fulfilment. The Self Service software catalogue was updated to include Amplitude; the existing Okta assignment group (IU-ZZ-OK-ASS-Amplitude) remained in place for post-approval provisioning and approver ownership for that catalogue item was reviewed during triage.

36. Confluence space templates cannot be retroactively converted; SpaceKey reuse constraints
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users needed to create a new Confluence space and migrate pages from existing spaces and were uncertain whether a space template or settings could be changed after creation. Reported symptoms included confusion about whether pages created from a template could be retroactively converted into a different space type (for example, knowledge base), whether choosing a different template would affect pages being moved, how to move pages between spaces, and whether an existing SpaceKey/URL could be reclaimed or reused. A comparison with SharePoint and permissions impacts on page moves were also requested.

Solution

Confluence templates supplied sample pages only at the moment a space was created; switching a template later did not retroactively change or convert pages that were already created. For this issue the team created a new Confluence space from the chosen template and migrated the required pages from the source spaces into it. Pages were moved or copied between spaces using Confluence page-move/copy actions and permissions on the target space were updated as part of the migration. The template choice for the new space did not alter the structure or content of pages that were migrated — templates only affected the initial starter content of a newly created space. When reusing a SpaceKey/URL, uniqueness prevented creating a new space with the same key while the original space existed; reclaiming a key required removing or renaming the original space before a new space could use that key. Confluence is page- and space-oriented (wiki-style pages and hierarchies) rather than SharePoint’s file/library-centric model, so migration and permission considerations differed accordingly. Reference documentation for creating spaces from templates was used to validate the approach.

Source Tickets (2)
37. KPI request: semester script-order counts for quality reporting
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Business stakeholders requested ad-hoc or semester-bound aggregated reporting extracts (for example, KPI counts such as 'number of script orders' for a semester or per-product Payer account price listings) to support internal teams. Requests typically required compiling aggregated counts or tabular reports from the reporting system and delivering them by email, often within a soft deadline. No system errors or failures were reported; the issue was a data extraction and delivery request.

Solution

Reporting requests were compiled from the reporting system and delivered by email to the requesting business teams. For the SS22 quality KPI, the count of script orders (93,717) was compiled for the semester window and delivered to the Evaluation team at evaluationen@iu.org on 2022-10-10; the process was documented for repeat execution at future semester boundaries. For the payer pricing request, the current Payer account prices per product were compiled following the provided sample report and emailed to David Nieto (report sent by Ruth Sandford on 2025-12-09). Both tasks were completed as data extraction and delivery actions using the reporting system and standard email distribution.

Source Tickets (2)
38. DokGen participation certificate contained mapping and wording errors producing 'ERROR' output
75% confidence
Problem Pattern

DokGen-generated academic documents sometimes failed to generate, download or print and produced visible 'ERROR' strings, duplicate or missing text, blank pages, or empty templates. Affected outputs included enrollment/exmatriculation certificates, Studienabschlussbescheinigungen, Zeugnisse, Urkunden, Diploma Supplements, Transcripts of Records and other templates; missing or incorrect fields included student names, degree abbreviations, birthdate/birthplace, Praxispartner entries, ECTS/number formatting and date/address blocks. Failures occurred across environments (production and Stage) and could be triggered by bad template-to-data mappings, incorrect query/data sources, or missing/empty templates in the environment.

Solution

Template, mapping and data-source defects in DokGen and related services were corrected, redeployed and/or escalated so regenerated documents reflected accurate wording, fields and formatting. Key remediation and outcomes included: • Fixed template-to-data mappings and study-program settings so FS GEP time-models no longer produced explicit 'ERROR' strings and affected templates (Zeugnis, Urkunde, Studienabschlussbescheinigung, Diploma Supplement) used consistent labels and wording. • Removed duplicated paragraph text (for example the English Studienabschlussbescheinigung first-paragraph duplication) and restored missing legend entries (for example 'A = Anerkannt' and 'B = Bestanden') across affected cohorts and modules. • Updated retrieval/query logic to exclude superseded failed exam attempts and eliminate duplicate module listings so transcripts no longer showed prior failed attempts after a later pass. • Corrected grade retrieval so Bachelor thesis grades printed whether stored as a single 'Bachelorarbeit' module or as individual course records; a grade-classification mapping defect with the vendor (Simovative) was logged and escalated to restore consistent textual grade categories. • Resolved ECTS and number localization: set the decimal separator to comma, suppressed unwanted decimals for integers, and printed ECTS totals only where appropriate. • Restored German study/time-model labels, corrected wording typos and footer contact fields, ensured German month names in date formatting, and changed date sourcing so certificates used the date-of-last-examination (Tag der letzten Prüfungsleistung / Prüfungsdatum) from the student booking field for FS/DS/MS/KS units rather than the Notenblatt date where requested. • Fixed name and degree rendering to include second given names, correctly printed degree abbreviations '(B.Sc.)' and '(M.Sc.)', and populated missing Qualification.Student Full Name values so DCWeb/Smart Verify and verification text rendered student names. • Updated the English Studienabschlussbescheinigung template to include birth date and birthplace fields. • Restored generation, download and printing functionality where reported, including resolving a specific MSD 'Imma' error that had produced error attachments and blank-page prints for Immatrikulationsbescheinigungen; the Immatrikulationsbescheinigung service was returned to online availability. • Replaced the old campus address with the current address ('Weseler Straße 480, 48163 Münster') in the address source and corrected site/location mapping that had caused missing or incorrect address blocks for some myStudium/MSD students. • Corrected SESSUR/Oasis overnight email template content so qualification names included usual abbreviations (example: 'Level 6 Diploma in Financial Advice (AdvDipFA)') to avoid ambiguous qualification text. • Applied a fix to the Transcript of Records (TOR - Duales Studium) output logic so the Praxispartner (practice partner) field populated for affected semesters and the 'befristeter Selbstzahler – 8. Semester' placeholder was removed. • Captured and forwarded Overview-of-Grades and other overall-grade/output defects to the specialist team and vendor; Simovative investigated and restored correct Overview of Grades generation. • Logged template-specific change requests (for example date-source change to Tag der letzten Prüfungsleistung, replacement of editable processor-name with a fixed signer, support-unit-specific signer/address rules, and variable download filename requests) and forwarded them to the specialist/template team. Additionally, on the Stage environment a separate incident was investigated where document downloads failed because templates on Stage were empty; Simovative was contacted to verify whether a database/template synchronization had been performed and stakeholders were asked to confirm environment sync status. That Stage incident was documented as investigated but no remediation steps were recorded in the ticket. All confirmed fixes were deployed and affected documents were regenerated and verified where recorded.

39. Cases could not be closed because Type/Topic or Record Type prevented selecting the correct closure type
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to create, edit, or close cases in the web support portal: after selecting or changing a Record Type the case form or closure/reply controls became uneditable or greyed-out and the reply window did not appear; in some incidents the Type or Topic/Thema fields were locked or pre-populated. Separately, the reply text field accepted a template send but would not accept additional input on tickets older than 24 hours. Also, the 'End' button appeared disabled when an underlying work-item/task remained assigned or became stuck. Symptoms occurred in web browsers (reported in Edge and Firefox); refreshing or clearing browser cache/cookies did not reliably resolve these conditions.

Solution

Three distinct root causes were identified and resolved. 1) Record Type ⇄ Type ⇄ Topic(Thema) mismatches in the portal UI: when existing Type/Topic values conflicted with a Record Type change (or when Type/Topic were empty/locked) the case form and closure/reply controls became uneditable. Repairs included correcting or populating the Type and Topic/Thema fields and, where necessary, changing the Record Type; support sometimes updated these fields on behalf of requesters when they could not edit them, and one incident required escalation to SalesTech for backend/permission correction. 2) Stuck work-item (WA)/task states: the 'End' button appeared disabled while an underlying WA/task remained assigned or stuck; removing or reassigning the stuck WA/task restored the End button and allowed status changes. 3) Reply-template defect for older tickets: when replying to tickets older than 24 hours the reply template could be sent but the reply text field would not accept additional input; development rebuilt and improved the template-reply feature and deployed fixes, after which template replies accepted additional text again. In all cases browser refresh or clearing cache/cookies did not reliably resolve the conditions.

40. Shared team password manager evaluation for collaborative admin account access
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

A team required a collaborative password manager to share and synchronise several administrative credentials across multiple members, with role-based ownership, vacation/backup coverage, and avoidance of storing passwords in documents. Users sought options that supported provisioning, invitations, and synchronized vaults rather than a manual file-based approach.

Solution

An evaluation of options was completed focusing on collaborative vault solutions versus file-based tools. A managed service (1Password) was recommended/implemented for team-shared credentials to provide shared vaults, role-based access, licensing, invitation/provisioning workflows and cross-user synchronization; KeePassXC was retained as an option for isolated/local vaults but was not used for cross-team shared provisioning. Guidance on licensing and invitation provisioning was provided to the requesting team.

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41. DokGen semester-selection showing irrelevant semesters due to variable setting change
77% confidence
Problem Pattern

Template-driven selection, scheduling and document-generation UIs returned incorrect, missing or transient options because template variables, mappings, cohort/product visibility, whitelists, session filters, bulk-run criteria or location-scoped permissions were mis-set. Symptoms included semester-selection screens showing irrelevant semesters, document generators producing documents for students who did not have the required student status or showing wrong validity dates, certificate/document UIs missing expected options, preference/request forms showing transient errors or absent entries, bulk runs selecting incorrect student subsets or creating undeletable history, and schedule/syllabus views omitting lecturers not enabled for the selected campus/location.

Solution

Investigations covered multiple distinct template, configuration and bulk-data causes across DokGen/EPOS/STARTA, DMSD, MyStudium, LiFE, LIBF and related selection UIs and apps. Key outcomes and actions included:

• DokGen/EPOS semester-selection: Restored the intended re-registration semester variable (it had been replaced by an incorrect “Festes Semester” variable) so students saw only their re-registered semester(s) plus the next semester.

• Document Generator / MyStudium: Restored a missing document-selection option in the Document Generator UI so affected students could see and download certificate documents; visibility was reinstated by the specialist team.

• DMSD certificates and status checks: Updated generation logic to query student status and block issuance for restricted statuses (records marked “temporär UVB” or “regulär UVB”); adjusted the cancellation-confirmation template and restricted its release to DMSD-identified students by product/name suffixes; immatrikulations- and exmatrikulationsbescheinigung variants and mappings were modified where required and templates regenerated.

• Documents issued despite missing status (EU-ODSP / OI-SP): Investigations logged that certain program-specific templates or generation filters in the EU-ODSP and OI-SP contexts permitted printing of Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung, Immatrikulationsbescheinigung and Transcripts despite the students not holding required statuses. The behaviour was recorded and escalated to the document-generation and program-configuration owners for alignment with the status-check logic used in DMSD.

• Extended Certificate (myStudies/MSE cohorts): Created a new “mystudies” variant, removed distance-learning text and an erroneous registration-period sentence, added MSE/myStudies-specific wording and cohort visibility rules (visible only to specified MSE cohorts/locations) and blocked those cohorts from the original Extended Certificate; database-driven fields and status-dependent text were adjusted and tested in staging.

• Dual-study / quarter-start immatrikulationsbescheinigung: Corrected date-calculation logic that had incorrectly applied WiSe/SoSe semester-range rules so quarter-start cohorts received six-month validity; mappings were updated and templates regenerated so certificates now show correct end-dates.

• Participation-certificate whitelist: Fixed a misconfigured whitelist that had permitted generation for all Bachelor programs; generation was excluded by default and permitted only when program status included the suffix “unter Vorbehalt” (for example “regulär unter Vorbehalt” or “temp. unter Vorbehalt”); change was deployed and verified.

• STARTA bulk-run (“mop up”): Corrected a bulk-selection criteria bug that had selected all students; applied a temporary session-action filter, removed erroneous undeletable bulk-run history entries, and re-ran the adjusted bulk to process the intended subset.

• WELCOME email template (AFA units): Added a conditional field “If AFA Marketing (Y/N)” returning 'Y' or 'N' (aligned with FSRE behaviour) and deployed it for AFAT, AFAI, AFAP and AFAR; availability was confirmed with support.

• LiFE materials expiry dates: Identified current LiFE students with incorrect historic material/course end dates and performed a bulk update setting material expiry dates to 31‑Aug‑2025 for all current LiFE students; changes were verified.

• LIBF e-test / CFCD qualification: Forced a pending e-test publish so CFCD reappeared in the Qualification drop-down and centres could download/schedule assessments.

• Prӓferenzabfrage (Preference) app: Reproduced transient UI errors and missing semester label; support identified the app owner but did not apply a technical fix within support scope and advised contacting the responsible team.

• IU Meldeportal (discount-code request): Investigated a missing “IU Akademie” unit option in the discount-code request form; the absence was traced to a request-form configuration/visibility omission and no resolution was recorded in the triage ticket.

• Academy Five (syllabus/schedule) lecturer visibility: Confirmed the syllabus/schedule view respected campus/location-scoped enablement; missing lecturer entries were due to the lecturer being enabled only for specific campus locations and not appearing in other or general views.

Where applicable, fixes involved updating template variants and mappings, correcting database-driven field logic and date calculations, adjusting whitelist/configuration values, restricting document visibility by cohort/product identifier, regenerating affected templates/documents, forcing pending publishes, removing erroneous bulk-run history entries, and verifying outcomes in staging or production. Investigations that uncovered program-specific generation or configuration gaps (for example EU-ODSP / OI-SP) were recorded and handed to the responsible teams for configuration alignment with the status-based issuance rules already applied in DMSD.

42. Company-managed Jira board (PEOP) required workflow and column/status remapping
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

The PEOP company-managed Jira board was creating new issues into an "Undefined" column, had an active separate Backlog that conflicted with board statuses, and required renaming and remapping of columns to specific statuses and a defined column order.

Solution

The PEOP board was reconfigured: the "Undefined" column was renamed to "Backlog" and mapped to the Backlog status; new columns and statuses were added (e.g. Pending WCC Evaluation -> Pending Evaluation; Completed WCC Evaluation -> Completed Evaluation); existing columns were remapped to the requested statuses (including Priorization Meeting -> Priorization Meeting status and Selected for Sprint -> To Do status); column order was enforced as requested and unchanged columns (Blocked, Cancelled, Done) were left intact. The separate Backlog view was deactivated where status was present on the board.

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43. Assisted software installs and updates via remote session using Company Portal and TeamViewer
91% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported failures installing, updating, or launching desktop applications, add‑ins, small utilities, or cloud‑hosted SaaS on Windows and macOS endpoints. Symptoms included macOS “app appears to be damaged” launch errors, installers failing or looping without clear error codes, blocked or missing installers requiring admin approval, corrupted or degraded applications, and incorrect file associations. Reports also included software‑availability and procurement requests for specialized, free/open‑source, or Windows‑Store‑only applications (for example Inkscape or BrainVoyager Brain Tutor) and requests for small peripheral utilities that modify system mappings or require specific runtimes. Affected systems included Windows 10/11 and macOS endpoints and the corporate software catalog/Company Portal.

Solution

Technicians completed installs, updates, and availability requests either by interactive remote session (TeamViewer) or by packaging and publishing applications to the Company Portal/self‑service catalog and confirming availability. Interactive sessions were used to apply vendor installers when required so updates registered correctly (for example applying a Lenovo vendor updater), and macOS launch failures (including “app appears to be damaged”) were resolved by applying vendor updates or reinstalling the app remotely and restarting the application (for example Microsoft Teams; the Teams web client was used as a temporary workaround). Published Company Portal applications (for example Adobe Creative Cloud/Acrobat Pro, Citavi, VeraCrypt, Eraser) were confirmed available and reinstalled when needed to repair installs or restore file associations. For browser‑based vendor installers technicians supplied vendor download links, the company download password, and notes about required browser permissions. When elevated permissions were required technicians used non‑admin Company Portal deployment options where available or processed admin‑approval requests and recorded approver information. For cloud‑hosted SaaS technicians confirmed whether a local component existed, escalated to the cloud/specialist team when necessary, scheduled update windows, and had specialists perform instance updates and verify availability. For vendor security notifications technicians verified notices against Security‑Portal data, sampled endpoints to determine scope, pilot‑tested vendor updates, prepared packages or patches, deployed them via the appropriate publishing channel, and recorded actions in session notes, portal entries, or intranet announcements. GDPR‑relevant packaging decisions were recorded (for example packaging and publishing VeraCrypt while recommending Eraser for secure deletion after noting some apps created backups outside encrypted containers). For small peripheral utilities (for example SharpKeys on Windows 11 which modifies the Scancode Map and required .NET 4.0 Client Profile) technicians obtained and recorded any required approval under the private‑hardware/peripherals policy, installed approved utilities from vendor sources, applied requested remaps or configuration changes, and documented approvals and registry changes. Requests for free or open‑source software (for example Inkscape) were handled like other catalog items: separate requests were processed per distinct title, and technicians either packaged and published the app to the Company Portal or supplied vendor download/install guidance when portal publication was not feasible. For Windows Store–only apps (for example BrainVoyager Brain Tutor) technicians confirmed store availability, evaluated Microsoft Store deployment versus alternative packaging options, and either listed the app in the corporate catalog or provided installation/procurement guidance. When requesters found the formal Software Request form burdensome, technicians accepted standard portal/Jira requests for low‑cost or free software to reduce friction while recording approvals and processing details.

44. Pearson demographic validation failed due to missing phone-country code for East Timor
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Candidate or student registrations and eligibility records became inconsistent between internal systems and Pearson VUE, causing failed demographic/address validations, stale or incorrect pre‑approved exam listings, generic Pearson VUE processing errors, or OnVUE client errors. Examples included validation messages such as "Phone country code is required in the primary address." and "Please enter a valid country", Pearson VUE uploads returning "System Error: An error occurred while processing request...", obsolete modules appearing on Pearson VUE pre‑approved exams after transfers/cancellations, and OnVUE reporting "the programme is already running" during system checks. Affected components included the registration portal, PCA Predict/Area_Code_OS country lists, internal student/CRM reference data, eligibility uploads, RegMAN, Pearson VUE pre‑approved exams, and OnVUE client checks.

Solution

Reference-data mismatches and stale eligibility records were corrected and impacted submissions were re-sent. Specifically: the missing phone country-code for East Timor was added to the internal student/CRM reference data and the candidate record was updated and re-submitted to Pearson VUE, after which demographic validation completed. Country-name mismatches (for example differences between "Vietnam" and "Viet Nam" in PCA Predict/Area_Code_OS and the registration list) were resolved by standardizing stored country values so the registration portal accepted selections. Generic Pearson VUE eligibility uploads that failed with processing errors were cleared by forcing manual re-submits; the re-submitted eligibility records were picked up and registrations appeared in RegMAN. In cases where internal registration lifecycle changes (transfers, cancellations, re-additions) or incorrect cancel reasons left obsolete modules visible on Pearson VUE pre‑approved exam lists, the registration records and cancel‑reason values were corrected and stale eligibilities were removed or regenerated so Pearson VUE no longer presented the old modules; after the corrected eligibility state propagated, affected OnVUE system checks (previously failing with "the programme is already running") ceased to block candidate check‑in. It was also observed that certain field edits (for example changing a phone number) could trigger a resend of contact/eligibility data in the integration, which was used to refresh downstream systems when required.

45. Letterwriter custom colour not persisting resolved with toggle button for rust colour
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

In the Letterwriter app a user could not persist a custom rust colour (RGB 222,77,10); the colour picker did not retain the custom colour between sessions and the user had to re-add it each time.

Solution

Developer implemented a UI change that added a toggle button which switches between rust and black. The new "T" toggle (rust) button was added next to the colour picker so the rust colour (RGB 222,77,10) could be applied without re-adding it; the change was pending deployment at the time of the ticket.

Source Tickets (1)
46. VLE links opened inside VLE reader blocking access to external database formats
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Links to core reading texts embedded in the VLE were opening inside the VLE's built-in reader, preventing users from accessing external database EPUB/PDF formats and full database functionality.

Solution

The affected page's link target settings were changed so links opened in a new tab/window (external target) instead of inside the VLE reader. Links were tested to confirm direct navigation to the external database and access to EPUB/PDF and full database features. Content owners were notified and the Apprenticeship Programmes team was reminded to set link targets to open externally.

Source Tickets (1)
47. Green, grainy video playback with freezes caused by GPU/codec/driver conflict
70% confidence
Problem Pattern

Windows devices (notably Dell laptops) experienced video playback exhibiting a green tint and heavy visual noise (grainy artifacts) followed by playback stalls or near-system hangs. The failures occurred across local media players and web-based video (browsers, SharePoint, TikTok) with no explicit error codes reported, and multiple users on the same fleet reported the same symptoms after the environment included K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (KLCP_K-LiteMegaCodecPack_19.0.1) and recent graphics/ GPU driver changes.

Solution

The failures were traced to an interaction between the installed K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (KLCP_K-LiteMegaCodecPack_19.0.1) and the graphics/GPU driver on Windows (reported on Dell laptops). Replacing or reinstalling the codec pack did not resolve the symptoms. Remote troubleshooting used EPM/TeamViewer to inspect driver state and the issue was resolved by reverting the GPU/graphics driver to a previous known-good version via Device Manager. Docking-station testing and other environment checks were performed during troubleshooting but did not change the outcome.

Source Tickets (2)
48. Persistent Jamf authentication popup on macOS cleared by reconnecting Jamf from menu bar
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

macOS clients showed persistent Jamf-related authentication failures: a recurring password dialog or a macOS Keychain modal (for example, “Self Service+ wants to use your confidential information stored in "" in your keychain.”) repeatedly reappeared and did not accept correct credentials. Jamf Connect sometimes failed to connect and Jamf Self Service / Self Service+ reported “password not matching” while Okta logins remained functional; Okta password-change attempts could return insufficient-permission errors. Users reported inability to request admin rights and failures to sync passwords. Affected components included Jamf Connect, Jamf Self Service / Self Service+, macOS Keychain, and Okta.

Solution

Two distinct causes were observed and fixed. 1) Local client state: recurring Jamf authentication dialogs were cleared by reconnecting Jamf (initiating a Jamf Connect reconnect from the macOS menu bar removed persistent authentication popups). 2) Backend/service incidents or transient Keychain-related failures: Jamf Connect stopped connecting and Self Service / Self Service+ presented “password not matching” errors or a continuously reopening macOS Keychain modal that blocked admin requests and password sync; Okta password-change attempts could fail with insufficient-permission errors during these incidents. Those cases were resolved when the JAMF/service-side systems recovered (some tickets reported the issue self-healed) and did not require user-side configuration changes.

49. Exam detail view blank in gradebook after update
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

After a software update the exam/gradebook UI showed two related failures: opening individual exam entries sometimes rendered empty detail/performance panes and prevented grade editing, and the Corrector Overview listed different counts than the general grading list with some exams missing or unopenable. Affected graders occasionally reported generic "no access" errors or screenshots of an error; these symptoms persisted across browsers, devices, and after clearing cache/cookies. The issues impacted the exam Corrector Overview and grading UI and blocked normal grading workflows.

Solution

A two-part resolution addressed the incidents. First, a developer fix resolved the blank-detail/display and grade-editing failures; the fix passed Stage testing and was promoted to Production, which was updated to version 17.14.12, after which individual exam details displayed correctly and grade-editing functionality was restored. Second, root-cause investigation into visibility and count mismatches established that the Corrector Overview was subject to assignment/tutor-based filtering (a visible "tutor" column) that caused different counts between the general grading list and the Corrector Overview and prevented non-assigned graders from opening or seeing some exams; the investigation findings were recorded and passed to the grading-UI/assignment-logic owners for reconciliation of assignment-based visibility with expected grader access. Operational notes: affected users had been advised to try client-side troubleshooting (clear cache/cookies, different browsers, incognito, different workstation), but these steps did not resolve the problem and tickets were escalated to the specialist team and the Examinations Office as appropriate. A referenced error screenshot was not available in the record.

50. Browser/Twilio calls: Bluetooth headset microphone not detected
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

During browser-based Twilio calls with a headset (often Bluetooth), one-way audio failures occurred: either remote callers could not hear the user because the headset microphone was not recognized, or the user could not hear incoming callers because headset/speaker output produced no audio. Failures were observed in Google Chrome, produced no consistent error codes, and the same headset audio often worked correctly in other applications.

Solution

Microphone-direction failures were resolved when a full shutdown and restart of the laptop restored microphone audio. Support also recorded that using the headset’s supplied USB dongle acted as a reliable workaround for Bluetooth audio issues in Twilio. Clearing the browser cache was suggested as an alternative troubleshooting step. For reported speaker/output-direction failures there was no confirmed resolution in the ticketed case; support had suggested identifying the headset model and connection method (USB, 3.5mm, Bluetooth), confirming that other applications (for example Microsoft Teams or YouTube) produced system audio, ensuring Google Chrome was used (or testing an alternate browser), clearing the browser cache, and signing out of and back into Twilio, but those actions were not verified as resolving that incident.

Source Tickets (2)
51. New macOS device missing Self Service (IU Group) and VPN during initial setup
70% confidence
Problem Pattern

A newly delivered Mac did not show the Self Service / IU Group icon and could not complete the remote-administration step, preventing VPN access during initial setup. Standard resets did not restore the expected MDM/agent presence.

Solution

A repeated factory-reset sequence via macOS 'Transfer or Reset' was used: the existing profile was deleted, the machine was allowed to restart, then powered down and hard-started; repeating this sequence ultimately restored the Self Service (IU Group) presence and enabled VPN/remote administration access.

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52. Staff/faculty website profile updates processed via Meldeportal
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Requesters were unable to add or change public-facing content because ownership, publishing status, or the responsible portal was unclear. Reported symptoms included outdated or incorrect CMS text (for example an old qualification name), missing or incorrect Meldeportal form fields or options, navigation/menu labels inconsistent with page content, unpublished intranet pages awaiting placement, and a lack of error messages or status information. Affected systems included IU public websites (CMS pages), Meldeportal forms, SharePoint intranet pages/navigation, and other portals such as myLIBF and the IU career portal.

Solution

Support clarified ownership and then either applied requested changes directly or routed requesters to the appropriate owner. For IU public website CMS content owned by the web team, support applied updates and scheduled deployments when required (examples: added supplied photos, emails, and homepage links to IU profiles; updated Trade Registry / myLIBF CMS text to replace “QTFS” / “Diploma for Qualified Trade Finance Specialists” with “QTFE” / “Diploma for Qualified Trade Finance Experts”; coordinated deployments with student-honours updates). When Meldeportal form fields or options were owned by other project teams, support routed requesters to those owners, who implemented the requested changes (example: added “Copilot” to the KAM form’s “Valid for the Units” field). For content owned by other portals (for example the IU career portal), requesters were directed to that portal’s service desk. When intranet navigation labels were inconsistent with page content, support updated SharePoint navigation/menu entries (example: renamed the menu entry under “Hochschulbereiche” from “Academic Administration” to “Academic Operations & Strategy”) and notified requesters. When intranet pages were unpublished or needed placement, a specialist published the page in the requested area and verified permissions and access settings (example: published a team intranet page under “Hochschulbereiche” next to “IU Rekorat”). In cases where agents could not take action or transfer ownership, support advised requesters to submit changes via the appropriate Meldeportal form and closed the ticket as “won’t do.”

53. Copilot for M365 license issuance tied to completion of Essentials course
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A user requested a Copilot for M365 license but did not yet have access because license assignment was contingent on completion of the 'Copilot for M365 Essentials' course in the IU Learning Hub; Copilot features were unavailable until the license was assigned.

Solution

The user was enrolled in the 'Copilot for M365 Essentials' course in the IU Learning Hub. After the course status was recorded as 'completed' the Copilot for M365 license was assigned automatically and Copilot features became available within the stated propagation window (up to 72 hours).

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54. Website registration link misdirected to wrong qualification causing incorrect Pearson VUE candidate account
86% confidence
Problem Pattern

Public-facing websites, intranet areas and service portals presented incorrect or misleading navigation targets, page content or views. Symptoms included users being redirected to wrong or legacy pages (including landing on ordering or informational pages instead of registration flows), redirect loops, missing or non-clickable “Register” buttons or tiles, limited portal catalogue views, incorrect course/registration wording, Pearson VUE sign‑in failures, and missing payment or registration records. Affected systems included libf public and secure sites, MyLIBF (including resit/online registration flows), IT Service Portal, intranet/IUG areas, CRM/registration backends and third‑party partner sites.

Solution

Investigations reproduced multiple cases where public-facing pages, intranet areas or service‑portal links pointed to incorrect targets, restricted views, renamed or legacy pages, or non‑secure/public forms. Resolutions and outcomes included: corrected misdirected registration links and amended misregistered Pearson VUE candidate records so candidate sign‑in succeeded; processed applications submitted via public forms through the secure application/payment pathway and reconciled missing payments (for example a referenced £57) against internal records. A filtered query of registration records (28 Apr–22 May, excluding resits) identified 65 affected registrants and an export/list was produced for follow‑up. Site content and navigation faults were reproduced and escalated where appropriate — for example a MyLIBF→Financial World redirect loop was escalated to the web/content team; an absent “Register” button on a corporate‑processed qualification was confirmed as an intentional content change and the requester was informed; mislinked external IU pages were identified as externally owned and requesters were referred accordingly. Intranet updates included renaming and publishing areas (for example renaming the old IUG Inside area to IUGTalentspace and publishing the new IUGInside area), adjusting permissions after the change, and notifying content owners to update navigation. Portal‑specific faults included users landing on limited catalogue views; one Service Portal case was resolved after verifying the user’s authorisations and providing the correct portal link, after which the user could access expected request types. Internal portal tile/link faults and pages lacking contact details were forwarded to subject‑matter teams and requesters were provided direct contact emails. Content‑level wording errors were corrected where appropriate: the CMP2 (CeMAP Module 2) registration text was amended to clarify regional applicability (England/Wales/Scotland) and a screenshot/preview was provided to the stakeholder for confirmation prior to publishing. Where applicable public links and backend registration records were corrected and payments reconciled; issues outside internal ownership were escalated or referred to responsible teams. Separately, a MyLIBF “Add Your Resit” button that opened an ordering/study‑material screen instead of the resit registration flow was reproduced; investigation checked application logs (no evidence the user visited the online registration site) and confirmed the code that generated links to online registration had not changed, but a definitive root cause was not identified. The affected student was registered manually by phone as an immediate workaround.

55. Logi Options+ on macOS required temporary SelfService+ admin elevation for device configuration
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

macOS users reported application features failing because required system-level installers or privacy permissions could not be changed without administrator privileges. Symptoms included inability to adjust Logitech MX-series device settings (DPI/pointer sensitivity) due to Logi Options+ not being installed, and failure to share the screen in Microsoft Teams because screen recording/privacy permissions were not enabled. Actions were blocked by lack of admin rights and typically produced no system error codes.

Solution

Issues were resolved by granting temporary administrator privileges so the required app install or privacy permission change could be performed. For Logitech MX-series devices, temporary admin elevation via SelfService+ was used to install the Logi Options+ application; after installation the Logi Options+ app was used to adjust DPI and device-specific settings. For Microsoft Teams screen sharing on macOS, the user was added to the Mac-ShortTermAdmin group to obtain temporary admin rights and macOS Sharing/Privacy settings were updated to enable Screen Recording/Screen Sharing for Teams; screen sharing then worked as expected.

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56. Figma design-system transfer required IU Group admin to move shadcn/ui kit into target workspace
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A team requested the 'shadcn/ui' design kit to be transferred into the Syntea Learn+ Figma workspace so it could be used centrally as a design system. The request required an IU Group admin to perform the transfer; there were no error messages beyond the permission/role boundary.

Solution

An IU Group admin completed the workspace transfer of the 'shadcn/ui' kit into the Syntea Learn+ workspace. The design system was then available for the requester to add to files in the target workspace.

Source Tickets (1)
57. Publication-consent (Professional Services Register) preference not persisting in MyLIBF
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A student attempted to opt out of the Professional Services Register via the MyLIBF account preference but the setting reverted to 'yes' (opted in) after saving. The symptom was the preference not persisting; no client-side error codes were reported. Affected systems included MyLIBF account settings and the Professional Services Register integration.

Solution

Support reproduced the bug, applied a manual account change to set the student as opted out, and a code fix was deployed to address the preference persistence issue. The fix was deployed on 2026-01-14 so the opt-out setting no longer reverted.

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58. Zoom free‑plan lacks booking/calendar scheduling for 1:1 appointments
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

User could not schedule 1:1 appointment bookings because Zoom (Free plan) did not expose a booking/calendar scheduling feature; user requested an add‑on/upgrade to provide booking capabilities for external participants. No error messages; request required license/approval.

Solution

The request for a Zoom booking/calendar add‑on was declined by the automated approver routing (approver was unavailable, causing an automatic decline). Support recommended using Microsoft Teams instead because Teams provides equivalent scheduling functionality and Zoom is being phased out in the organisation. The ticket was closed after the automated decline and recommendation.

Source Tickets (1)
59. Think‑Cell PowerPoint add‑in stopped working with error
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Think‑Cell add‑in for PowerPoint stopped functioning and presented an error message (screenshot provided); user could not update presentation numbers and required urgent resolution.

Solution

IT engaged the specialist team which identified and implemented a fix; the fix was rolled out to affected users on 2025-10-22 and the user confirmed the Think‑Cell add‑in was working again on 2025-10-27.

Source Tickets (1)
60. Printed invoice description sourced from Finance Admin Product Codes fields
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Generated/printed invoice showed an incorrect product description (e.g. 'Life Membership – Certified Financial Adviser' instead of '10962402 – Adviser MIFS') when producing a member invoice for a reinstated membership.

Solution

Investigation traced the printed invoice description to the Product Codes screen in Finance Admin. The system used the Product Codes 'External Description' when populated and fell back to the 'Description' field otherwise. The issue was resolved by updating the appropriate Product Codes fields in Finance Admin so the printed invoice text matched the expected value.

Source Tickets (2)
61. MIFS renewal notices scheduled 21 days before end-of-term (timing mismatch)
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

MIFS1N/MIFS2N renewal notices were not produced on the expected calendar dates (user expected notices on 7th/8th); notices expected to appear in stopped emails for fee verification but had not been generated yet.

Solution

Investigation confirmed that MIFS renewal notices are generated 21 days before the record's end‑of‑term. For records with an end‑of‑term of 31 July, the system picked them up on 10 July. The user was advised to check the stopped emails on that date to verify the updated fee and release the notices; no system fault was found.

Source Tickets (1)
62. Scheduled ITR notifications perceived as missing due to weekly run frequency
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported not receiving expected scheduled notifications, reminder emails, or report outputs despite no error messages in logs. The symptom was silence (missing emails/files) and confusion about expected cadence or presence of a report or reminder. Affected components included scheduled reporting jobs, automated reminder schedules (e.g., TIMELEFT), reporting output files, and notification mailboxes (feexams).

Solution

Investigations found multiple causes for silent or missing notifications and were resolved case-by-case. For the ITR reports, the scheduled ITR job had executed in the early hours and its output file contained rows for that run; mail logs showed the notification email was sent and at least one recipient received it — the issue was an expectation mismatch because the ITR job ran weekly rather than daily, and the run schedule and successful execution were communicated to the users. For the CPSP expiry reminders, the TIMELEFT setting for the CPSP programme had not been configured, so automated 6‑month and 3‑month expiry reminder emails were not enabled; TIMELEFT was configured/activated for CPSP, the reminder process was verified as running, and it was noted that missed reminders prior to activation were not sent retroactively. For CPA certificate notifications, there was no dedicated report to drive notifications; a new scheduled report (CPACERTD) was created and scheduled to run daily to provide regular CPA certificate send‑out notifications to the feexams team. In each case investigators verified scheduled runs, reporting output presence, and mail/log evidence of sends, and then communicated the status and any schedule/configuration changes to recipients.

63. CITR CPD logging UI missing activity fields causing generic upload error
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Missing, hidden, or misrendered UI controls and selection fields across web applications prevented users from completing workflows. Symptoms included required-selection fields failing to populate and leaving Submit buttons disabled or greyed-out, absent action icons or input fields (for example time-entry controls not opening), generic “an error has occurred” messages or failed confirmations during CPD uploads or invoicing, and payment-processing or authentication blocks that prevented record completion or ticket filing. Affected systems included CITR CPD logs UI, MyCPD/MyLIBF, Simovative Antragsverwaltung, PowerApps LCC, D.velop, and the Freelancer Invoicing App.

Solution

Multiple incidents of missing or misrendered UI controls were resolved or triaged after targeted frontend, backend, and vendor investigations. Key outcomes and triage conclusions included: a developer deployed a bug fix to the CITR CPD logs UI so activity input fields rendered correctly and CPD entries could be entered and uploaded without the generic upload error; a MyLIBF CPD backend processing incident was investigated and cleared after support confirmed an Opayo payment and removed a processing block that had been triggered by an unusually large logged-hours value (~1,400 hours), and an administrator retried and completed a manual CPD entry; a Simovative Antragsverwaltung DS-Antrag workflow was restored after the vendor applied a backend/configuration change that returned location-based fields (Standorte and location-specific email controls); the thesis-title control for “Antrag 'Abschlussarbeit anmelden'” was replaced (Input -> Textarea) to remove the 150-character limitation (change implemented by Jasmin Eick) and the internal thesis overview view was switched to one exposing Unit filters and the multi-select thesis-status control, restoring expected filtering behavior. Separately, a PowerApps LCC billing form had its Submit (Einreichen) button disabled because the required “Modul-/Kursname” field could not be populated for certain CS master-thesis cases; that symptom and an associated Jira/IU password login failure were triaged to the PowerApps/LCC and authentication/Jira teams for follow-up. A MyCPD report recorded a student who could not log new CPD activities and received an error/notification instead of a completion confirmation; that ticket noted prior MyLIBF login issues and an Outlook auto-reply banner but no resolution was recorded. A D.velop report showed the “assign for editing” person icon was missing (preventing assignment actions); support escalated the issue to the specialist team but no technical fix was recorded and the ticket was later closed during stale-ticket cleanup with instruction to reopen if still relevant. New: a Freelancer Invoicing App user could not open or populate work-time entry fields (no additional input appeared and no error was shown); support captured diagnostic suggestions (app/version/field-visibility/permissions information) and forwarded the report to the application owner/development team for investigation, and the ticket was canceled pending developer response. Where fixes were implemented, they were the result of targeted UI bug fixes or vendor/backend configuration changes; several incidents required escalation to product/ specialist teams and awaited developer/vendor resolution.

64. Specimen-paper availability and bundle-selection validation issues
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Students reported missing specimen-paper purchase options and incorrect orders/payments when bundles were offered alongside individual papers. Symptoms included expected UK/English specimen papers not appearing for some students, the registration UI permitting a bundle and its individual papers to be selected together, duplicate/incorrect orders being placed, and payments being allocated to the full bundle ledger (eg. K59390) instead of the single specimen (eg. MCMSA11), causing access delays until finance journaled funds. Affected systems included the online registration website, checkout/payment-allocation logic and finance/ledger processing.

Solution

Investigations separated two related issues. For missing purchase options, availability was driven by the student’s course registration variant: students registered only for the Scottish Mortgages variant did not see UK/English specimen papers. For ordering and payment problems, investigators found the registration/checkout UI allowed mutually exclusive options (bundles and their individual papers) to be selected concurrently, producing duplicate or incorrect orders. The checkout/payment-allocation flow then routed payments to the full bundle ledger even when only a single specimen had been purchased (examples observed: payment for learning-support code MCMSA11, £25, was allocated to bundle K59390). That misallocation prevented automatic entitlement; access was delayed until finance manually journaled funds to the correct ledger. Similar behaviour was reported for CRT partial purchases being charged to the full CRT bundle. No explicit error codes were produced. The findings were recorded and the issue was escalated for remediation; no production fix had been applied at the time of reporting.

65. Local admin app UI errors (ADMN1061) resolved by reinstalling client
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users encountered ADMN1061 error messages and general UI failures in the admin application (clicking/panel interactions failed) despite a successful server connection. Symptoms were unresponsive UI elements and unfamiliar error codes.

Solution

Support confirmed the server connection was healthy and resolved the issue by reinstalling the local admin application. After the reinstall the ADMN1061-related UI errors ceased and normal interaction was restored.

Source Tickets (1)
66. Certificate printing failed because CPACERT template had been auto-ended
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Daily CPA certificate print job failed because the expected LetterWriter (LW) CPACERT template could not be found; attempts to use an SPS template did not produce the certificate. Symptom was absence of printed certificates when the daily job ran.

Solution

The CPACERT LW template was found to have been 'ended' (auto-deactivated after a period of inactivity). The template was reactivated/restored to make CPACERT available again for the print job, after which certificate printing resumed. Notes indicated templates may be auto-ended after approximately six months of non-use and might need review if out of date.

Source Tickets (1)
67. RETURN1 letter template marks addresses suspended rather than removing them
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

The RETURN1 letter template did not remove invalid/returned postal addresses as expected; invalid addresses remained in the database following template execution. Symptom was stale or invalid addresses persisting after sending RETURN1 letters.

Solution

Investigators confirmed the RETURN1 template's behaviour: it sets the ADDR suspend code on the roles record rather than deleting or removing the address. Guidance provided (and recorded in the ticket) indicated addresses must be removed via the Returned Correspondence screen, which also includes the option to send the RETURN1 letter if required.

Source Tickets (1)
68. Jotform enterprise custom-domain migration broke embedded forms and assets
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Embedded Jotform surveys became inaccessible after a custom-domain migration: browsers showed invalid-certificate errors or 'This enterprise server is no longer active', embedded sections appeared empty and image/logo assets were broken. The issue affected embedded surveys across course and learning-platform pages.

Solution

Investigators confirmed the Jotform enterprise custom domain had migrated from forms.libf.ac.uk to forms.walbrook.ac.uk and reproduced the certificate and embed failures. Resolution actions included updating embedded form and asset URLs to the new domain and applying server-side redirects (via Cloudflare) from the old domain to the new to restore access to embedded surveys and images.

Source Tickets (1)
69. Issues with applications managed outside central IT (exams office, external providers, or retired apps)
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to access or use university‑managed or third‑party web applications administered outside central IT. Symptoms included authorization errors (for example “you are not authorized for this action”), blank/black application windows or pages, applications crashing or failing to start, extremely long startup delays, upload or save failures, missing assessment/correction records or notifications (often associated with duplicate accounts), and client‑side restrictions preventing installation of proctoring components (webcam drivers/install blocked by admin‑locked devices). Affected systems included externally‑hosted exam/proctoring platforms, LMS integrations, video platforms and other vendor‑managed SaaS or legacy administrative applications.

Solution

Incidents were triaged to confirm administrative ownership and then documented and routed to the owning team, business unit or external vendor when central IT lacked control. Support recorded detailed symptoms, ownership contacts and any attached logs or user report files, and redirected or escalated tickets to the appropriate product owner, exam office or vendor. When central IT retained administrative access, targeted fixes were applied and recorded: examples included replacing or re‑imaging a client PC to resolve an e‑test/admin console error, clearing browser cookies or switching browsers which correlated with resolution of recurring Turnitin XML plugin messages, and requesting server logs or a Sitting.zip when clients stalled at “Please Wait.” Reinstalling admin consoles sometimes failed to resolve symptoms. Short vendor outages and intermittent service interruptions sometimes self‑restored and were logged as restorations; persistent or systemic faults were escalated to vendors or product teams. Time‑sensitive submissions were logged and temporary alternatives (email, offline annotation and re‑upload, postal submission) were used while owners restored service; for inline‑annotation crashes staff downloaded submissions, annotated offline and re‑uploaded corrected files when immediate marking was required. Specific patterns captured in recent tickets were added to case records: proctoring servers returned authorization errors that prevented appointment selection or deregistration and a locked student laptop prevented Irium webcam installation due to admin‑installation restrictions; Twilio cases exhibited blank/black UI windows, extreme startup delays and mid‑call crashes requiring vendor engagement; a Kaltura request could not be forwarded because the product owner had left and no successor was available (ticket closed as “won't do” after user acceptance); Bongo and other exam tools were consistently referred to the exam office or product owners when central IT had no permissions; and duplicate user accounts in the exam/correction system caused missing correction entries and incomplete email notifications affecting billing. All troubleshooting actions, ownership confirmations, suggested temporary workarounds, recommended contacts and any vendor escalations were recorded in tickets. Incidents were closed after owners or vendors confirmed restoration, after users accepted documented alternative processes, or when no owner existed and the user accepted the closure.

Source Tickets (119)
70. SharePoint embedding blocked by allowed/secure-sites list
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A user could not embed an external microsite into a SharePoint page because the external URL was not on the SharePoint tenant's allowed/secure-sites list, preventing the embed from being added.

Solution

The SharePoint administrator collected the page and external‑site URLs, added the external microsite to the tenant's allowed/secure sites list for embedding, and asked the user to retry. The embed subsequently proceeded without further action from IT.

Source Tickets (1)
71. Figma enterprise license vs. workspace creation controlled by Group Owner
86% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to create, publish, or open organization-level artifacts despite holding seats or product access. Symptoms included UI prompts stating an admin or company account was required, vague or missing error details, inability to create Figma workspaces, inability to create or publish Miro teams/spaces/boards/templates (often when the user’s active team had creation disabled), and access-denied errors when opening specific Lucidchart documents even after a license was assigned. Affected systems included Figma Enterprise, Miro, and Lucidchart.

Solution

Okta/SSO logins and seat assignments were verified and full product licenses were granted where required, but root causes were frequently at the group/team/document level rather than the individual license. Several Figma incidents were traced to group-level Enterprise restrictions that limited workspace creation to the Group owner or owner administrators; owner-level admins either created the requested workspaces or performed owner-only actions, and in one case IT provisioned a Figma account and instructed the user to sign in via SSO. In Miro, org- and group-level controls (team permissions, group roles, template visibility, and the user’s active team) prevented board/space/template creation or publishing even when users had licenses; incidents were resolved by switching the user’s active Miro team to one that permitted creation, by company admins creating the requested team on the user’s behalf, by changing template visibility to public and sharing it, or by updating group roles/permissions to grant create-space/create-board rights. In Lucidchart, IT had unlocked/assigned the application license but access to a specific document remained denied until the document owner granted permission; IT advised a short propagation interval (~5–10 minutes) after license assignment and clarified that file-level permissions were controlled by the document owner. These incidents were resolved via owner- or admin-level actions, account provisioning and SSO enablement, role/permission changes, or allowance for license-propagation — not by changing users’ individual seat entitlements alone.

72. SPS Import Bulk Excel files failing on commit due to import UI incompatibility
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Web upload tools rejected valid Microsoft Office files during upload or commit. Symptoms included silent rejection at commit for .xlsx files in the SPS Import Bulk feature and an explicit error "the uploaded file is not a docx file and only docx files are accepted" for .docx files in the Klausuren (exam) upload tool; failures were intermittent and occurred across browsers and client machines (including private Windows desktops). Affected systems included SPS Import Bulk and the Klausuren exam-upload tool; error details were minimal and inconsistent, preventing straightforward client-side diagnosis.

Solution

SPS Import Bulk: The SPS Import Bulk commit failure with uploaded .xlsx files was replicated on the test system. An updated Import Bulk UI that addressed the detected incompatibility was developed and deployed to the live system over a weekend. After deployment, users retried imports and the update resolved the xlsx commit failures that had been caused by the prior screen's compatibility problem. Klausuren Tool (.docx): Separately, the Klausuren (exam) upload tool intermittently rejected valid .docx files with the error "the uploaded file is not a docx file and only docx files are accepted." The behaviour was observed across multiple browsers and on a private Windows desktop; a screenshot and the original .docx sample (DS_Klausurvorlage.docx) were attached for investigation. No technical fix was applied in the recorded ticket and the intermittent .docx recognition failures remained unresolved in that entry. The two issues affected different systems and were handled independently: the Import Bulk UI update resolved the SPS/xlsx failures but did not apply to the Klausuren upload tool.

Source Tickets (2)
73. Overnight shipment file missing at recipient due to recipient-side server issue
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

A recipient (Carousel) reported that an overnight shipment data report had not been received; the recipient's server reported 'no data was received' for the previous day's shipments, causing missing shipment data for that day.

Solution

The missing shipment file was identified on the sender side and was re-sent the next morning alongside the regular file set. Receipt was confirmed by Carousel, resolving the missing‑data issue which had originated on the recipient's server the previous night.

Source Tickets (1)
74. Permission granted to use IU PowerPoint template in a personal Canva account
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users requested Canva-related access or permissions for IU resources: questions about uploading IU PowerPoint templates to personal/private Canva accounts, and requests for institutional Canva access or invitations to create teams and collaborate on application documents. No technical errors were reported; this is an access/permission/provisioning enquiry affecting Canva and IU institutional accounts.

Solution

An internal approver confirmed there was no objection to uploading and using the IU institutional PowerPoint template in a private/personal Canva account, and the user was permitted to proceed. A separate institutional-access request was fulfilled by sending an invitation to provision IU Canva access so staff could create teams and collaboratively work with applicants; the request was completed and the ticket closed.

Source Tickets (2)
75. Resit registration allowed after qualification withdrawal due to still‑available resit option
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A student was able to register for a resit of a qualification after the qualification had been withdrawn; the 'Register your resit' option remained visible in MyLIBF and the registration processed immediately despite the qualification being withdrawn earlier.

Solution

The resit registration option was disabled and the RRIB qualification record was closed in the system so that resits were no longer available. A verification check confirmed the qualification was closed and the resit registration route was no longer present in MyLIBF.

76. Automated month‑end FE student numbers report producing zeros and continuing distribution
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Scheduled monthly/quarterly student statistics reports were producing zero counts (e.g., FE student numbers or DNS = 0) across qualifications and continuing to be distributed. Users reported mismatched figures between fields (for example, Entered vs expected registrations) and unclear definitions for Entered, Sat, Passed, Failed and Actual Students, which caused missing attrition/DNS data. Affected systems included the NF3693 month‑end job and reporting feeds from Oasis, Papers Report, Pearson, Brightspace and the central reporting system.

Solution

The NF3693 month‑end FE student numbers report was investigated with business owners who confirmed the FE student figures were legitimately zero; the NF3693 scheduled job and its distribution/sharing were disabled and the requester was notified that the report had been stopped. Separately, a ticket flagged that quarterly/monthly statistics (Oasis, Papers Report, Pearson, Brightspace and the reporting system) showed DNS = 0 for all qualifications and that fields such as Entered, Sat, Passed, Failed and Actual Students were ambiguous or mismatched. That issue was logged with data/reporting owners and the data mappings and field definitions were escalated for investigation to reconcile source systems and reporting definitions (no resolution recorded in the ticket).

Source Tickets (2)
77. Recruiting OTRS AgentStatistics reports error and missing report access
88% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported problems with OTRS AgentStatistics on helpdesk.iubh.de: they could not run or access specific Statistic/Report IDs and received error messages for some reports, while other expected reports could not be found. Other requests involved locating or producing AgentStatistics views that break down request counts by service category or queue for selectable time ranges. Affected system: OTRS (AgentStatistics module).

Solution

The requests were forwarded to the OTRS specialist team. A specialist restored or corrected the user's access to the requested AgentStatistics reports and supplied direct AgentStatistics links for re‑running the reports (StatID 868 and StatID 879). For a separate reporting request that required counts broken down by service categories and selectable time ranges, the specialist provided an existing statistics view (StatID 905) and the user confirmed the view met the requirement. The specialist was unable to locate any additional report for ticket processing time.

Source Tickets (2)
78. OTRS web access timeout caused by connector failure
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Web applications and public sites on iubh/iu/libf domains experienced page-load failures, complete site unavailability, prolonged response times, and browser errors such as “This page can’t be displayed (iubh.de)” or Cloudflare Error 524. Affected systems included the OTRS web interface (timeouts and extreme latency when opening tickets), the iubh-onlineexams Moodle 'Publish grades' report (524 or intermittent content), the Service Portal/billing interface (ticket submission and payment failures), and institutional websites across Germany and the UK. Symptoms were timeouts, Cloudflare 524s, excessive page-load latency (~1 minute), intermittent content, and full site outages reported by users and monitoring.

Solution

Multiple web-access outages affecting iubh/iu/libf services were resolved through targeted interventions and varied root causes. OTRS web access timeouts were resolved by reinstalling the OTRS connector; after the connector reinstall, web access was restored and timeout errors ceased. A separate OTRS 5 performance problem (ticket open times around one minute) was traced to the product having reached end-of-service-life and to a recent hosting change that moved the service to a less powerful virtual machine and introduced an application proxy; those factors degraded responsiveness. The iubh-onlineexams Moodle 'Publish grades' report returned Cloudflare Error 524 and exhibited intermittent loads; that incident was attributed to suspected backend overload (background tasks, database or application load stressing web-server resources), but no documented remediation was recorded. A Service Portal/billing outage that prevented ticket submission and invoice payment was resolved when the provider restored the portal and re-enabled the affected user account. A separate institutional website outage affecting LIBF and IU sites in Germany and the UK was rapidly resolved by the MarTech specialist team, which restored the affected sites; no further technical remediation details were recorded. Several incidents lacked detailed post-incident remediation records.

79. Simple video editing and automated subtitle generation for Zoom recordings
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users requested straightforward trimming/cutting of Zoom recordings and/or automated English subtitles for German-only recordings. Separately, WebVTT (.vtt) subtitle files sometimes failed to import into Adobe Premiere Pro, producing 'File format not supported' or remaining stuck at 'loading' during import. Requesters sometimes asked for VTT→SRT conversion, and in some cases declined cloud/AI conversion options because of privacy or data-protection concerns.

Solution

Media Production recommended ScreenPal (formerly Screencast-O-Matic) as the primary solution for basic trimming/cutting of Zoom recordings and for automated subtitle generation; IU users accessed ScreenPal through the campus download URL (https://screenpal.com/iu-fernstudium) and authenticated via MyCampus (IU password). Snagit (approved for IU use) and Wondershare UniConverter were offered as alternative tools for subtitle editing. ScreenPal documentation/course materials and the media-production contact (cfe-video@iu.org) were provided to requesters, and at least one user tested ScreenPal and confirmed it met their needs. Separately, support encountered WebVTT (.vtt) files that would not import into Adobe Premiere Pro, showing either a 'File format not supported' error or an import dialog that stayed stuck on 'loading'. In at least one tracked case a user requested conversion from VTT to SRT but declined AI/cloud conversion due to privacy concerns; support did not perform the conversion and the ticket was closed without conversion steps or remediation being provided.

Source Tickets (3)
80. Poor quality embedded voice files resolved by noise and rumble removal
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Embedded voice-files produced noisy, hissing, or raspy audio when played in IU Akademie content. Affected files were supplied in a specific folder; no error codes were reported, only degraded audio quality.

Solution

The supplied recordings were processed with noise-reduction and low-frequency rumble removal. Processed files were exported and replaced in the original location; the audio clarity improved markedly and an additional noise-reduction pass was planned. Work was performed and the ticket was marked done.

Source Tickets (1)
81. Testothek (test bank) request closed without implementation
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

A request was submitted to create a Testothek (test bank) for course DLBPSAPD (Angewandte psychologische Diagnostik) within the B.Sc. Psychology programme to give students practice with test-based diagnostics. The request had been pending for several months and was needed by a specified deadline.

Solution

The initiative was not pursued because the exam format remained unchanged. The request was closed as "Won't Do" on 2024-11-04 and no Testothek was created or implemented.

Source Tickets (1)
82. Applicant portal blocked at Enrollment step due to incomplete prior required fields or Salesforce status
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Applicants experienced applicant-portal failures with three common symptoms: (1) a hard stop at Enrollment (Step 3) preventing entry of insurance information without explicit error — frequently associated with incomplete earlier mandatory data (notably Step 2.1 'school graduation') or with the Salesforce/SuccessFactors applicant status being moved to a contract-like state; (2) stale or mismatched portal state after Opportunity Archive / primary-record changes in SuccessFactors/Salesforce, causing the portal to request already-uploaded documents or hide program/company options; and (3) IU website/OBW UI defects (for example, greyed-out or unclickable form fields, broken buttons, or non‑binding flows forcing payment details) that blocked user interaction. Affected systems included the public applicant portal, Salesforce/SuccessFactors (Opportunity Archive), and the IU website/OBW; errors commonly lacked explicit error codes and prevented progression or normal portal functions.

Solution

Investigations identified three distinct root causes and corresponding operational outcomes. 1) Enrollment-step hard stop: records where the portal blocked progression to Enrollment (Step 3) were resolved after previously missing mandatory fields (notably Step 2.1 'school graduation') were completed and the Salesforce/SuccessFactors applicant status was corrected from a contract-like state; following those data/status corrections the insurance-number fields became editable and applicants could continue. 2) Portal <> Salesforce/SuccessFactors sync mismatches: when a new Opportunity Archive record was created or set as Primary in SuccessFactors/Salesforce the public portal sometimes presented a stale view (asked for already-uploaded documents or did not expose newly selectable program/company options); IT diagnosed these as synchronization/state-mismatch issues between SuccessFactors/Salesforce and the portal and documented that fixing the Opportunity Archive/primary-record alignment restored the correct portal state. 3) IU website / OBW UI defects and access limitations: several UI/flow defects on the IU homepage/OBW (examples included greyed-out or unclickable form fields across MS/DS/FS modules, a failing 'Interesse melden' button, and non‑binding flows forcing payment details) were determined to be outside the supported scope of the IT intake team; in cases where support could not access the Bewerberportal internally, affected users were redirected to the DS applicant-portal / careerpartner service desk or advised to file reports in the IU Meldeportal / Jira Service Management for the IU web application owners. Recorded support actions therefore included verifying applicant records and Opportunity Archive primary settings in Salesforce/SuccessFactors, applying missing mandatory data or status corrections to restore portal flow, and routing UI/synchronization/OBW defects to the appropriate web-app owner/service-desk (including providing the external applicant-portal/service-desk link when internal access was unavailable).

83. OTRS tickets showing 'OTRS-ADMIN' as actor for manual/automation closures
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Partner-submitted leads in OTRS were observed as 'unsuccessfully closed' with the actor listed as 'OTRS-ADMIN', and reporters could not determine who or what closed the tickets. The display caused confusion about whether closures were manual, automated, or attributable to a specific agent.

Solution

Support reviewed ticket histories and confirmed the tickets had been closed manually. They also clarified that OTRS uses the 'OTRS-ADMIN' account when a ticket is processed by an automation/rule or when a ticket had no assigned owner/responsible set. In this instance the owner/responsible field was not changed, which produced the 'OTRS-ADMIN' attribution. The investigation and explanation were communicated to the reporter, which resolved the confusion.

Source Tickets (1)
84. CleverReach account recipient/sending quota increase
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Email marketing campaigns required a higher recipient/sending quota for a specific CleverReach account (account 97334). No error messages were reported; users reported that campaign sends were limited by the current quota and requested an increase to support larger mailing lists. Affected system: CleverReach.

Solution

The account quota for CleverReach account 97334 was increased by 50,000 recipients. The change was applied on 2023-08-23 (handled by Sandra Stoll) and the requester was informed; no further action was required.

Source Tickets (1)
85. Restoration of deleted Atlassian Confluence Cloud space
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A Confluence Cloud space (MarTech, URL https://careerpartner.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAR/) had been deleted, rendering OKR-relevant documentation inaccessible. The deletion prevented access to space pages and attachments; space recovery was still possible within the cloud retention window. Affected system: Confluence (Atlassian Cloud).

Solution

The deleted MarTech Confluence space was restored in the Atlassian Cloud. The restoration was completed and confirmed on 2024-10-30 at 12:16 by Dominic Utz, and the space and its content were made available again.

Source Tickets (1)
86. Embedding dynamic Excel sheets in Confluence requested but not approved
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Teams requested the ability to embed dynamic Microsoft Excel spreadsheets inside Confluence pages (previous Excel macro/service had been available). Users reported duplicated KPI tracking workflows because Excel files had to be stored and maintained outside the central Confluence knowledge base, and procurement-level licensing (~€7k p.a.) was raised as a concern. No runtime error codes were reported; the issue was a product/integration capability and licensing request for Confluence/Atlassian Marketplace apps.

Solution

The embedding request was reviewed and evaluated. The decision was recorded not to onboard an organisation-wide Excel-embedding plugin because the capability was classified as a 'good-to-have' rather than essential for daily operations. The outcome was documented as Done and a narrower-scope approach (for personal or team-level use) was suggested for further discussion rather than enterprise licensing.

Source Tickets (1)
87. Miro board invite failed because user accounts were deactivated
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to access or edit Miro boards: inviting specific users failed with an error stating a user was deactivated in the account (e.g., 'X is deactivated in your account and cannot be invited to boards'), and separately, users reported losing editing rights (including inability to unlock frames or edit boards they owned) following profile changes such as surname updates. Affected systems were Miro user accounts and the target Miro boards.

Solution

Deactivated-account invite failures were resolved by reactivating/enabling the affected Miro user accounts in the Miro administration; after reactivation the users were successfully added to the board. In a separate incident where a user lost editing rights after a surname change, the support team reviewed the user’s Miro permissions and documented that permissions were inspected; the ticket contains no further detailed remediation steps.

Source Tickets (2)
88. Keyboard selection failed for single-item country autocomplete on registration confirmation
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A candidate could not complete online registration because selecting a filtered country on the confirmation page via keyboard did not work when the country list was narrowed to a single match (reported for countries such as "Korea (Republic of)" and "Vietnam"). The issue occurred on the registration web form confirmation page while PCA Predict address/country autocomplete supplied the country list, preventing account creation without an explicit error message.

Solution

The issue was investigated and identified as a UI bug on the confirmation page that prevented keyboard confirmation when the filtered country list contained only one item. A fix was applied to the confirmation-page selection behaviour to allow keyboard selection of a single matched country while retaining PCA Predict for address/country autocomplete. Temporary workarounds were documented for users until the fix was deployed.

89. SharePoint news items not appearing automatically on intranet home page
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Content published in a CMS (for example SharePoint news or Twill events) did not appear on the intranet or public homepage feeds. Symptoms included news posts or event entries missing or only partially visible with no error messages; users expected published items to appear within 24 hours but items were absent or required manual inclusion. Affected systems included SharePoint news feeds and Twill event publication/sync.

Solution

SharePoint news: The specific news article was manually added to the intranet home page so it became visible. The SharePoint news setup was then reconfigured with expert guidance so items published in the Cyber Security Services SharePoint space were automatically posted to the intranet news feed, and the automatic-posting configuration was verified after the change.

Twill events: Two recurring event series that were partially missing on the public homepage became visible after the Twill-to-homepage publication/synchronisation completed; the missing entries appeared after the propagation delay and visibility was verified.

Source Tickets (2)
90. MyLIBF students listing and CSV export timed out for large cohort
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

When selecting qualification CeFCCD and academic year 2023/25 in MyLIBF (Find My Students), the screen froze and displayed an error; attempts to generate a CSV for the cohort (~270 students) continuously timed out. The problem was reproducible for that centre and affected the students listing and CSV export processes.

Solution

The problem was reproduced and diagnosed as a performance issue in the students listing and CSV generation for large cohorts. Optimisations were implemented in the students listing and CSV generation process, the fix was deployed, and successful student listing and CSV downloads were verified for the previously failing cohort size.

Source Tickets (1)
91. Stop automated overnight/bulk letter jobs to prevent printing when staff absent
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Automated overnight bulk jobs were producing letters/prints while staff were not in the office. Specific bulk jobs/templates were listed (MISSMAIL, EMAILCNL, MEMDDCO, SPSCONFL, SPSNORWL, SOSRENWL, SPSRWL6) and there was uncertainty about how MIFSWELC triggered related templates based on Direct Debit status.

Solution

The identified bulk jobs were removed from the overnight/bulk run so the listed letters no longer printed. The MIFSWELC bulk was ended to stop its overnight processing while associated email templates were left active; behaviour for MIFS records without Direct Debit (which receive the MIFSWE template) was confirmed as part of the change.

Source Tickets (2)
92. Pearson EAD authorization‑type mismatch: missing hosted authorization prevented eligibility update
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

Exam registration updates failed to transfer eligibility to Pearson PV with an "Authorization Type Mismatch" error: "Failed to find the hosted authorization to update. No previous authorization matches update record with ID = null." The local system had an updated expiry but Pearson showed no prior authorization record despite an outgoing EAD file (e.g. ead202503230017.dat), leaving registrations on the Pearson error report.

Solution

The problem was cleared after the missing authorization record was reintroduced on Pearson's side. The originally generated EAD file was re-sent and Pearson confirmed ingestion/creation of the hosted authorization so that subsequent update records matched an existing authorization. Once Pearson processed the create authorization, the update applied successfully and the registration was removed from the error report. The incident was attributed to a transient or ingestion failure on the Pearson side rather than corrupt local data.

Source Tickets (1)
93. Microsoft Word could not produce PDFs; PDF24 offered as immediate workaround
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Microsoft Word failed to produce PDF output: export/save-as-PDF and print-to-PDF produced no files, often with no specific error messages. The symptom blocked creation of guides and other documents for affected users.

Solution

The inability to create PDFs from Word was resolved by installing PDF24 (a free PDF creation tool) from the Company Portal as an immediate workaround; this restored the user's ability to export/create PDFs from Word. An Adobe Acrobat license request was also recorded and the Acrobat procurement link was provided so the user could obtain a licensed Adobe solution if required.

Source Tickets (2)
94. Microsoft Teams Kanban Task Board app update stuck pending approval
63% confidence
Problem Pattern

Software or app requests submitted via the IT Service Portal / Automation-for-Jira remained in a pending approval state. Notifications reported requests as awaiting approval or missing required information (for example, the target Team for a Teams app). Some requests showed no approver action; approver assignment or role restrictions (e.g., approvals limited to team leads or cost-center owners) were implicated. Affected systems included Microsoft Teams apps (Kanban Task Board), Mentimeter, and related integrations.

Solution

Requests were completed after the required approver approved the request through the IT Service Portal / Automation-for-Jira and any missing target details were clarified. In the Teams/Kanban case, once the requester specified the correct Team and the app admin actioned the Automation-for-Jira approval, the Kanban Task Board update/install proceeded and Planner/Kanban integrations resumed. In the Mentimeter case, the resolution noted that approvers must be a team lead or cost-center owner and that the approver approved the request via the IT Service Portal; lack of approver action led to the request remaining inactive and then automatically closing after 14 days. Requesters had the request completed when the designated approver took the portal-based approval action and the approval record was processed by Automation-for-Jira.

95. Missed session recording inaccessible until publication (Minerva)
92% confidence
Problem Pattern

A user who missed the live 'Minerva Deep Dive' session reported inability to find or access the session recording and reported missing permissions. The session had a correlation ID and timestamp but returned no accessible recording immediately after the event. The platform involved was Minerva (recording platform) and related calendar/invite delivery.

Solution

Support verified the recording was not yet published (recordings for Minerva sessions were typically posted the following day), monitored the platform, and confirmed availability once the recording was posted. The user was informed after the recording became available (recording posted on 2025-02-28) and access was confirmed.

Source Tickets (1)
96. Repeated WhatsApp/webchat notifications after channel switch
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

After a Channel Switch to WhatsApp, conversations exhibited UI and message-delivery failures: incoming WhatsApp request/notification entries repeatedly reappeared in the web chat UI after the switch, and WhatsApp messages sent via the Channel Switch sometimes were not visible to the sender or were not delivered — in some cases triggered when message text contained inserted variables or certain characters. No explicit error codes appeared; Task SID and Conversation SID were available for affected conversations. Affected flows included web chat and portal-originated Channel Switches (e.g., intranet/IU Service Portal).

Solution

Repeated spurious web-chat notifications were suppressed in the UI by using the "Clear issue" control while support captured Task SID and Conversation SID for investigation; agents were also advised to properly end conversations so tasks/conversations would not continue generating notifications. Separate WhatsApp delivery and visibility failures were traced to bugs in the Channel Switch: one bug caused messages sent via the switch to sometimes not be delivered, and another was specifically related to variable insertion/character-handling in message text that caused the first sent message to be invisible or unsendable. Engineering fixed the Channel Switch bugs and a patch/deployment was applied to Channel Switch (impacting Twilio/WhatsApp flows from portal and intranet sources). After the deployment, affected users retested and confirmed that both the repeated-notification UI symptom and the message-delivery/visibility failures were resolved.

97. WhatsApp chat End button unresponsive / cannot close chat
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

The WhatsApp chat End/close control became partially disabled (greyed out) and did not close the chat while the session timer continued to run. The chat still received and sent messages and the agent's handling-time metric was impacted.

Solution

Support closed the WhatsApp chat on behalf of the agent and the ticket was marked done. No detailed troubleshooting steps or root-cause documentation were recorded in the ticket.

Source Tickets (1)
98. Desktop app login fails when Windows %USERNAME% is truncated
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A desktop application constructed the user email by concatenating the Windows environment variable %USERNAME% with '@iu.org'. When %USERNAME% was truncated (missing trailing characters), the app attempted to authenticate with an invalid email address and prevented the user from logging in.

Solution

Support investigated the %USERNAME% environment value and determined Windows was returning a shortened/legacy username when the original account name exceeded length limits. Access was restored by signing in with the full email address or by using the shorter Windows account name; those workarounds allowed the desktop app to authenticate successfully.

Source Tickets (1)
99. Converting scheduled in-person lecture to assigned virtual room and host/link details
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Instructors and staff requested conversion of scheduled in-person lectures to online sessions and asked how virtual rooms, host keys/meeting links, and room occupancy/availability were selected or shared. Separately, users reported they could not find the MOSES/Mathplan planning tool or where to enter preferences/availabilities, and virtual-agent responses (Atlassian Assist) repeatedly failed to resolve the issue. The scheduling system (MOSES/Mathplan) lacked an execution-type attribute distinguishing Präsenz, online synchronous, and online asynchronous, causing automated scheduling to apply incorrect/default room/resource rules and preventing execution-type-specific statistics/reports.

Solution

Support confirmed that assignment of a virtual room and provision of host key/meeting link details were managed centrally by the course-management team rather than by individual instructors or an automatic per-event UI. Instructors were directed to course-management/instructor guidance; course management normally assigned a virtual room for the course and supplied the host key or meeting link plus any occupancy/availability information for instructors to share with students. It was identified that MOSES/Mathplan did not include a “Durchführungsart” (execution-type) attribute to distinguish Präsenz, online synchronous, and online asynchronous events. That omission prevented scheduling automation from applying execution-type-specific default room/resource criteria (for example, allocating finite virtual rooms only for synchronous sessions and no room for asynchronous activities) and prevented generation of execution-type-based statistics/reports analogous to the existing Lehrquote. An enhancement request and requirements were forwarded to the business/subject-matter owners and the external vendor for clarification and specification; until the system change was specified and implemented, course management continued to manage virtual-room assignments and reporting workarounds manually. Additionally, a support ticket recorded that a user could not locate the MOSES planning tool or where to enter availabilities and that the Atlassian Assist virtual agent repeatedly requested clarification without resolving the request; the ticket recorded the sequence and was closed with resolution “Won’t Do,” and no additional documentation or technical fix was produced in that case.

100. SharePoint link in Care profiles blocked by missing permissions
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to view, edit, share or manage access to hosted documents, lists or scripts because of missing site permissions, disabled workflow/editing controls, or tenant-level external-sharing restrictions. Symptoms included embedded links returning Access Denied, inability to create or edit document lists on intranet pages, scripts or documents opening read-only with messages such as "please enable workflow", and inability to share or manage access when signed in with accounts from another tenant. Affected systems included SharePoint Online sites, intranet pages, the Sitefusion portal (iu-portal.sitefusion.de) and cross-tenant sharing scenarios; problems sometimes occurred without explicit error codes.

Solution

Incidents were resolved by restoring or enabling the appropriate site- or workflow-level permissions and by addressing tenant-level sharing settings. For embedded Care-profile URLs and linked student resources, administrators updated SharePoint permissions so affected users could open the referenced URLs. For intranet document-list issues, site editing rights were enabled on the CX site and users recreated document lists modeled on the research team’s list. For Sitefusion cases where scripts could not be opened for editing, support engaged portal/system specialists and corrected workflow or script-edit permissions so the documents opened editable rather than read-only (tickets were sometimes reassigned to the portal specialist for follow-up). Where users could not share or manage access while signed in from another tenant, specialists or tenant administrators adjusted external-sharing or tenant-permission settings after support captured the site name and link and escalated the issue. Microsoft Teams was used to coordinate and assist during changes. Non-permissions issues (for example hardware or new-laptop problems reported in the same ticket) were routed to the appropriate procurement/issuance or hardware support process rather than the site-permissions workflow.

101. Competency App Preferences showed outdated course title
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Preferences functionality in the Competency App / mypreferences showed UI issues: an outdated course title appeared in Preferences (displaying "Computertraining" instead of the current title), and users reported that preferred course locations on the mypreferences page did not persist after saving. Affected systems included the Competency App/mypreferences preferences UI, frontend UI, and backend configuration.

Solution

The outdated course title in the Competency App Preferences was corrected: the responsible team replaced the label shown as "Computertraining" with the current title "Digital Skills" in the preferences UI and applied the change in the app. Separately, a report described that preferred course locations on the mypreferences preferences page failed to persist when users attempted to save them; that issue was triaged to frontend and backend teams for investigation (no resolution recorded in the ticket).

Source Tickets (2)
102. WhatsApp Business: multiple chats stuck at 'loading' while messages still arrive
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Multiple WhatsApp Business (WAPP) chats showed a persistent 'loading' state while new messages continued to arrive and could be replied to. In some cases, forwarded messages also failed to load for recipients. No local error codes were reported; the issue was observed across multiple users and installations.

Solution

Support confirmed the WhatsApp Business (WAPP) app was running the latest version and that no local error codes were present. The persistent chat-loading and message-loading failures could not be resolved locally. The incident was identified internally as a known/widespread WAPP bug (referenced in an internal Teams post titled "BUG: WAPP Funktionalität"). The ticket was escalated to the specialist team, tasks were assigned (Dana), and incident communication occurred via Teams. The user was given WhatsApp Business Support contact (smb_web@support.whatsapp.com) and reached out to vendor support. No further technical remediation steps were documented in the ticket.

Source Tickets (2)
103. Universal Print on macOS omitted printers due to location filter selection
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

After installing Universal Print on macOS the client listed only the in-room printer; nearby hallway printers (e.g., RICOH MP C3004 on floor 6) were powered on but did not appear in the printer list. Users could not see or select those devices from the Universal Print picker.

Solution

The issue was resolved by changing the Universal Print selection/filter from a specific room to the building-level/location entry (for example, selecting "Frankfurter Allee 73"). Choosing the building-level location expanded the available printers for the floor and revealed hallway devices such as the RICOH MP C3004, allowing the user to select and print to the desired device.

Source Tickets (1)
104. TEAQ login/access problem routed to TEAQ support (not managed by central IT)
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported TEAQ (Standalone) failures or access issues that central IT did not manage. Symptoms included inability to log in or access accounts, and functional errors such as failure to generate script PDFs via workflow 500 with the error message "Fehler in Workflow Verarbeitung." Affected items included specific scripts/courses (for example DLBAETWEM01_E) and integrations such as Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

Solution

Support determined TEAQ (Standalone) was not managed by central IT and referred requesters to the TEAQ support team. Reporters were given the TEAQ support email (support-teaq@iu.org) and, when applicable, the CareerPartner Jira Service Desk portal for TEAQ (https://careerpartner.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/25). Example ticket details: attempts to generate a script PDF via workflow 500 produced the German error "Fehler in Workflow Verarbeitung"; no technical fix was documented in central IT records and the user-facing request was forwarded to TEAQ support. The ticket was later closed after no response was received from the reporter.

Source Tickets (2)
105. Run Windows‑only desktop apps (Power BI Desktop) on macOS with Parallels
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

User needed to run Power BI Desktop on a Mac but Power BI Desktop is Windows‑only. The Mac required a virtualization solution to host a Windows VM where Power BI Desktop could run; request covered procurement/registration of Parallels Desktop and the subsequent VM/app installation steps.

Solution

Procurement and registration of Parallels Desktop for Mac was completed and a registration link was sent to the requester. After registration the expected and documented outcome was that Parallels Desktop was activated on the Mac, a Windows VM was created/configured, and Power BI Desktop was installed inside the VM so Power BI could run on the macOS device.

Source Tickets (1)
106. Enable Cursor 'Background Agents' so Linear can assign tickets to Cursor
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Request to enable Cursor's Background Agents feature so Linear could directly assign tickets to Cursor as a Background Agent. Integration required per‑team/user connection and needed to avoid extra licensing costs while preserving existing code‑responsibility rules.

Solution

Cursor was connected to Linear for the specified team (AI Automation Office) and the Background Agents capability was enabled for that team. The integration was confirmed working for the team and the request was closed as completed.

Source Tickets (2)
107. Export Jira IT Helpdesk tickets for Twilio without including personal user data
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Request to extract all IT Helpdesk tickets related to Twilio for enrichment of a SalesBot knowledge base, while excluding personal user data. There was uncertainty about whether ticket comments (non‑field content) could be exported and whether exported data would be sufficiently anonymized for OKR work.

Solution

Tickets were filtered in Jira by the Twilio component and the filtered search results were exported to an XLSX file (produced file: jira-search-1df1770e-7f64-492f-82aa-2a0d0244b610.xlsx). Ticket comments were included where the export supported them (comments are only partially/exportable but were included for bot enrichment). The resulting file was sent by email to the requester.

Source Tickets (1)
108. WhatsApp registration blocked by number already tied to another device/account
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

User could not register WhatsApp because the app reported the phone number was already in use and verification codes were being delivered to an existing WhatsApp installation on a different device (iPhone 13 Pro). Attempts to reach WhatsApp via email produced no response, leaving the user unable to complete registration with their eSIM number.

Solution

Attempts to contact WhatsApp by email did not elicit a response. The user instead used WhatsApp's in‑app support (the 'Contact Support' chat accessed via WhatsApp's Help/Help Center) and, after interacting with support through that chat, regained access to WhatsApp on their device. As a contingency, a replacement phone number (new eSIM) was prepared and shared in case in‑app support had failed.

Source Tickets (1)
109. DokGen: exclude non‑transcript module (PRAXP7) from DS Zeugnis output
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Document Generator (DokGen) produced unintended items on student documents: Praxisbericht VII (module PRAXP7) appeared on DS/Zeugnis transcripts, and Exmatrikulationsbescheinigungen (Exma) were generated/printed as part of intake/termination confirmations for certain study programs. These items appeared on generated documents unexpectedly; no system error codes were reported.

Solution

DokGen document output was adjusted to prevent unintended documents from appearing on student paperwork. For DS transcripts, the module PRAXP7 (Praxisbericht VII) was excluded from Zeugnis output; the change was deployed and verified so PRAXP7 no longer appears on generated DS/Zeugnisse. Separately, the intake/termination printing issue was resolved by updating the Document Generator study-program configuration to disable printing of the Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung (Exma) for the affected study program; the configuration change was applied and it was confirmed that Exma is no longer printed for that program.

Source Tickets (2)
110. Adobe Acrobat signing unavailable due to corrupted PDF
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users reported that digital signing/countersigning functions were unavailable in Adobe Acrobat (Reader or Acrobat DC Pro). Symptoms included missing signing options or inability to edit signature fields; some incidents followed an Adobe update. No explicit error codes were shown, and affected systems included Windows workstations where the failure could be document‑specific or persist across application reinstall.

Solution

Two distinct root causes were observed and resolved. In cases where a single PDF was corrupted, replacing or opening a non‑corrupt document restored Adobe Acrobat Reader/DC Pro digital signing and countersigning; no licence or Company Portal changes were required. In a separate incident after an Adobe update, remote support performed uninstall/reinstall of Adobe Acrobat DC Pro (TeamViewer/Teams) but signing remained unavailable; the defective workstation was exchanged and signing functionality was restored after the hardware/workstation replacement.

Source Tickets (2)
111. Twilio WhatsApp: stuck and duplicated inbox sessions closed by support
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A Twilio WhatsApp session in the inbox was stuck and appeared multiple times (initially four duplicate entries); a Twilio Hard Reset by the user did not clear all duplicates. Users could not close the stuck/duplicated WhatsApp sessions, and no error codes were provided.

Solution

Support closed the visible stuck WhatsApp session instances and requested session SIDs to identify remaining duplicates. The support team subsequently closed the remaining stuck instances individually, resolving the duplicated/stuck inbox entries.

Source Tickets (1)
112. PMS/Connectedware search returned incomplete results; referral to owning support
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Search queries in PMS/ConnectedWare returned incomplete results (for example, course items such as scripts or graphics were missing). Attempts to create PMS elements (e.g., 'vertrag') failed with an "out of memory" error. Affected systems were PMS and ConnectedWare, and users were unable to access or create course materials.

Solution

Support confirmed that PMS and ConnectedWare were operated by a different, owning support team and that IT staff did not have access to perform system-side troubleshooting. Incidents that involved missing search results or element-creation failures (including "out of memory" errors) were not resolved by IT; users were routed to the owning PMS support. Users were advised to open a request via the Career Partner service portal (URL provided in previous responses) or to contact the PMS team directly at pms-fernstudium@iu.org. In at least one case IT staff requested clarification from the PMS team but closed the ticket without applying a technical fix from IT.

Source Tickets (2)
113. Lecture timetable blank or generic error when lecture plans missing
70% confidence
Problem Pattern

The lecture timetable (Vorlesungsplan) displayed the generic error message "Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten" and did not show scheduled courses for the day in the web portal; the issue affected the scheduling/timetabling service and prevented users from seeing lecture entries (example: two Düsseldorf courses were missing).

Solution

IT Support restored the lecture plans in the scheduling/timetabling service and the web portal; after the lecture-plan data was restored the timetable entries were displayed again. No detailed remediation steps were recorded in the ticket.

Source Tickets (2)
114. EPOS Roles & Permissions: recovery email change blocked by 403 error
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

EPOS refused UI changes or returned HTTP 403 responses when users attempted profile edits or document searches. Symptoms included editable-looking fields that failed to save (403 or silent save failures) and persistent failures after logout/login or browser restart. Affected areas included Roles & Permissions, User Management, the student profile/Notenblatt (credit/recognition entries), and searches for documents such as the Mitgliedsbescheinigung der Krankenkasse. Users reported having required permissions when the errors occurred.

Solution

Multiple incidents involved EPOS refusing UI changes across different profile areas. One incident was resolved when an administrator updated a student’s recovery e‑mail via Roles & Permissions; the admin change saved successfully and the reporting user confirmed the update. In another case, EPOS support determined that stored student e‑mail addresses were managed in the customer profile (Kundenprofil) and that editing the address via User Management triggered permission-related save failures; resetting credentials via EPOS remained possible while direct edits in User Management failed. A separate incident produced repeated HTTP 403 responses when searching for the “Mitgliedsbescheinigung der Krankenkasse”; the user’s permissions and session state were verified, logout/login and browser restart did not help, and the issue was escalated to the EPOS team with no documented resolution. A further incident reported that entries for Anerkennungen (credit recognitions) could not be recorded in the student Notenblatt; that issue was escalated to the specialist team and the ticket was later closed as an outdated request with no technical fix documented. Collectively, these cases showed EPOS refusing UI saves for multiple field types (emails, recognition entries) or returning 403s for searches, with outcomes ranging from successful admin-side updates to escalation without documented root-cause resolution.

115. Moodle course progress indicators vs onboarding completion notifications
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users marked individual tiles with green checkboxes in a Moodle course but the overview/top progress indicator did not show those checks and an automated onboarding email stated onboarding was incomplete. Affected course: UPSEKINF01; symptoms: missing synced progress indicator in overview and incorrect onboarding-not-completed notification.

Solution

Investigators confirmed the course top/overview graphic was a static image and the green checkboxes in the tiles were Moodle's user-managed progress markers (personal tracking) not linked to the course-level completion or onboarding notification system. The user’s actions were verified but were not considered course completion by the onboarding automation because those checkboxes did not update the server-side completion status. The user was informed of this distinction and that the onboarding notification had been triggered by the course-level completion settings rather than the personal checkboxes.

Source Tickets (1)
116. WAPP message templates restricting free-form replies and available workaround
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

A WAPP message related to a job posting was routed to the wrong recipient and the available message template prevented composing an adequate free-form reply because the template content was constrained.

Solution

Support verified that message processing worked correctly and that the available template constrained message structure. The resolution used the 'Deutschnotification' template (which contained only the greeting 'Hallo' and closing 'Tschüss') and edited the free-form text between them to produce an appropriate reply. The case was closed after confirming the template workaround allowed a compliant, editable response.

Source Tickets (2)
117. POB task delivery modes: preview vs auto‑dial and active FUP immediate execution
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users observed inconsistent behavior in POB: some pushed tasks appeared in preview and required manually clicking the green 'Start' button, while others began immediately (auto-dial). Additionally, follow‑up tasks (FUPs) were executed immediately with no 'Actions' dialog available to delete or move them.

Solution

Support confirmed this was expected POB behavior. Tasks delivered via Push were opened in preview mode and required manually clicking the green 'Start' button; tasks not delivered via Push started immediately (auto-dial). FUPs that were currently active executed immediately and could not be deleted or modified; the 'Actions' (X) control appeared only for tasks scheduled for future execution. No system errors were found and the behavior was communicated to the user.

Source Tickets (2)
118. NordLayer VPN install blocked by missing local admin rights — temporary admin credential process
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

User could not install the NordLayer VPN client because they lacked local administrator privileges on their Windows workstation; installation was blocked by permission restrictions.

Solution

Support requested the workstation's Systeminformationen (computer name), generated temporary administrator credentials, and sent them to the user by email. The temporary password was issued with a two‑day validity period and was re-sent when the user reported they had not received the first message. The credentials allowed the installation to proceed and the ticket was closed.

Source Tickets (1)
119. viewneo accidental playlist deletion and content restoration
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A digital‑signage device showed only one screen in the viewneo profile after a user 'clicked around'; playlist content appeared to be deleted and a screen or its playlist was missing from the profile.

Solution

Support confirmed that the device remained registered but the playlist for the affected screen had been deleted. The missing playlist was recreated in viewneo for the identified screen ('Potsdam 1OG (corridor)'), restoring the intended content and display. The ticket was closed after verifying the screen displayed the recreated playlist.

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120. Competency App MyCourses showing duplicate course entries from multiple program bookings
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users (tutors/MV) saw the same course appear many times in the Competency App MyCourses list (e.g., one course shown 43 times), inflating the total course count. The duplicates appeared in the tutor view despite the user selecting the course once in Skippsmap; affected systems were Competency App (MyCourses), PMS and Skippsmap.

Solution

Investigation showed the Competency App displayed one entry per programme booking recorded in PMS for the same course; this was a designed behaviour rather than a UI bug. Support confirmed the duplicate rows originated from multiple programme enrollments in PMS and advised use of the MyCourses programme-selection filter to restrict the displayed list to a single programme context for tutors.

Source Tickets (1)
121. DokGen: duplicate bachelor thesis grade and unwanted Praxisbericht 7 inclusion in DS Zeugnis
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Generated certificate and Zeugnis documents occasionally contained duplicated module or grade entries which in some cases produced an incorrect overall grade. Some DokGen/CARE Zeugnis outputs also included an extraneous Praxisbericht 7 module and the English term for 'Bachelorarbeit' remained untranslated. Affected systems included DokGen/CARE (symptoms began mid‑June) and at least one OWB certificate.

Solution

DokGen/CARE Zeugnis outputs were corrected by fixing the underlying data mappings: the duplicate Bachelor‑thesis grade mapping was removed, the non‑transcript Praxisbericht 7 module was excluded from the Zeugnis data feed, and the English translation entry for 'Bachelorarbeit' in CARE was updated so English certificate outputs showed the proper translated term. A separate OWB certificate instance with a duplicated module and an incorrect overall grade was handled by the Fachteam, who investigated and corrected the certificate output (the duplicated module was removed and the overall grade was corrected); the OWB ticket did not document further technical root‑cause details.

Source Tickets (2)
122. DokGen certificates using today's date instead of the booked exam date
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Two certificate templates ('Urkunde - staatliche Anerkennung' and its Thuringen variant) inserted the current system date into generated certificates rather than using the exam (Abschlussprüfung) date from the booking record, requiring manual edits.

Solution

The DokGen templates were updated so the date field mapping points to the booking's exam date instead of the system/today date. After the template field mapping change the generated certificates showed the recorded Abschlussprüfung date.

Source Tickets (1)
123. Calendly location email confirmation failing with 'Not authorized' due to missing confirmation email delivery
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Location email addresses created for Calendly could not be confirmed: the confirmation link attempts returned 'Not authorized' and repeated resends did not appear to work. The issue prevented users from completing account/location confirmation and creating booking links.

Solution

The root cause was that Calendly had not sent or had failed to deliver the confirmation email for the created location addresses. A project manager escalated delivery; an administrator (Albina) intervened to ensure Calendly re‑sent the confirmation email and that it reached the user's inbox. Once the confirmed email arrived the user completed the confirmation and was able to create appointments.

Source Tickets (1)
124. Simovative scheduling: assigned lecturer missing from Lecturer field when creating terms
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

When creating course appointments/terms in the Simovative scheduling system the assigned lecturer from the lecture series did not auto-populate and could not be selected manually, preventing term creation for specific courses (e.g., Applied Academic English). The problem began suddenly and affected the appointment creation workflow.

Solution

The vendor (Simovative) applied a permanent fix in the scheduling system that restored the lecturer auto‑fill and selection behaviour for the affected lecture series. After the vendor fix the Lecturer field populated correctly and term creation resumed normally.

Source Tickets (2)
125. Jira Service Desk customer portal: reply templates appended instead of replacing content
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

Reply templates in the Jira Service Desk customer portal no longer replaced existing case text as before; instead the template content was appended to the existing reply text, causing duplicate/concatenated replies. The behaviour was observed on the SalesTech board's customer portal.

Solution

Support confirmed they handled only account setup and could not change the portal behaviour. The user was directed to raise the issue on the SalesTech board (the owning Jira project) and provided the appropriate bug reporting links so the product/board owners could investigate and restore the previous template-replacement behaviour.

Source Tickets (1)
126. VM disk nearly full due to failed automated storage‑cleanup
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A VM (IUGAZU1UiPath2) reported the disk was nearly full; diagnostics/screenshot showed a single directory consuming a large amount of storage. The scheduled storage‑cleanup automation (Automation for Jira) was not running, so free space was not being reclaimed. Affected components were the VM storage/disk subsystem and the storage‑cleanup automation.

Solution

The service provider investigated the VM IUGAZU1UiPath2 and determined the scheduled storage‑cleanup automation had failed. They performed a manual cleanup to remove excess files from the directory consuming the space, freed disk capacity on the VM, and restored/restarted the storage‑cleanup automation (Automation for Jira). Subsequent runs of the cleanup automation were confirmed to be running and additional free space was available.

Source Tickets (2)
127. Copying SharePoint Online pages between sites can leave web‑part content missing when site‑scoped libraries are absent
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A SharePoint Online page was copied from one site to another (as a template) and the page structure appeared in the destination, but dynamic content (for example, FAQ questions) was missing. The copied page used web parts that referenced site‑scoped lists or libraries that did not exist in the destination site. The requester also requested that the page not be added to site navigation.

Solution

Support copied the requested SharePoint page into the requester’s SharePoint space and deliberately did not add it to the site navigation. The missing FAQ questions were traced to an absent site library referenced by the page’s FAQ/web part; once the missing library was recreated/added in the destination site the FAQ content became visible. No other changes were required.

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128. Simovative scheduling: planning groups not persisting in 'Create appointments' dialog
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

When opening the 'Termine erstellen' (Create appointments) dialog in the Simovative scheduling module, the planning groups ('Planungsgruppen') flashed briefly and disappeared and could not be added manually; appointments could not be created. The issue occurred across browsers and after re-creating the lecture series; no explicit error codes were shown. Affected workflows: creating appointment series for lecture/event offers.

Solution

The vendor (Simovative) applied server-side adjustments/patches to the scheduling system which corrected the modal behaviour so planning groups remained visible and could be added in the 'Create appointments' dialog. After the vendor changes were applied the user was able to create appointments for the lecture series as expected.

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129. Lead Transfer Tool (LTT) single-report downloads returning 404 while bulk download works
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users signing into the Lead Transfer Tool could download all reports in bulk, but attempting to open individual reports produced a '404. The page you’re looking for doesn’t exist or you do not have permission to view this page.' error. Sign-in and bulk-download workflows remained functional; the error only affected single-report views.

Solution

Support reproduced the symptom with the user, confirmed sign-in/out and bulk-download functionality, and verified the 404 occurred only for individual report downloads. Because the tool was managed outside central support, the case was escalated and referred to the Lead Transfer Tool owner for further investigation and remediation.

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130. MyLIBF duplicate CeMAP entries from same-day RRMP/CMP2 registrations
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

A MyLIBF student homepage showed duplicate CeMAP records (two expiry dates, two IRI values and two 'register' buttons) for the same student account, causing confusion. The duplicate display appeared when RRMP and CMP2 registrations were created on the same Registration_Date.

Solution

Investigators confirmed the display logic merged same‑date RRMP and CMP2 registrations which produced a merged/ambiguous CeMAP view. The MyLIBF display logic was updated to present two distinct CeMAP entries (with unit/module names distinguishing old vs new versions), and the affected account was verified to show separate, clear records.

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131. Bulk registration: 'Payer does not pay for Products in Reg Group' due to renamed/missing product on payer list
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

During bulk registration for CPCM with payer 'ICC Indonesia', the system reported 'Payer does not pay for Products in Reg Group' and certain CertPay registrations could not be cancelled (system stated they were 'too old' to cancel). The issue prevented completing or reversing registrations tied to the affected payer-product combination.

Solution

Support added the renamed/new product (formerly 'CertPay') to ICC Indonesia's allowed product list in the payer configuration. After the product was added to the payer's permitted products the registration error cleared and the previously blocked CertPay registrations could be cancelled; the bulk registration completed successfully.

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132. OTRS queues disappeared from agent view after email ingestion outage
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Multiple OTRS queues became invisible to agents even though many tickets still existed; new incoming emails had not been ingested since the previous day, causing tickets not to appear and creating risk of SLA breaches. Several agents across teams reported missing queues and delayed ticket creation from external mail addresses. No error codes were provided in user reports.

Solution

The infrastructure team restored the mail‑delivery/email‑ingestion pipeline into OTRS. Once ingestion was reconnected, queued/held emails were gradually delivered into OTRS and converted into tickets; as those tickets populated, the previously hidden queues reappeared in agent views. The incident resolved after normal mail flow resumed and backlog processing completed.

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133. Ticketing system selection and email‑to‑ticket capture for a small team handling sensitive data
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

A five‑person Contract Team needed a simple ticketing system that would capture all incoming mail sent to an existing team email address, accept requests from both internal staff and external applicants/instructors, and accommodate cases containing sensitive data. The team was evaluating Jira Service Management, Freshdesk, OTRS and Atlassian service‑portal options. No error messages were reported; the request focused on recommended configuration, license counts and email routing to ensure every inbound message became a ticket. Work on the project was paused before implementation.

Solution

The project was placed on hold and no platform was deployed. Before the hold, consultants produced a recommended approach and a preparatory checklist for implementing a Jira Service Management project (also noting Freshdesk, OTRS and Atlassian service portal as alternatives). The deliverables included a suggested project name/description template, an agent‑user list for license planning, identification of the existing incoming email address and portal endpoint, email‑to‑ticket routing considerations, and notes on handling/classifying sensitive submissions to inform later configuration and compliance decisions.

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134. Application-request with incorrect or unspecified cost center blocked approval
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Application request submitted with an incorrect or missing cost center (finance/accounting) caused approval to remain pending in the Jira Application Request workflow. Stakeholders requested a specific cost-center change for a teaching/tools purchase (example: CC21205 for GPU teaching tools). No error messages were reported; request remained awaiting approval because accounting details were not aligned with expected cost-center values.

Solution

The Application Request was reviewed and the request to change the cost center was declined; no cost-center update was applied to the existing request. The ticket was closed without further changes to the financial coding (the requested CC21205 was considered but not committed).

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135. PowerBI BringAFriend report showed inconsistent Applicant-to-Definite ratios
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

PowerBI reporting for the BringAFriend (Baf) dataset displayed inconsistent or implausible Applicant-to-Definite ratios (reporting/tracking numbers appeared mismatched since around calendar week 42). Users reported confusing metrics via a screenshot; no error codes or system faults were provided and the root cause was not identified in the initial support contact.

Solution

Support forwarded the issue to the specialist reporting team and provided suggested contacts for BringAFriend and PowerBI matters (including Nadine Seifarth and marigona.nimani@iu.org). The requester located and contacted an appropriate specialist and the support agent confirmed the contact handover; the ticket was closed with the issue referred rather than fixed within central support.

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136. Per-location WhatsApp channels and Communities for one-to-many student communication
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

On‑campus teams wanted to create per‑location WhatsApp channels for one‑to‑many communication to students. They requested guidance on account options (WhatsApp Business vs Twilio), channel creation/operation and potential use of WhatsApp Communities. There were no error messages; the symptom was lack of technical advice and a decision to start rollout.

Solution

The request was escalated to a specialist for advisory support. A named specialist (Vincent Stolzke) offered to review Twilio‑based options and invited the requester to discuss channel architecture and operational considerations via Microsoft Teams. The specialist handover and offer to consult were recorded and the ticket was closed.

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137. E‑commerce discount-code validation failure in OBWs (STUDIUM24)
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users applying the new discount code 'STUDIUM24' on OBW ordering pages received an 'Ungültiger Code' ('Invalid code') error during checkout. The issue manifested as discount-code validation failures in the OBWs storefront and prevented users from using the promotion. Affected components mentioned were OBWs and the central discount/promotion management.

Solution

Support determined that management of discount codes and promotion configuration was outside IT's remit. The user was instructed to raise the issue with the IU Meldeportal via Jira Service Management (the team that owns the promotion/discount system). The ticket was closed as 'Won't Do' by IT with no further action recorded.

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138. QBEAM item‑bank extraction failures when user profile 'temp' folder missing
95% confidence
Problem Pattern

QBEAM document/item‑bank extraction on Windows failed with an unspecified error during Visual Basic extraction. Failures happened across multiple item banks and manifested as a repeatable extraction error with no clear error code. Affected system: QBEAM running on Windows user profiles.

Solution

The extraction errors stopped after a 'temp' directory was created under the user's profile (e.g., C:/Users//temp). The QBEAM Visual Basic extraction process expected that per‑user temp folder to exist; creating the folder allowed the extraction to complete successfully.

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139. Unable to locate exams to mark — exams assignment/locations managed by Examination Office
70% confidence
Problem Pattern

User reported inability to find the exam papers they were assigned to grade and asked where the exams were located. No error messages were provided; the issue was a question about ownership and where marking materials were stored. Systems referenced: Atlassian Assist, Jira Service Management Service Portal for external lecturers, and the Prüfungsamt (Examination Office).

Solution

Support advised that the Examination Office (Prüfungsamt) is responsible for exam topics, assignments and the locations of exam materials, and that the user should contact them to determine where the exams are held or to request assignment details. As an alternative, the user was directed to the external‑lecturers Service Portal (Jira Service Management) if the Examination Office could not resolve the query.

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140. Bulk registration blocked by payer missing new product code mapping
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Bulk registration failed with message 'Payer does not pay for Products in Reg Group' when charging a payer for a newly created/renamed product (example: CPCM renamed from CertPay) because the payer's allowed-products list did not include the new product code.

Solution

Identified as a product‑mapping/configuration gap: the new product code (CPCM) had not been included in the payer PA1538 (ICC Indonesia) allowed‑products list. The case was resolved by contacting Finance and asking them to add/map the CPCM product code to the payer configuration previously covering CertPay; after Finance updated the payer record the bulk registration could be completed and the payer was chargeable for CPCM.

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141. Intermittent blank software-catalog pages and missing Self Service+ entries
75% confidence
Problem Pattern

Software catalogue web page or the Self Service+ entry appeared blank or empty for some users intermittently despite correct access/permissions; clearing browser cache/cookies had no consistent effect and some users recovered access without performing steps.

Solution

Support verified that permissions were correctly set and that colleagues outside the user's team could access the catalogue. Users were advised to clear browser cache/cookies and retry; in at least one case the page began working again without any user action. A related Self Service+ report was treated as a duplicate and closed without configuration change. The incidents were recorded as transient access/browser-related presentation issues rather than permission denials.

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142. Microsoft Teams message edit/UI failures correlated with new device performance
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

User on a new Windows 11 Dell notebook could not edit previously sent Teams posts in some channels and experienced long Teams load times, blank/blinking content during open, slow page loads and scrolling UI glitches; issue was intermittent across channels/posts.

Solution

The problem was linked to the user's replacement hardware and overall device performance rather than a reproducible Teams service bug. A planned computer replacement (rechnertausch) was scheduled and the ticket was closed in that context. Prior troubleshooting suggestions (uninstall/reinstall Teams) had been noted but not applied before the decision to replace the device.

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143. Third‑party academic app (Prezi) requests routed to owning pedagogic team
85% confidence
Problem Pattern

User requested installation/training for the Prezi Windows app to display content stored in the institutional 'my Campus' area and had no prior experience with the tool.

Solution

The request was handled as an application managed outside central IT: support informed the user that Prezi is owned by the Lehrformate team and provided the Lehrformate contact (lehrformate@iu.org) plus an intranet introductory course link. The user was instructed to contact Lehrformate to obtain the Prezi app for Windows and request training or onboarding documentation.

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144. iPad app crash with unrecoverable local 'On my iPad' files after device reset
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Adobe Acrobat Reader launched briefly then immediately closed on an iPad; a local folder ('On my iPad') and exam files went missing after an attempted iOS update. Reinstalling the app and re-running the update did not change the app behaviour. Investigation indicated the device had been reset during the update, removing locally stored data.

Solution

Support confirmed the iPad had been reset during the update (device serial GL200H9F2V), which removed files stored in the local 'On my iPad' location. Attempts to reinstall Acrobat Reader and repeat the iOS update did not stop the app from closing and did not recover the missing files. Because the files were only stored locally on the device (not in OneDrive/iCloud backups), no recovery from the device was possible and the case closed without data restoration.

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145. INV360 not reflecting Jamf mobile device user assignments (Jamf–INV360 sync mismatch)
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

INV360 showed stale or missing user assignments for mobile devices while Jamf Cloud displayed updated device-to-user mappings. Examples included a device showing a disabled/old user and another showing no user in INV360 despite Jamf having an assigned user. No error codes were reported in the ticket.

Solution

The ticket recorded that a discrepancy existed between Jamf Cloud device assignments and INV360 records for the affected devices (examples: FFMG9PL4PLJQ and F39GV2XGG4). The case was set to Done with no technical remediation steps or sync-log analysis documented in the ticket notes, so no documented fix or root-cause was recorded in the corpus.

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146. Adobe Reader frequent crashing and hanging on Windows
90% confidence
Problem Pattern

Adobe Reader repeatedly crashed or became unresponsive with no specific error codes reported. Users experienced frequent application hangs during normal use which prevented reliable access to PDFs. Problem affected the installed Adobe Reader application on the user's workstation.

Solution

Support uninstalled the affected Adobe Reader installation and performed a fresh reinstall of Adobe Reader. After the reinstall the crashes and hangs stopped and the application remained stable in subsequent use.

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147. Unable to reschedule assigned course session in LMS due to course-level settings
80% confidence
Problem Pattern

A learner could not change or move their assigned course session within the LMS for a specific course; attempts to select alternative dates were blocked and no error codes were shown. The inability to reschedule affected course booking controls for sessions in October and November and suggested permission or availability restrictions at the course level.

Solution

Support advised that session rescheduling was controlled by the course administrator and could not be changed from the learner UI. The user was directed to contact the course administrator so the administrator could review and adjust the course's rescheduling/assignment settings or available sessions.

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148. Published rubric score differs from saved rubric value in Bongo grading
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

A saved rubric score (example: 91) was displayed as a different awarded value (example: 89) after using Save & Publish in the Bongo assessment tool, causing final grade changes. The discrepancy appeared only after publication and there were no error messages recorded in the UI.

Solution

The case was escalated to the assessment-tool specialist team for investigation. The ticket was assigned to the specialist (Denise Sentner) and the reporter was advised to contact assessment-tool-operation@iu.org for specialist follow-up; further technical analysis was deferred to the assessment-tool team.

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149. Read‑aloud (Vorlesefunktion) failed for specific lesson cycles in Lern App
60% confidence
Problem Pattern

The Lern App's read‑aloud function did not work for two specific lesson cycles (1.1 and 2.1) of the DLBEWEL01 Ernährungslehre script, while the read‑aloud worked correctly for other lesson cycles. No error messages were presented and the issue was isolated to those lesson-cycle pages.

Solution

The issue was resolved by the application team and the ticket was marked as fixed by Anton Stangl on 2024-08-01 14:53. No additional remediation details were recorded in the ticket.

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150. WhatsApp chat replies failing (cannot reply or use templates)
50% confidence
Problem Pattern

Users were unable to reply to WhatsApp messages in the chat interface; both direct replies and template-based replies did not send and no error codes were recorded. The failure prevented normal two-way messaging in the integrated chat system.

Solution

Support escalated the issue to the specialist team for deeper investigation and informed the user that specialists would follow up. No technical remediation steps were documented in the ticket at time of closure.

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