There are several ways to create a case:
From a Contact’s profile page
From the Manage Cases page
Cases must be turned on before a case can be created
Steps
From a Contact’s profile page
In the Actions dropdown menu press the Add a [Case Form] button
You arrive on the Create Case page.
Fill in the form with the details of the case
Every case is linked to one project
If you have several Case Forms you can choose which form to use to create the case
You will automatically be assigned as the Case Owner
You can add other users in the project to the case as Case Workers
Press Save
You arrive on the Case page. (The Case page is a tab on the contact's profile page)
From the Manage Cases page
The Cases tab will not appear in the My Apps ribbon until you have enabled Cases on the Project Preferences page. And you will not be able to create Cases either until it has been enabled.
Access the Manage Cases page by
selecting My Apps in the top menu
scrolling across until you see the Cases app
Selecting that app
You arrive on the Manage Cases page
Press the New Case button
4. On the New Case page, you must
choose a Project that the case belongs to
choose a Beneficiary (Contact) to whom the case belongs to
add a Case Title
optionally add a Case Description
optionally add Case Workers (these are people who are allowed to tag a story with the label for this Case)
the system will automatically generate a Case Number for each case. Each charity has its own Case Numbering which begins at 1.