Technology Services at Illinois, Illinois Support Contact App, How do I edit an area?
Overview
The Illinois Support Contact App holds the information to populate the Help Desk page of the UIUC Tech Help Center (https://help.illinois.edu/helpdesks). A specific unit can also pull information from this application to present on additional web pages as desired.
Contents:
- What is the Illinois Support Contact App?
- Who can edit information in the Illinois Support Contact App?
- How do I log into the Illinois Support Contact App?
- How do I update office information in the Illinois Support Contact App?
- How do I request access to the system?
- As an Area Administrator, how do I edit an area?
- As an Area Administrator, how do I add offices to the Illinois Support Contact App?
- As an Area Administrator or Office Administrator, how do I change access to the Illinois Support Contact App?
- How do I pull information from the Illinois Support Contact App?
- What is the difference between an "Internal" and "External" office?
- My office or area information has changed. How do I determine who changed information?
- Is there any private information in the Illinois Support Contact App?
- How do I delete an office?
- I cannot change the "Internal only" and "Internal Order" of my office.
- What are the terms used in the Illinois Support Contact App?
What is the Illinois Support Contact App?
The Illinois Contact Support Application is a repository that contains area, unit, and office information, including hours of operation, address and email, websites, and other notes.
This information is used for the UIUC Tech Help Center Help Desk page. It also can be accessed through a common language (JSON) so information can be shared on any website.
Contact and Support:
- For help with the Illinois Support Contact App, submit a help request to the TDX at Illinois service team.
How do edit an area in the Illinois Support Contact App?
- Go to https://go.illinois.edu/support-office Log in with your NetID and password using multi-factor authentication.
- Choose the area you have access to and click the area name.
- You will see a screen that has the information you can edit.
- At the bottom, click on "Update Area Information" to save your information. Changes are made as you click the "Update Area Information" button.
