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Service Portal users and request on behalf

Note This feature is not available if you use a tablet, tablet PC, or a mobile phone to access Service Management.

How to use request on behalf in the Service Portal

To make a request on behalf of another person:

  1. In the Service Portal, click the portal menu button Portal menu button image at the top right of the page.

  2. Click Request on behalf.

  3. Select from the drop-down.

How does request on behalf affect users in the Service Portal?

When a user in the Service Portal makes a request on behalf of another person, this has the following effects:

  • Questions and answers do not display

  • Ideas do not display

  • News displays according to the identity of the other person

  • Requests that display are those of the user

  • Search uses the identity of the other person

  • Categories display according to the entitlement rules applicable to the other person

  • Offering availability is according to the entitlement rules applicable to the other person

  • Prices (if any) display according to the entitlement rules as applicable to the other person

  • Carts and their requests are submitted in the name of the other person

For more information, see User selections in the Service Portal.

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