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Case Management Screen

The Case Management Screen in The Layer is designed to give users a cleaner, more intuitive way to handle customer issues with greater speed

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Written by Chris Smith
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Getting Started

To enable the new case UI navigate to:

Settings > Company Setup > Customisations > Enable New Case UI

This will enable the new case UI for all users.

You may want to disable this on a user by user basis, to handle this we have added a new user customisation "Disable New Case UI" which can be applied per user via:

Settings > Users > Select User > Customisations > check box for "Disable Case New UI"

Case Management Screen Explained

🧾 Case Header

At the top of the screen, you’ll find:

  • Case ID

  • Case Subject

  • A tabbed menu for quickly accessing:

    • Summary

    • Tasks

    • Additional Contacts

    • Affected Assets

    • Checklists (with item count)

    • SLA, History, and Properties


πŸ“ Description Panel

This is the main area where the customer's message is displayed.

  • Editable Description shows the issue as submitted.

  • Option to toggle External/Internal to control visibility.

  • Use this section to update the case narrative or clarify the request.


πŸ”— Associated Cases

Link related cases to track dependencies or parent-child relationships.

  • Use the dropdown and search bar to find cases.

  • Select cases and click Link.

  • Mark a case as a Parent to centralize handling (e.g., for shared issues like service outages).

  • Use Select All or Close Selected for quick actions.


πŸ—’οΈ Notes & Activity Feed

Document actions, updates, or next steps here and view any other case related activity such as task completion.

  • Use snippets from the dropdown to insert pre-defined text blocks.

  • Visibility Options:

    • Tick Visible to customer to share externally either in an email or via the customer portal.

    • Tick Notify watchlist to alert internal case watchers.

  • Click Add Note to save and log it to the case history.


πŸ“Š Right-Hand Panels

These collapsible panels allow quick access to important case metadata:

Status & Progress – Update Case Status, Sub Status, Priority or Est. Closed Date.

Case Identification & Classification – Assign case category, and sub-category, request type or source.

Ownership & Accountability – Assign case owner, teams, customer contacts and site.

Time Tracking – log time against cases (to utilise maintenance plans)

Business & Financial – Link an opportunity or sales order.

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