How to close cases
You can close a case once it's resolved. There are several ways to close a case:
- Directly from the Case top menu.
- For multiple cases, close a case from either the Side-by-Side view or the List view.
- From the Search page.
To close a single case from the Case top menu, follow these steps:
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Drill down to a case, then click
Close Case in the top right corner of the page.
- In the Close Case dialog, select a valid reason and a root cause for closing the case, and enter any additional comments. These comments will be posted on the Case Wall.
- Click Close.


To close multiple cases from the Cases queue in the side-by-side view, follow these steps:
-
Click
Select multiple cases.
- Select the relevant cases in the Cases queue.
- Click format_list_bulleted Close Cases/Merge Cases and select Close Cases.
- In the Close Case dialog, select a valid reason and a root cause for closing the case and enter any additional comments. These comments will be posted on the Case Wall.
- Click Close.


To close multiple cases from the Cases queue in the List View, follow these steps:
- Select the relevant cases in the Cases queue.
- Click
Close cases located in the top right of the page.
- In the Close Case dialog, select a valid reason and a root cause for closing the case and enter any additional comments. These comments will be posted on the Case Wall.
- Click Close.

To close multiple cases from the Search page, follow these steps:
- Go to the Search page.
- Select the relevant cases using any of the filters.
- In the results list, select the cases you want to close.
- In the Close Case dialog, select a valid reason and a root cause for closing the case, enter any additional comments, and then click Close.
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