# Following Tickets

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Available in HERMES 10.6.8.15097
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You can add followers to a ticket as you log it, or you can follow items already logged that you also have access to to view.

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To use Follow functionality, you must have **Manage Stakeholder Calls** (to follow calls) and **Manage Stakeholder Requests** (to follow requests) options enabled on your Self Service Portal Security Role

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Starting HERMES 10.2025.Q4 (10.6.9 GA Release) a Portal role permission was added to enable/disable the ability to see the unfollow button.
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This setting enables the option to hide the "Follow" button for entities if you are the User.

e.g: When logging a Call on the SSP, if you are the User assigned to that Call, the Follow button will be hidden when this setting is enabled, preventing you from following your own Call.

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## Add Followers to Your Own Ticket

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### To add Followers via a **Submission screen**

1. Locate the Followers Selection Box.
2. Select "Followers" by searching and clicking on names from a list.&#x20;
3. Selected names will appear under the "Followers" field.&#x20;

### To Remove Followers via a **Submisison Screen**

1. Users can remove a Follower by clicking an "X" button next to their name in the Followers list.

### To Follow a call from a Search or Review - Follow Someone Else's Ticket

1. Click the "Follow" button located on the right side of the **Review** screen to start following the item.

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### Unfollow

1. If a User decides they no longer need updates, they can click "Unfollow" on the right side of the Call Review screen in the SSP to remove themselves as a Follower.
2. The same unfollowing action can be performed directly from the Incident/Request/Approval Summary screens by pressing the "Unfollow" icon in the grid.
3. For Users who were added as Followers during the creation of the Call/Request, the button will display "Unfollow" when they review the item.

### Viewing Your Followed Items

You can easily see your followed items by looking for the Followed Calls/Requests/Approvals bubble in any "My Counts" widget.&#x20;

1. Select the "Followed Calls" bubble
2. View the Followed Calls/Requests/Approvals in a list

The bubble background colors are configurable via the Counts widget, Skins in Designer.

Followed calls bubble and Awaiting Action Bubble

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* My Incidents Count: Displays and drills down into the User's own Calls/Requests.
* Followed Calls Bubble: Displays count and drills into Calls/Requests/Approvals where the User is a Follower.
* Awaiting Action Bubble: Shows Calls in Awaiting Action statuses, as configured in System Administration > IPK Management > Call Status Titles.

### Unfollowing in a Grid View

1. Click the "Unfollow" indicator in the grid, to unfollow&#x20;

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### Searching for Followed Tickets

1. Start [a search](https://docs.alemba.com/asm-hermes-10.6.8/use-asm/using-the-self-service-portal/logging-and-reviewing-tickets-and-tasks-approvals/reviewing-your-tickets-in-the-self-service-portal)
   1. In the Review Past/Current Incidents/Requests/Approvals, search for Calls, Requests, or Approvals where you are a Follower
   2. Select the Followed radio button

### Follow and Find Items Awaiting Action

1. Search for and follow items Items Awaiting Action
2. This option displays items with statuses defind as "Awaiting Action"

Followed Incidents and Incidents Awaiting Action

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