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The team at Northwoods prides itself on providing the best possible service and solutions to our customers. We are constantly striving to improve our products and enhance our ability to provide the most effective support to you, our Northwoods customers.

To achieve this goal, we have implemented a centralized Support Center. The Northwoods Support Center (NSC) will provide your System Administrator with direct access to the Northwoods Support Center located in our Dublin, Ohio office.

How does my System Administrator contact the NSC?

Your System Administrator can contact the NSC toll free at 866-424-7800 or by email at help@teamnorthwoods.com.

How can the NSC help you?

The staff at the NSC is available to your System Administrators to assist with:

  • Application/Administration Questions
  • Application Errors
  • Problem Scope
  • Troubleshooting
  • Product Change Requests
  • When is the NSC available?

    The NSC is available Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET, excluding Northwoods-designated holidays. Additional coverage may be provided under special arrangement.

    What will happen to my request for help?

    When an issue is reported to the NSC it will be assigned a case number, priority, and a notification is sent via e-mail to the System Administrator. If you already have an open Support Issue, please provide the Support Issue number when calling in for additional assistance.

    Support requests are prioritized in accordance with the demonstrable impact on your Compass Solution in production. Each Northwoods Support team member is empowered to determine an issue’s impact on your solution and can obtain immediate assistance, if needed, from a variety of subject matter experts to resolve the issue.

    When contacting the Northwoods Support Team regarding issues or errors within your Compass Solution, you should provide as much information as possible. The more information you can provide and have available, the faster we can work toward a resolution.  Any information collected will help us determine the overall scope of the issue and reduce time to resolution.

    What information should my System Administrator provide when contacting the NSC?

    When contacting the NSC, they will need to provide:

  • Name
  • Agency
  • Phone Number
  • Email Address
  • Is this a new request or an existing issue?
  • What is the best method to contact you (phone, e-mail, etc.)?
  • What product or device is causing the issue?
  • What users are affected? (Include full name and user name.)
  • When did this begin happening?
  • What changes (major or minor) have been made the workstation (server, network, etc.) recently?
  • Can this issue be replicated on the server or another workstation (or by a different user on the same workstation)?
  • Does a restart of the application or the workstation resolve the issue?
  • Is there an error message? If so, what are the details?
  • Are screenshots available? If not, please send them when available.
  • Please provide detailed instructions for duplication of the issue. (The better the details the easier to troubleshoot.)
  • What have you done so far to troubleshoot the issue?
  • Has access been enabled for our remote support/troubleshooting of your servers?
  • Is there any additional information available that may be helpful in troubleshooting this issue (specific document type involved, appointment type, RRRM used, what profile is set, model of hardware device failing, etc.)?
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