Attachment is not successfully uploaded / attached when creating a request via Customer Portal
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Summary
When attachments are added by agents or customers, the attachments disappear and they are not visible to anyone in the Customer Portal or in Agent view.
Diagnosis
- When creating requests in the Customer Portal, you use copy/paste to upload the attachment and it seems to be successfully uploaded. However when you actually create the request, the attachment disappears and is not found in the request
- Similar behaviour is seen when trying to create requests from the Agent view
- When adding a comment to an existing ticket, you are able to successfully upload and attach the attachment
Cause
The Attachment field is Hidden for this particular project in the Field Configuration
Solution
- Navigate to (Project > Project settings > Fields)
- Modify the field configuration
- Click on the 'Show' link for the Attachment field