SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2833534 - Fiori Open External Editor Does Not Bring the Email Thread

Symptom

When replying a Ticket interaction in Fiori using the option Open External Editor, the Email Thread is not automatically copied to Outlook.

Environment

 SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login using Fiori.
  2. Select the Service work center.
  3. Open the Tickets view.
  4. Open Ticket ABC (ABC represents the subject of the Ticket).
  5. Click on Open External Editor
  6. Outlook will open but the email thread will not be copied automatically

Cause

 The feature of Open External Editor is still not fully supported on Interactions page of Fiori screen, hence the email thread/chain will not be copied to Outlook

Resolution

For now in order to have a complete Outlook integration it is recommended to integrate it via Server side integration

More details in the below blog posts;

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/06/09/c4c-integration-with-microsoft-outlook-overview-and-steps/

https://blogs.sap.com/2018/04/19/c4c-server-side-integration-with-microsoft-outlook/

Keywords

 Outlook; External; Ticket; Interaction; , KBA , LOD-CRM-SRP-INT , Ticket Interactions , How To

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions