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Configuring Case Management Settings

Control collaborative notes, translation features, user access restrictions, snippets, and tags

The Case management tab in Settings gives administrators control over several platform-wide behaviors that affect how case handlers work with cases day to day.

Only administrators, system technician and user-defined users with access to security settings can view and edit this page.


Collaborative Note

The Collaborative note toggle enables a shared text board on each case. Case handlers can use it to add notes, actions, and internal comments. All changes are saved in the case's activity log, creating a clear audit trail.

Enable this if your team benefits from shared working notes alongside the formal case communication.


Translations

The Translations section offers two features:

  • Machine translations: When enabled, case handlers can translate case content into their language automatically. The system supports more than 70 languages and detects the source language automatically. Data is only processed for translation and is not stored on the translation servers.

  • Audio transcriptions: When enabled, audio files attached to cases are automatically transcribed into text for case handlers. Data is only processed for transcription and is not stored on the transcription servers.

Both are useful for organizations that receive reports in multiple languages or via phone hotline.


User Access

The Restrict new access to cases for users in the case departments toggle controls which users can be given access to a case.

When this setting is enabled, only users who belong to the department the case was filed under can be granted access to it.

When disabled, any user in the system can be given access to any case, regardless of which departments they belong to.

This is useful for larger organizations that want to ensure case access stays within the relevant department and aligned with data minimization principles.


Snippets

Snippets are saved response templates that case handlers can insert into case replies quickly. This saves time and ensures consistent communication with whistleblowers.

To create a snippet, click + Create in the Snippets section. Give it a name and write the message content. Snippets appear in the case response editor and can be selected from a list. Currently active snippets are listed here with a preview of their content.


Tags

Tags let you group and filter cases under a common label. Go to the Tags section and click + Create to add a new tag. Each tag gets a system-generated ID and a name you define.

Tags are shown with a Case count so you can see how widely each tag is used. They can be applied to individual cases from the case view and used as filters in the Cases dashboard.


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