There are a few possible issues you might experience when trying to integrate Auvik with Autotask PSA:
- Testing the connection produces a fail message
- Autotask PSA companies aren’t available for mapping
- Autotask PSA issue and sub-issue types aren’t available
- New Auvik alerts aren’t opening new Autotask PSA tickets
- Alerts aren’t clearing in either Autotask PSA or Auvik
- Auvik alerts are dismissing and not reopening Autotask PSA tickets
- Inventory isn't syncing to Autotask PSA
- Duplicate devices are being synced to Autotask PSA
Testing the connection produces a fail message
Scenario
After setting the integration details for your new Auvik / Autotask PSA integration, you selected Test Connection. You received a fail message.
Solution
The first thing to check is whether the username and password you entered are correct. Click the eye () in the password field to reveal the password you entered. If the username or password look incorrect, make any corrections and click Test Connection again
If Test Connection is still producing a failure after you’ve confirmed credentials are correct, please contact Auvik support.
Autotask PSA companies aren’t available for mapping
Scenario
After creating the integration, your Autotask PSA companies aren’t appearing for mapping to your Auvik clients.
Solution
By default, we only sync companies with an Active status. So the problem could be that your Autotask PSA companies have a status other than Active.
From your MSP dashboard, navigate to Integrations. In the displayed list of integrations, click the row for the Autotask PSA integration. From the Companies tab, confirm what filter has been set for either status or type.
To add a new company status or type filter, select the appropriate box. Select the appropriate status or type to add.
If updating the filters still doesn’t show the company, please contact Auvik support and we’ll take a look through our logs to see if we can spot any messages from Autotask PSA.
Autotask PSA issue and sub-issue types aren’t available for mapping
Scenario
After creating the integration, your Autotask PSA issue and sub-issue types aren’t appearing for mapping to a notification channel.
Solution
By default, we only sync issue and sub-issue types with an Active status. So the problem could be that your Autotask PSA issue or sub-issue types have a status other than Active.
- Hover over the Autotask PSA icon in the top left corner of your Autotask PSA application.
- Move your cursor down to Admin and click Features & Settings.
- Expand Service Desk (Tickets), then click Issue & Sub-issue types.
- From the list of issue types, hover over the context menu icon () for the issue or the issues sub-types to be reactivated.
- Click Edit.
Reactivate issue
- To reactivate the issue type, check Active.
If you only needed to reactivate the issue type, click Save & Close. If you also need to reactive sub-issue types continue with the steps below.
Reactivate sub-issue type
- From the issue type details, hover over the context menu icon for the sub-issue type.
- Click Edit.
- Check Active.
- Click Save.
- Click Save & Close.
If you’ve updated the type status and the issue and sub-issue types are still not showing up, please contact Auvik support.
New Auvik alerts aren’t opening new Autotask PSA tickets
Scenario
Alerts triggered in Auvik aren’t being sent to Autotask PSA.
Solution
Check whether the credentials set on your Auvik / Autotask PSA integration are correct. From your MSP dashboard, select to edit the integration. Click Test Connection.
- If you receive a pass message, click Cancel.
- If you receive a fail message, confirm the username and password are correct. If you need to update either one, remember to click Save to capture the updated credentials.
Now that you’ve confirmed the credentials are accurate, are you still experiencing issues? If so, let’s dig into the configuration details.
Confirm whether Alert Severity Mapping and Alert Status Mapping have been set. If not, set the mappings for each. Click Save button to capture any changes.
Below the alert severity mapping and status mapping detail, there’s a grid that lists the notification channels using the integration. Do you see any clients listed? If not, you haven’t created a notification channel yet and or associated the channel to the alerts you want to be passed to Autotask PSA.
Now that we’ve confirmed the Auvik / Autotask PSA configuration is sound, are you still experiencing issues? If so, dig into your Autotask PSA configuration details. To do this, work though the article on integrating Auvik with Autotask PSA step by step.
If everything looks good with the configuration, both within Autotask PSA and Auvik, but the alerts still aren’t being sent from Auvik to Autotask PSA, please contact Auvik support.
Alerts aren’t clearing in either Autotask PSA or Auvik
Scenario
An alert opened in Auvik has been sent to Autotask PSA, but after closing the ticket in either system, the other application isn’t being updated.
Solution
Confirm that the callback URL from your Auvik / Autotask PSA integration is correct in Autotask PSA.
- From your MSP dashboard, select to edit the Autotask PSA integration.
- Click Copy, then Cancel.
- Paste the callback URL into a notepad or text file.
- Return to your Autotask PSA application and paste the copied URL into the extension callout for your integration.
- Click Save & Close.
If everything looks good with the extension callout in Autotask PSA, but the alerts still aren’t updating as expected, please contact Auvik support.
Auvik alerts are dismissing and not reopening Autotask PSA tickets
Scenario
Updating the state of a ticket in Autotask PSA is dismissing the Auvik alert and the ticket isn’t reopening as expected.
Solution
This can happen if the status mappings for your Auvik / Autotask PSA integration are set in a way that ignores the reopen status. So let’s check the settings.
In Alert Status Mapping, check the following configurations:
- Dismiss Auvik alert when Autotask ticket is: __
- If Autotask ticket status is: __ AND the Auvik alert is still active, reopen the ticket in Autotask after: 15 minutes
The two statuses indicated by ___ need to be different. If they’re the same, edit them to be different and click Save.
If the statuses are already different and you’re still experiencing the problem, there’s something else going on. Please contact Auvik support and we’ll take a look through our logs to see if we can spot any messages from Autotask PSA.
Inventory isn’t syncing to Autotask PSA
Scenario
Inventory has been enabled for syncing but devices aren’t being synced and updated in Autotask PSA.
Solution
Confirm the inventory configuration that’s been set on your Auvik / Autotask PSA integration.
- The first thing we want to confirm is whether inventory syncing been enabled. If Enable Inventory Syncing is currently unchecked, check the box and click Save.
- Now let’s check the audit trail to see if we’re receiving configuration messages. Inventory syncs every 10 minutes, so the first sync could take a bit of time to show up. After 10 minutes, if nothing is appearing for configurations, go back to the inventory configuration tab. Make sure you can answer yes to all these questions:
- Have you set the device identifier you’d like to use for identifying devices for syncing?
- Have all device class mappings been set?
- Have you set the appropriate fields to be synced?
If you answered no to any of questions, set the appropriate details.
If you answered yes to all the questions, let’s take another look at your inventory configuration
- For a device to sync between Auvik and Autotask PSA, the device must match the configuration specified in Auvik. Inventory mapping configurations are treated as ANDs and ORs.
Example:
Device Identifier is Serial Number OR Device Identifier is Host Name AND Device Class Mapping is [Switch].
For the device to sync, it must have an identifier and matching Auvik device class.
Device Identifier is Serial Number AND Device Class Mapping is [Switch].
For this device to sync, it must match both parameters
- To confirm if the issue is a missing serial number, look at the inventory mappings for the client where devices aren’t being synced. In the Unmapped Devices table, do you see a row that appears something like Name: Dell2155cdn Serial Number: Not Available?
If so, please contact Auvik support and let us know which device appears to be missing a serial number. We’ll check with our team to see if it’s possible to retrieve the data from the device.
Alternatively, you can update the device identifier to be based on host name rather than serial number. If your inventory configuration is set with a device identifier of host name rather than serial number, and devices still aren’t being synced, please contact Auvik support.
Duplicate devices are being synced to Autotask PSA
Scenario
Duplicate devices are being created in Autotask PSA when inventory syncs from Auvik.
Solution
Please contact Auvik support and we’ll dig through the logs to figure out what’s causing the duplication. Once we determine the cause, we’ll take action to prevent the duplicates from happening again.