# Get Help & Support

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**Need help signing in?** If you need help signing in to your impact.com account, [use this link](https://app.impact.com/support/support-landing.ihtml) to submit a support ticket instead.
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If you ever need help working with the impact.com platform, simply select the ![](/files/EjU7qRdMGQXOQmBqDe0j) **\[Help]** button in the upper-right corner of your screen. This will open a range of support mediums as follows:

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Select [**PXA**](https://pxa.impact.com/) to find a range of industry-specific courses that you can complete to expand on your impact.com knowledge and get certified.

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Select **Walkthroughs** to view a range of helpful interactive guides, walkthroughs, and best practices that will launch right on the platform.

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Enterprise-level customers can select [**Book Time**](https://app.impact.com/secure/advertiser/support/customer-support-portal-flow.ihtml) to book a meeting with a Customer Success Manager (CSM) or the Technical Services team. To upgrade your account for access, submit a support ticket (see the *Tickets* tab for more details).

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If [ask impact is enabled](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/ask-impact/how-to-enable-and-disable-ask-impact.md) for your account, select **Chat** to open the *ask impact* chatbot. To contact an impact.com support agent, ask the chatbot to speak to a live agent.&#x20;

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If ask impact is not enabled for your account, this chat option will allow you to start a conversation with an impact.com support agent. Responses may be delayed depending on your location and time zone.

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Select **Tickets** to open the *Tickets* screen where you can then submit a new support request or manage tickets submitted from your account.

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<summary>Create a ticket</summary>

1. From the ![](/files/EjU7qRdMGQXOQmBqDe0j) **\[Help]** menu in the upper-right corner of your screen, select **Tickets**.
2. On the *Tickets* screen, select **Create Ticket**.
3. Enter a **Subject** line that sums up your issue within 140 characters.
4. Select an **Issue Type** to indicate the category into which your query falls:

**Issue types**

For brands:

<table data-header-hidden="false" data-header-sticky><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Account Settings and Program Settings</td><td>For issues related to configuring your account, user permissions, and program details.</td></tr><tr><td>Account Onboarding</td><td>For issues related to the initial setup of your account, including completing your profile, and submitting your application.</td></tr><tr><td>Partner Management and Communication</td><td>For issues related to managing your partners, communicating with them through the platform, and partner recruitment tools.</td></tr><tr><td>Tracking, Reporting and Technical Settings</td><td>For technical issues related to tracking links, reporting discrepancies, API integrations, and other technical configurations.</td></tr><tr><td>Promotional Content — Ads, Codes and Products</td><td>For issues related to creating, managing, and distributing promotional materials such as banners, text links, promo codes, and product catalogs.</td></tr><tr><td>Partner Terms and Contracts</td><td>For issues related to creating and managing template terms and contracts.</td></tr><tr><td>Monitoring and Compliance</td><td>For issues related to partner compliance, fraud monitoring, and ensuring adherence to your program's terms of service.</td></tr><tr><td>Payments and Finance</td><td>For issues related to finance, such as funding, invoicing, action payouts, partner funds transfers, and impact.com SaaS fees.</td></tr><tr><td>Creator Campaigns</td><td>For issues related to setting up and managing creator campaigns.</td></tr><tr><td>Advocate — Referral Programs</td><td>For issues related to running referral programs through the Advocate platform.</td></tr><tr><td>Optimize</td><td>For issues related to the Optimize suite. </td></tr><tr><td>Ask impact</td><td>For issues about impact.com's AI chatbot, ask impact.</td></tr><tr><td>Other — I have a different issue</td><td>For any issue that doesn't fit into the other categories.</td></tr><tr><td>Login</td><td>For issues regarding accessing your account, such as password resets or login errors.</td></tr></tbody></table>

For partners:

<table data-header-hidden="false" data-header-sticky><thead><tr><th width="318">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Other — I have a different issue</td><td>For any issue that doesn't fit into the other categories.</td></tr><tr><td>Account Setup and Settings</td><td>For issues related to configuring your account, user permissions, and company information.</td></tr><tr><td>Finding and Messaging Brands</td><td>For issues related to discovering and applying to brand programs, using the Marketplace, and communicating with brands.</td></tr><tr><td>Tracking, Reporting, and Technical</td><td>For any technical issues concerning customization of your tracking links, data discrepancies in reports, API integrations, and other technical aspects of the platform.</td></tr><tr><td>Links, Ads, Codes, and Products</td><td>For issues related to accessing or using assets such as tracking links, ad banners, promo codes, and product catalogs.</td></tr><tr><td>Finance, Tax, and Brand Contracts</td><td>For issues concerning payments, invoicing, tax documentation, and the terms of your contractual agreements with brands.</td></tr><tr><td>Campaigns</td><td>For issues related to campaigns such as tasks or deliverables.</td></tr><tr><td>Login</td><td>For issues regarding accessing your account, such as password resets or login errors.</td></tr></tbody></table>

5. Optionally, select ![](/files/12SyGiLNCbGpirOhh824) **\[Toggle on]** **Ticket Access** to make your ticket accessible to other users of your impact.com account.
   * Optionally, if you enabled access to all users, you may want to add **Email addresses** that will receive an email notification when you submit the ticket.
6. Add a **Description** of the issue you're experiencing in as much detail as possible.
7. Add **Attachments** to your ticket.
   * Attachments can include screenshots, diagrams, notes, etc.
8. Select **Create** to submit your ticket.

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<summary>Manage tickets</summary>

Use the filters at the top of the *Tickets* screen to view, edit, or search for support tickets submitted from your account.

| Filter        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| Search bar    | Search existing tickets (that are visible to you) by keyword, ID number, or phrase. When searching, other filters apply to the search results.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Ticket Status | <p>Sort tickets by their status:</p><p>• <em>Open</em> — A ticket submitted by you or a member of your account that's waiting for a response from impact.com.</p><p>• <em>In Progress</em> — impact.com has reviewed your ticket and is working on a solution.</p><p>• <em>Awaiting your response</em> — impact.com has responded to your ticket and needs your response to continue.</p><p>• <em>Solution Offered</em> — impact.com has offered a solution in your ticket and needs your response to continue.</p><p>• <em>Closed</em> — the ticket has been resolved and is no longer active.</p> |
| Created By    | Sort tickets based on who created them: *All Users* or *Me*. When selecting *All Users*, you won't be able to see tickets not visible to you.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| View          | Sort tickets based on whether they are *read* or *unread*. A ticket visible to all users will be marked as read if seen by at least 1 user.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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Select [**Help Docs**](https://help.impact.com/) to open the impact.com Help Center. Here, you can search by keyword or phrase, or browse by category.

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The Help Center also includes <i class="fa-sparkle">:sparkle:</i> [**Ask**](https://help.impact.com/?ask=), an AI Assistant that can answer your questions and point you to the right help doc.

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**Note**: The Help Center AI Assistant is separate from impact.com's AI chatbot, *ask impact*. To access *ask impact*, see the *Chat* tab in this help document.
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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.