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0D50Z00008G7VRBSA3Okta Classic EngineAdministrationAnswered2024-04-30T09:18:25.000Z2017-01-27T15:01:57.000Z2021-01-19T14:35:17.000Z
  • Hi Margaret

    There are Support Phone and Help Link fields under Settings > Account. If you supply a value for Help Link, that's what the user sees instead of email address.
  • j5v7c (j5v7c)

    Thanks Gabriel.   However, I have already specified the Support Phone an Help Link, butthe Technical Support Contact User is still the value that is displayed.  If I try and remove it to only leave the Help Link value I get an error stating 'This field cannot be left blank'
  • emanuel.costisor (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi Margaret,

    While the technical contact is mandatory, the support phone and help link are not.

    If you are seing a different behaviour on your end, please submit a support ticket through the support portal (https://support.okta.com/help) for further investigation.

     

    If you configure a help link, it will be displayed instead of the technical contact email at the bottom of the Okta home page.

    The phone number will be displayed if you follow the help link on the Okta sign in page.
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  • 07re1 (07re1)

    I would like to add on to this that we can't use an email distro.  We use the universal directory and do not have a generic tech support user.  This field should really let you set any email address (or value) you want rather than a registered user only.  Right now all tech support goes to a single person which is not idea.
  • Hi Ethan

    We recommend you create a user whose email address is the distribution list, then set the Technical Contact to that user.
  • JessicaW.72146 (Customer)

    I have run into a similar situation as Margaret - would prefer to provide a phone number for contact, not an email.  Our support team doesn't receive enough information in the email to even determine who the user is, so the emails are largely ignored. We currently have both populated, but I think an either/or situation would be preferrable. Is there any way to achieve this?
  • 2vvfu (2vvfu)

    Chasing this to see if there is any movement. Having to specify a real person (or even a fake Okta "Person") as a technical contact is just downright weird. Almost all large organisations have an IT support distribution list or shared inbox. We don't want to have to specify as user as then:

     

    1) We have to "set it up" with meaningless MFA and password

    2) We have to pay Okta monthly for the privilege .... or is that the point?

     

    Is there any reason this box cannot be changed to accept any email address?

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  • GregH.00578 (Customer)

    Just curious about this. In my dev instance, I have entered a Technical contact, a phone number and a help link. Only the link shows on the user dashboard. If I remove the link, the contact email shows. What is the priority of these fields? Is there a way to get the phone # + support link displayed?

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