How do I get help?
Write to hello@scout-hq.io. These help articles are also reachable inside the product from Help & docs in your profile menu.
What to include
A good report saves a round trip. Include:
- Your workspace name, and the email address you sign in with.
- A link to the item, page, or connection you are asking about. Every view in Scout has its own address — copy it from the address bar.
- When it happened, with a date and a time, and the time zone you are in. Scout's records are timestamped, and a time turns a search into a lookup.
- What you expected and what happened instead, in one or two sentences.
- Your browser and version, if the problem is visual or a control did not respond.
- If the problem involves a notification or a Slack card, the timestamp and the reason shown in the diagnostics panel under Settings → Workspace → Notifications.
What never to send
- Never send a password, a verification code, an authorization code, or an API key. Nobody at Scout will ask you for one.
- Do not paste supplier credentials into an email. Supplier credentials are handled inside Scout on your behalf; see Getting supplier credentials through Scout.
- You do not need to forward customer mail to explain a problem. A link to the item and a timestamp is enough, and it keeps your customer's correspondence where it belongs.
Good to know
- A control that is missing is often a control your role does not have. See Roles.
- A quiet Inbox or a thin brief usually traces back to a source Scout could not read. See A connection shows Warning or Error.
- If you think you have found a security problem, say so in the subject line and describe it without including customer data.
- Privacy requests — access, correction, deletion — go to the address named in the Privacy Policy. If you are an employee rather than your workspace's Owner, start with your Owner.
- Billing questions come from the Owner of the workspace, since Admins do not see billing.