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HomeMy WebLinkAbout25I - MAINT AND SUPPORT OF BOOKING SOFTWAREREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JANUARY 5, 2009 T{TLE: AMENDMENT TO AGREEr~NT WITH VISIPHOR FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF BOOEtING SOFTWARE ~~ ~docation jst CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ~~~~, , ~~ CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 1 S` Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For! CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment to the agreement with Visiphor Corporation, for the annual software application maintenance and customer support of the Police Department's Automated Booking System. The term of the agreement will be extended for an additional one-year period in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION On June 15, 2006, the council approved the purchased the Visiphor Automated Booking System for the Police Department. The Visiphor Booking System enables sworn personnel to move arrestees through the booking process more efficiently and in turn, spend more time performing patrol functions. Approval of the recommended action provides for annual maintenance and support required for the system which can only be provided by the Visiphor Corporation due to proprietary licensing. FISCAL IMPACT Funds are available in the Police Department's Computer Services other Contractual Services account (11-338-6291). APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: ul M. W lters Chief of Police Police Department 251-1 ~C Francisco Gu ierrez Executive Director Finance & Mngmt. Services Agency SUPPORT AND MAINTENCE AGREEMENT THIS SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT is entered into on January 5, 2009, by and between, Visiphor Corporation, a corporation having its principal place of business located at 1100 - 4710 Kingsway, Burnaby BC Canada VSH 4M2 ("Visiphor") and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). RECITALS: A. The parties entered into that certain Agreement #A-2006-169, dated June 15, 2006, (hereinafter "said Agreement") by which Visiphor provided software designed to enhance the retrieval of law enforcement records for use in jail and intelligence operations. B. In accordance with the terms and conditions of said Agreement, the parties wish to extend the Customer Support Agreement by which Visiphor has supported and maintained the software and applications. WHEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained in said Agreement, and subject to all the terms and conditions of said Agreement, except those amended in this First Amendment to Agreement, the parties agree as follows: 1. Pursuant to Section 3.1, CONTRACTOR COMMITMENTS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, warranty support commenced August 1, 2007 and continued through July 31, 2008. The parties desire to extend the customer support in accordance with the Customer Support Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference as Exhibit F. 2. The City agrees to pay and Visiphor agrees to accept, as total compensation for Visiphor's Software and Application Maintenance and Support services, an annual fee of $56,000 for the term from August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009. /// /// /// /// 251-2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Support and Maintenance Agreement on the date and year first written above. ATTEST: PATRICIA E. HEALY Clerk of the Council APPROVED AS TO FORM: JOSEPH W.FLETCHER City Attorney By: Laura Sheedy Assistant City Attorney CITY OF SANTA ANA DAVID N. REAM City Manager VISIPHOR CORPORATION (NAME) (Title) Tax ID# 251-3 Ezhibit F Customer Support Agreement This Agreement made the OZ of August, 2007 BETWEEN Visiphor Corporation Suite 1100 - 4710 Kingsway Burnaby, British Columbia VSH 4M2 (hereinafter called "VISIPHOR") AND City of Santa Ana (hereinafter called "Customer") 251-4 Visiphor Corporation Customer Support Agreement WHEREAS The Customer is a user of certain VI5IPHOR software products and/or application programs including software provided pursuant to a Software License Agreement (the "Product") which is executed contemporaneously with this Customer Support Agreement and VISIPHOR has the experience and expertise necessary to enable it to provide support and maintenance services for the Product; and The Customer wishes to have VISIPHOR provide the support and maintenance services pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. NOW THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION In this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or as the context otherwise requires, Acceptance means the date on which the Customer certifies the Deliverables accepted in accordance with the Santa Ana PD SOW, Exhibit A, or when the Customer first makes any productive use of the Deliverables, whichever occurs first. Acceptance Criteria means the noted criteria for acceptance of the Deliverables referred to in the Statement of Work Acceptance Period means the period within which to review the Deliverable and to notify VISIPHOR in writing of its acceptance or rejection based on the review results with respect to compliance to the Acceptance Criteria. Acceptance Testing means the testing conducted during the Acceptance Period to enable the Customer to determine whether to accept the Application Package Program or Services. It is performed to validate the APP or Services meet the noted Acceptance Criteria; Application Package Programs means the Product together with the Database. Business Rules means the procedures for the use of the Product in the manner and for the purpose of which VISIPHOR originally intended it, as reflected in its design and having regard to the business practices of Customer, both of which are established in system administration training provided by VISIPHOR. Custom Modification means, unless otherwise specifically varied herein, any changes or modifications made to the Application Package Programs by VISIPHOR (including, but not limited to, tables, columns, reports, interfaces to third party hardware or software, data conversion, screens and matching algorithms) exclusively for the Customer, as listed in Schedule A-1 (Section 17). Notwithstanding the above, any Custom Modification shall be approved in advance by the Customer. Any modification which is made for the purpose of maintaining the operability of the application package shall not be to the account of the Customer and only those modifications which are requested by and approved by the Customer shall be paid for by the Customer. Current Technology means the version of application utilized by VISIPHOR in its latest Product and Technological Release. Database means the Oracle® or Microsoft® Programs (as the case may be) licensed to Customer by Oracle® or Microsoft® for the purpose of using the Product. 251-5 Defect means a failure of the application to perform the designed functionality caused by an error in the application. Deliverables means the items specified in the Statement of Work to be provided by VISIPHOR including the Application Package Programs, Services, and Custom Services. Delivery Platform means a secondary computer environment that will functionally reflect the Production System and contain, at a minimum, a representative sample of current data and whereupon VISIPHOR shall install all Technological Releases, associated patches and Defect corrections; and which will be used by Customer for acceptance validation and regression testing (as appropriate) prior to promotion to the Production System. Documentation means user manuals, reference guides, training materials, release notes, on-line help and other materials in printed or electronic form, which facilitate use of the Product or Custom Modifications. First Level Support means providing first-line help services to end users of VISIPHOR software applications to determine whether reported issues relate to VISIPHOR software or third party hardware or applications not covered under the scope of this Agreement. Go Live means start up of production use of the Product. Migration Services means the services required (including, but not limited to, data conversion, installation, project management, training) by Customer to give full effect to any Technological Release provided hereunder. Production System means the computer operating system(s) and Application Package Programs used by Customer in the live processing of its data. Rules has the meaning ascribed to it in § 10.2. Specification means the statement of requirements to be satisfied by a product or service as noted in the Statement of Work. The Specification leads to the Acceptance Criteria, to be met during the Acceptance Testing during the Acceptance Period. Support means: (a) responding to inquiries concerning a reported Defect(s) in the Product; and (b) correction to problems diagnosed as Defects in the currently supported version of the Product or as updated through the term of this Agreement. In the resolution of Defects VISIPHOR may respond with a written response, CD ROM or diskette, supplementary documentation, a temporary means of circumventing the problem, or other correctional aids. Technological Release means: (a) technological improvements required to allow the Product to operate in conformance with Current Technology. Technological Releases do not include Migration Services. 2. SERVICES 2.1. The Customer shall provide First Level Support through its own Help Desk, or that of a designee or designees as outlined in Schedule A-2 of this Agreement. 2.2. VISIPHOR shall provide Support to the Customer by telephone, a-mail, facsimile, modem or an Internet connection (as appropriate). 251-6 2.3. VISIPHOR shall provide Technological Releases from time to time. 2.4. In the provision of Support, VISIPHOR shall adhere to the following response standards and at all times shall provide Support in accordance with the highest industry standards recognizing the public interest duties and responsibilities of the Customer: 2.4.1. SEVERITY LEVEL ONE Severity Level One Definition: The Application Package Programs are totally inoperative and the use of the Product for processing transactions or database seazches is not possible. Severity Level One Response Time: VISIPHOR shall respond by telephone to the Customer within twenty-four (24) business hours of initial notification to VISIPHOR. If the initial notification was not by telephone or not during VISIPHOR business hours, this response time shall start when Support personnel receive the notification. Severity Level One Resolution Time: VISIPHOR shall provide its best commercial efforts to initiate a resolution within forty-eight (48) business hours of the initial notification. Severity Level One Resolution: VISIPHOR shall provide a program correction, program patch or a procedure for Customer to bypass or work around the error condition in order to resume operations. If a bypass procedure is utilized, VISIPHOR shall continue error correction activity, on a high priority basis, until a program correction or patch is provided. 2.4.2. SEVERITY LEVEL TWO Severity Level Two Definition: Significant portions of the Application Package Programs are severely impaired to the extent that major functions are inoperative. Severity Level Two Response Time: VISIPHOR shall respond by telephone or electronic means to Customer within forty-eight (48) business hours of initial notification to VISIPHOR. If the initial notification was not by telephone or not during VISIPHOR business hours, this response time shall start when Support personnel receive the notification. Severity Level Two Resolution Time: VISIPHOR shall provide its best commercial efforts to initiate a resolution within ninety-six (96) business hours of initial notification to VISIPHOR. Severity Level Two Resolution: VISIPHOR will provide the Customer with a program correction, program patch or a procedure to bypass or work around the error condition in order to continue operations. If a 251-7 bypass procedure is utilized, VISIPHOR shall continue error correction activity until a program correction or program patch is provided. 2.4.3. SEVERITY LEVEL THREE Severity Level Three Definition: The Application Package Programs are impaired to the extent that some non-critical functions are not operating. Severity Level Three Response Time: VISIPHOR shall respond by telephone to Customer within seventy-two (72) business hours of initial notification to VISIPHOR. If the initial notification was not by telephone or not during VISIPHOR business hours, this response time shall start when the notification is received by Support personnel. Severity Level Three Resolution Time: VISIPHOR shall provide its best commercial efforts to initiate a resolution as soon as possible. In some cases, a resolution may be delivered as part of a technological update or release. Severity Level Three Resolution: VISIPHOR shall provide Technological Releases in the form of CD-ROM, diskette or electronic file transfer. 2.5. VISIPHOR shall endeavor to assist with all inquiries made to Support personnel. However, if the inquiry is not related to a problem with the Product, VISIPHOR shall be entitled to charge the Customer on a time and materials basis at the rates set forth in Schedule B (hereinafter "T&M"). In all circumstances, VISIPHOR shall advise the Customer in advance and shall receive prior approval from the Customer prior to charging for T&M on any matter. 3. COMPENSATION 3.1. For the Support provided pursuant to this Agreement and all other services related to the operation, maintenance and upgrades or customer modifications, the Customer shall pay VISIPHOR the annual fee specified in Section 3.1.1 and Section 3.1.2. (the "Fees"). 3.1.1. There is no annual fee for Support and Maintenance in Year 1. 3.1.2. The annual fee for in Year 2 will be $56,750. 3.1.2.1.1 Fees for additional years (Y3-Y6) will be capped at an annual increase of no more than 3%. 3.2. Customer shall have a right to off-set any and all payments in the event there is any breach of this Agreement by VISIPHOR. VISIPHOR shall invoice the Customer for the Fee annually in advance. All such invoices shall be payable within 30 days of the date of each such invoice. 251-8 3.3. The Fees for Support and any other products or services that may be provided hereunder are exclusive of any federal, state or provincial tariffs, duties or sales taxes, taxes which shall be paid by the Customer. 4. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES 4.1. Without cost to VISIPHOR, the Customer shall provide to VISIPHOR full co- operation and assistance to enable VISIPHOR to provide the Support Services contemplated hereby. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Customer, or its designee, shall: 4.1.1. Designate Contacts Designate up to four (4) individuals from its MIS/IT department, or services provider (as the case may be). All Support calls must be channeled through the designated individual(s). The designated individual(s) are set out in Schedule A-2. 4.1.2. Provide Electronic Access to Production System Provide VISIPHOR with electronic access to the Production System. 4.1.3. Perform Administrative Duties Perform all Database and operating system(s) administrative duties, including regular logical and physical backups. 4.1.4. Supply Required Information Supply all pertinent data and information (including Database dumps, as requested). 4.1.5. Make Assistance Available Make available such employees, or designated service providers, of the Customer as VISIPHOR may reasonably request in relation to the Support. 4.1.6. Report Faults in a Timely Manner Report problems or faults within such time, on such forms and with such degrees of particularity as VISIPHOR may, from time to time, request. The current form to report problems is as set forth in Schedule A-3. 251-9 4.1.7. Authorize Emergency Access In the event of an emergency or crisis which is not the direct or indirect responsibility of VISIPHOR which is not a Severity Level 1 or severity level 2 event but which is at the specific request of the Customer, provide VISIPHOR with an electronic or other access to the production system for purposes of applying a database or data corruption fix on the understanding that, except for negligence on the part of VISIPHOR, VISIPHOR assumes no liability resulting from such emergency or crisis access; 4.1.8. Ensure Personnel are Trained Ensure that its personnel are fully trained in the use and operation of the Product or any Custom Modifications. 4.1.9. Use in Accordance with Business Rules Use the Product in accordance with the Business Rules. 4.2. Customer understands and agrees that all Defect corrections and Technological Releases and any related Database scripts should be promptly implemented in the Production System. The Customer acknowledges that its failure to so implement such Defect corrections and Technological Releases may render the Product unusable or non-conforming to Documentation. The Customer agrees to install and put into production use (a) corrections to Defects within thirty (30) days of delivery by VISIPHOR and, (b) Technological Release within such reasonable time as VISIPHOR and the Customer may agree. 4.3. In no event shall the Support Services be used as a source of training or a source of consulting. Misuse of the Support Services may result in direct billing, on a T&M basis, for any such training or consulting services. No such charges shall be applied until such time as VISIPHOR advises the Customer that it is in breach of this clause thereby giving the Customer the opportunity to cease such action. 4.4. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the administration and maintenance of all computer hazdware, communications equipment third party softwaze, cabling, peripherals and any other hazdwaze equipment necessary and required for the operation of the Product, shall be the exclusive obligation of the Customer. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, VISIPHOR shall not be held responsible for the provision of any assistance (under the terms of this Agreement) required as a result of any: 4.4.1 Modification to System Environment modification, change or upgrade to any hazdwaze or software (other than any modification, change or upgrade made by VISIPHOR to the Application Package Programs); or 251-10 4.4.2. Damage by Accident or External Cause damage to the Application Package Programs by accident or other external cause, the fault or negligence of any party other than VISIPHOR, or use by Customer in other than its normal and customary manner; or 4.4.3. Unauthorized Modifications as a result of any unauthorized modification made by Customer or any party other than VISIPHOR, even if VISIPHOR has knowledge of the possibility of such potential loss or damage. If, as a result of one or more of the foregoing circumstances Customer requires assistance, VISIPHOR agrees to provide such assistance on a T&M basis. 5. TERM, DEFAULT AND TERMINATION 5.1. The term of this Customer Support Agreement commences Aug 1, 2007 ,and continues for a period of 12 months, ending July 31, 2008 VISIPHOR will offer subsequent renewals so long as Customer is not in breach of Section 4.2 and provided all sums and amounts due under Section 3 are paid when due. The Customer shall have a right on 90 days written notice to VISIPHOR to terminate this Agreement at any time during the initial term or any renewal term of this Agreement. Any fees paid in advance for a period of time subsequent to the termination date shall be considered non- refundable. 5.2. The Customer further reserves the right to terminate this Agreement without penalty or future liability at its fiscal yeaz end due to lack of appropriations. 5.3. If, after termination of this Agreement, Customer requests Support, VISIPHOR may agree to provide such Support and Customer shall pay for same forthwith on a T&M basis at VISIPHOR's then current rates. VISIPHOR shall provide an advance estimate of the T&M charges for any support to be provided at the request of the Customer. The Customer shall be obligated to pay no more than the estimate for such Support Services. 5.4. In the event that either party (the "Defaulting Party") shall neglect, fail or refuse to perform under any of the provisions of this Agreement, then the other party (the "Non-Defaulting Party") may deliver to the Defaulting Party notice of intention to terminate this Agreement which notice shall specify the alleged neglect, failure or refusal and, if within 30 days after the date of delivery of such notice, the Defaulting Party shall not have fully cured all the defaults indicated therein, or presented a plan acceptable to the Non Defaulting Party to cure such defaults, then upon expiration of such 30 days, the Non Defaulting Party may, at its option, elect to terminate this Agreement. Where the Defaulting Party commits a second breach of the Agreement, the Non-Defaulting Party shall have a right to terminate this Agreement on 7 days notice to the Non- Defaulting Party. Where the Customer terminates this Agreement pursuant to this paragraph, all advance payments by the Customer to cover services post the termination date shall be refunded to the Customer in full. 5.5. Notwithstanding Clause 5.4, if the Customer fails to pay VISIPHOR as required by this Agreement, VISIPHOR shall not be required to provide Support forthwith after delivery of 251-11 written notice to that effect to the Customer, and may pursue any other remedies which it may have at law or under this Agreement. 6. GENERAL TERMS 6.1. These Support Terms form part of and aze subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement. 6.2. Support Restrictions: Nothing herein shall permit Customer to reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Product (or any portion thereof). In addition, it is expressly understood that Customer shall not amend, change or alter any application/module libraries, graphical user interface forms or database schema including, but not limited to, table structure, indexes, views, referential constraints or synonyms, without VISIPHOR' written permission. To the extent VISIPHOR permits Customer to modify, amend, change or alter any part of the Application Package Programs, VISIPHOR shall have no obligation to cure any Defects resulting from any such modification, amendment or change. 6.3. De-Support: In the event Customer is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations (Sec. 4.2) to maintain current versions of the Product on its Production System, VISIPHOR reserves the right to de-support such obsolete version(s) at the expiration of the current support year provided VISIPHOR has first given Customer not less than (60) days prior written notice of its intention to rely on this clause, in which case no further payments will be made by the Customer to VISIPHOR. 7. PRIORITY OF DOCUMENTS 7.1. If there is any conflict with or inconsistency between the documents listed below, then the following order of precedence will apply, from highest to lowest: (as applicable) (a) Software License Agreement; (b) Primary Agreement; (c) Customer Service Agreement; and (d) Softwaze Escrow Agreement. 8. NOTICES 8.1. All notices, requests, demands, or directions to any party to this Customer Support Agreement by another party hereto will be in writing and delivered or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: to: Visiphor Corporation Suite 1100 - 4710 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia VSH 4M2 Attention: Chief Operating Oi~icer 251-12 to: City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza (M-97) P.O. Box 1988 Santa Ana, California 92702 Attention: Cmdr. K Gominsky or to such other address as may be stated by one party to the other in a notice given in the same manner herein provided. Any notice, request, demand, or direction given in such manner will be deemed effective upon receipt by the party to whom it is given or upon refusal to accept receipt documented by the delivering party. 9. ASSIGNMENT 9.1. Except for an assignment to an Affiliate of VISIPHOR, VISIPHOR will not assign this Customer Support Agreement without the prior written consent of the Customer. No permitted assignment to an Affiliate will be effective until: (a) the assignee Affiliate agrees in writing with the Customer to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Customer Support Agreement; and (b) the assignee Affiliate provides evidence satisfactory to the Customer that the assignee Affiliate and its directors, officers, employees and agents have obtained the necessary security checks and security clearances to enable it to perform the Services and to have access to the environment /system and/or any related data and information. Notwithstanding any assignment of this Customer Support Agreement as permitted by this Section, VISIPHOR will remain primarily responsible for the timely performance of all of its obligations hereunder. 10. ARBITRATION 10.1. If, at any time, there is a dispute, controversy or Claim (each a "Dispute") between the parties with respect to any matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement, then the party to the Dispute that wishes to initiate a resolution of the Dispute must give notice to the other party to the Dispute outlining the nature of the Dispute and the resolution proposed by the claimant and requiring that such Dispute be resolved pursuant to this Part 10. 10.2. If a Dispute is not resolved between the parties within 30 days (or such longer period as is agreed to in writing by the parties to the Dispute) after the date of the notice pursuant to §10.1, either party to the Dispute will be entitled to refer the Dispute to arbitration in accordance with the domestic arbitration rules of the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (collectively, the "Rules") as modified by the provisions herein, within 30 days after such date. The Dispute will be submitted to one arbitrator in accordance with the Rules. 10.3. The arbitration will take place in English in Vancouver, British Columbia. 10.4. Each party will accept the award or decision of the arbitrator as final and binding and will diligently act in good faith to do all that is necessary or advisable to be done by it to implement the awazd or decision. 10.5. A party who commences a legal proceeding in respect of an issue or Dispute that may be arbitrated under this Agreement, (a) will cause the proceeding to be stayed until the time during which an arbitration may be initiated has expired or, if an arbitration is initiated, a decision or award by arbitration is delivered or the azbitration has otherwise ended, and 251-13 (b) will promptly discontinue the proceeding once the arbitrator's decision or award is given. li. GOVERNING LAW 11.1. This Customer Support Agreement will be governed, construed and interpreted by the laws of the Province of British Columbia. 12. AMENDMENT 12.1. No modification or amendment to this Customer Support Agreement may be made unless agreed to by the parties hereto in writing. 13. SEVERABILITY 13.1. The invalidity of any provisions of this Customer Support Agreement or any covenant herein contained on the part of any party will not affect the validity of any other provision or covenant hereto or herein contained. The parties will in good faith negotiate a mutually acceptable and enforceable substitute far any invalid provision or covenant, which substitute will be as consistent as possible with the original intent of the parties. 14. NON-WAIVER 14.1. The waiver or failure of either party to exercise, in any respect, any right provided for herein will not be deemed a waiver of any further right hereunder. 15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT 15.1. This Customer Support constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the licensing of the Softwaze and supersede all prior letter of intent, arrangements, representations, warranties, statements, promises, information, arrangements and undertakings, whether oral or written, expressed or implied. 16. COUNTERPARTS 16.1 This Customer Support Agreement may be executed in counterparts, in original form or by facsimile, each of which will together, for all purposes, constitute one and the same instrument, binding on the parties, and each of which will together be deemed to be an original, notwithstanding that all of the parties are not signatories to the same counterpart. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement as of 2008. Visiphor Corporation City of Santa Ana By: By; Title: Title: Date: Date: 251-14 17. SCHEDULE A-1 17.1. Supported Software NAME Versi on NAME Versi on InForce Arrest and Bookin 2.0 Briyante Integration Environment BIE Visiphor FastBook Web A lication 18. SCHEDULE A-2 18.1. Support service is for the following periods (Sec 2.1): 24 hours per day 7 days per week 18.2. Designated Individuals for Customer Support (Sec. 4.1.1): NAME TELEPHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS Ron Gonzalves 714 -245-8099 RGonzalves ci.santa-ana.ca.us Jaime Manri uez 714-245-8104 JMan uez santa-ana.or Ken Gominsk 714-245-8040 KGominsk santa-ana.or 18.3. Designated Individuals for Authorizing Additional Expenditure (Sec. 2.5) NAME TITLE TE NE HO E-MAIL Ken Gominsky Cmdr. CIS 714-245- 8040 kgominsky@santa- ana.or 19. SCHEDULE A-3 19.1. The Customer may submit Incident Reports to VISIPHOR via the following channels: North America 800-667-2066 All Other Countries 250-383-9231 VISIPHOR Email Support : support~ci!visi~or.com On-line Technical Support, Case Submission, Knowledge Base & Documentation: 1_~ttp;/!~~ ~~ ~~ .vis~hor,com 251-15 19.2. When reporting incidents to VISIPHOR, the Customer must provide sufficient detail to enable the Technical Support Analyst to reproduce and diagnose the problem or difficulty, including revision level information, problem documentation and any media containing data. 19.3. Each incident reported to VISIPHOR should be properly defined to ensure timely acknowledgement of the support call. An incident is defined as a single support issue that cannot be broken down into subordinate problems. 19.4. Each Incident submitted to VISIPHOR shall contain the following information 19.4.1. Incident Information • Date of incident • User's Agency, Name and Contact Information • VISIPHOR Application Name, including version number • Location of server/workstation • Issue Details • Describe the nature of the issue • Is the issue sporadic, persistent, or is this the first time it has been experienced? • Describe how the issue impedes the user's ability to perform a specific business process (job function) • For a persistent issue, describe the steps that lead to the problem • Error Information (please provide screen captures, if possible) • What steps, if any, were taken by the user to recover from the incident? (E.g., Application restart, computer reboot, closing and reopening of module, etc.) 251-16