Submit a maintenance request

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title: Submit a maintenance request
description: Raise a maintenance request for an equipment for a location using either the Workplace Service Portal or the Employee Center.
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classification: workplace-case-management
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# Submit a maintenance request

Raise a maintenance request for an equipment for a location using either the Workplace Service Portal or the Employee Center.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_wsd\_core.workplace\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-service** > **Employee Center**.

2.  On the Employee Center portal, select **Help Center** > **Workplace Services**.

3.  From the list of workplace services, select **Submit a maintenance request**.

    Alternatively, you can search for the workplace service and select it from the search results.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_ogt_gql_w1c"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

What would you like to report?

</td><td>

Select the type of your maintenance request from the following options:-   **Equipment issue**: Select this option if the maintenance request is related to an asset or a physical item.
-   **Location**: Select this option is the maintenance request is related to a location.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Item

</td><td>

Select the item that you want raise the request for.**Note:** The option appears only if you selected **Equipment issue** as the type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Find the space on a floor map

</td><td>

Select the location on the floor map.**Note:** The option appears only if you selected **Location** as the type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Building

</td><td>

Select the building where the location is located.**Note:** The option appears only if you selected **Location** as the type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Floor

</td><td>

Select the floor where the location is located.**Note:** The option appears only if you selected **Location** as the type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Space

</td><td>

Select the space that you want to report.**Note:** The option appears only if you selected **Location** as the type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Describe the issue

</td><td>

Enter a detailed description of the issue.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Add attachments

</td><td>

Select the option if you want to add any attachments.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>5.  Select **Submit**.

    The maintenance request is submitted. A workplace maintenance case is created and the state is set to Work in Progress.


**Parent Topic:**[Requesting a workplace service](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-case-management/request-workplace-services.md)

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