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title: Create a customer service case
description: Customer service agents and agent managers can create cases using the Customer Service Management application.
locale: en-US
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topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Manage cases, Use, Customer Service Management]
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# Create a customer service case

Customer service agents and agent managers can create cases using the Customer Service Management application.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_customerservice\_agent, sn\_customerservice\_manager, or admin

**Note:** Apart from these roles, contributor roles also can create cases. To learn more, see [Contributor user roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/csm-contributor-user-roles.md).

## Procedure

1.  Create a case.

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Option

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Description

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**CRM Workspace**

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From the Interaction form, select **Create Case**.

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**Platform interface**

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Navigate to **Customer Service** &gt; **Cases** &gt; **Create New**.You can also create cases by:

-   Selecting **New** from the Customer Service Cases list.
-   Selecting the Create New Case related link from any of the entities that can be associated with a case, such as accounts or products.


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</table>2.  On the Create Case form, fill in the fields.

    To learn more about the fields on the Case form, see [Case form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/r_CustomerServiceCaseForm.md)

3.  Select **Submit**.


## Result

If available, the following information is associated with a newly created case:

-   The name of the contact and the contact's company
-   The product and contract details
-   The SLA and entitlements