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Anyone else having Vanity URL setup problems?

  • January 24, 2025
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PLackie
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I’m having a devil of a time getting Qualtrics engineers to engage on a non-functional Vanity URL setup.  Is anyone else having a similar issue & if so, may we coordinate? 

Right now, my institution can’t really use Qualtrics Surveys properly. I know that research and assessment uses will quickly stack up & you’d think a situation where the product isn’t working - would get more attention. 🤷🏼


History: 

I started a ticket in November when our Vanity URL setup failed.  There was robust discussion between someone within Qualtrics & my Sysadmin (all passed through me and another local Qualtrics Admin) that was mostly a repetition of Qualtrics saying “do this...”  with the reply from my sysadmin “yes, I did that, here’s the error..”   And a return from Qualtrics that was basically “do this… “  (over & over.)

Largely due to December outages, the ticket then languished in that no-solution land - and was closed without resolution.  

I began again in January .. with a 2 hour tech support chat that started with me saying “I need to reopen a ticket (provided the ticket ID)” and several days later ending with the tech saying that they were allowed to escalate the new ticket to the level where the previous ticket had been closed. 

After another delay, someone asked for all the feedback from my Sysadmin. I collated this & supplied it last Monday.  So far, I hear only crickets.  

Meanwhile, my campus can’t use Qualtrics without it triggering spam &/or phishing alerts - which is obviously counterproductive to trust in Qualtrics. 

Best answer by Michael_Cooksey

Hello ​@PLackie -- thank you for your post, and I apologize for the frustration caused by this situation. I will escalate internally and see if we can uncover some more information here. Thank you for your patience with us, and I will keep you updated here on this post. 

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c.rose
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  • January 29, 2025

I am not having these issues with our brand. Sorry you are encountering this. However, maybe ​@Michael_Cooksey maybe be able to assist in escalating. He chimed in and helped me in the past with another issue I was encountering and was helpful!


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  • January 30, 2025

Hello ​@PLackie -- thank you for your post, and I apologize for the frustration caused by this situation. I will escalate internally and see if we can uncover some more information here. Thank you for your patience with us, and I will keep you updated here on this post. 


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  • January 30, 2025

I think you also need help from CSM to setup and provide vanity details.


PLackie
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  • January 31, 2025

I don’t know what CSM is, I’ve been through all the usual steps to make this happen last fall - but the escalation from Michael_Cooksey seems to have helped. For reasons I can’t know, the vanity URL now properly validates when it would not for the past several months. 

I’m not going to pursue forensics on it. 

Thank you Michael_Cooksey! 


AlonsoC
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  • January 31, 2025

@PLackie, glad ​@Michael_Cooksey was able to help resolve your issue! Thanks for letting us know 😀


PLackie
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  • February 2, 2025

FYI: I don’t really have a “ best answer” for this thread. I was going to implicate Michael_Cooksey - because he was able to get something to rattle loose. Though it’s not exactly an “answer” - at least my situation was resolved. 

However - In Chrome Version 132.0.6834.112 (Official Build) (x86_64) -  when I click on “best answer” a popup says that if I leave the site my changes will not be saved. But - I’m only clicking on a “best answer” (which does not appear to change in any way.) 


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Hello ​@PLackie -- thank you so much for updating this thread! So sorry for the confusing error message; it sounds like maybe a platform error was happening. 

I am glad to hear things are good now regarding the initial post. We are so pleased you are a part of the Community!


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