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=User Feedback=
 
  
*I have a question about how to use Slicer for a particular task or I'm not sure things are working right
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**Try your best to sort out the issue by reading documentation and checking error logs
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***Look at our [[Documentation/UserTraining|portfolio of training materials]] and make a google search to see if the question has been discussed.
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***Check the [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/SlicerApplication/ErrorLog#To_capture_the_entire_error_log_for_a_report|Error Log]] to see if there's something misconfigured, such as a directory that is not readable or writable.
 
**I am still unclear about what to do.
 
***<big>[https://discourse.slicer.org Ask a question on the Slicer Forum!]</big>
 
*Something is definitely not working as it should or I would like to request a feature.
 
**File a bug report in the issues [http://issues.slicer.org/ tracker] (you need to register first). It is important to provide enough specific information so that a software developer can duplicate the problem - [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Report_a_problem#Error_report_contents|see details below]].
 
**Don't be anonymous: real people trying hard to solve real problems are more likely to get valuable help.  A vague question from a random email is likely to be ignored..
 
*I would like to let the Slicer community know, how Slicer helped me in my research.
 
**Please send us the citation for your paper.
 
**Background: funding for Slicer is provided through competitive mechanisms to a large extent by the US government and to a lesser extend through funding from other governments. The justification of for those resources is that Slicer enables scientific work. Knowing about scientific publications enabled by Slicer is a critical step in this process. Given the international nature of the Slicer community, the nationality of the scientists is not important. Every good paper counts.
 
*I would like to give feedback on my experience with Slicer.
 
**Share your story using the Feedback link accessible from the Slicer Welcome module
 
 
 
==Error report contents==
 
 
 
*Describe:
 
**What steps were performed before the problem occurred
 
**What behavior you expected
 
**What happened instead
 
*Copy-paste the error log: you can access it from Slicer in the menu: Help / Report a bug. By default log of the current session is displayed but you can retrieve the logs of the last few sessions
 
*Optional: capture a screenshot that illustrates the issue
 
 
 
That could be summarized by the SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example) approach documented on http://sscce.org
 
 
 
==Workflow for Handling Bugs and Feature Requests in Slicer==
 
 
 
The following instructions describes the recommended workflow to report a problem related to the Slicer application.
 
 
 
*1. [https://issues.slicer.org/signup_page.php Register] on the issue tracker
 
 
 
*2. [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel Sign-up] on the [https://discourse.slicer.org/ Discussion Forum]
 
 
 
*3. Create an issue in the [https://issues.slicer.org/bug_report_page.php issue tracker].
 
 
 
*4. Optionally, if you would like to share dataset >= 2MB, you should consider uploading them on our dedicated server. See [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Report_a_problem/UploadData|How to share and associate data with an issue]]
 
 
 
*5. Post on the [https://discourse.slicer.org/new-topic?body=Operating%20system:%0ASlicer%20version:%0AExpected%20behavior:%0AActual%20behavior:&category=support Discussion Forum] pointing to the reported bug. Title of the post should start with <code>Issue 1234: Title of the issue report</code>
 

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