Virtual Agents in the Chat Bot

In this guide we will cover:  – What are Virtual agents in Halo? – Functions of Virtual Agents – Using Virtual Agents – Creating a new virtual Agent – Plugging a Virtual Agent into a Chat Profile – Custom Functions (against the chat profile) – Customising Virtual Agent functions  – Disable System functions – Restrict […]

Custom Tables

In this guide we will cover: – What are Custom Tables? – Creating Custom Tables – Displaying Custom Tables – Custom Fields on Custom Tables – Auditing Custom Tables – Access Control Admin Guides: Custom Tables What are Custom Tables? Custom tables allow you to store information against various entities in table format, this can […]

Article Drafts

In this guide we will cover: – What are Article Drafts? – Enabling Article Drafts – Approving Article Changes – Publishing Articles Using Unique Links – Article Versions – Drafts in Ticket Templates – Comparing Edited Drafts – Preview Drafts before Publishing – Preventing Multiple Article Drafts Admin Guides: Knowledge Base What are Article Drafts? […]

Adding in a Project Plan

In this guide we will cover: – How to show the Project Plan tab – Editing the Templates and Rules Project Plan tab Fig 1. Project Plan Configuration > Tickets > Ticket Types > *Click into the Project Ticket Type* > *Click into the Forms Tab* (The setup of templates and creation rules will be […]

Introduction to Asset Management

Asset Management will allow you to store & organise your managed devices, track detailed information against your Assets & assign Assets to Tickets for Incident/Request volume analysis per Asset. Check out the "Asset Management" FAQ Group on the Portal for detailed descriptions of asset configuration settings (Fields, Types, General Settings). Terminology Before we look at […]

Bulk Sending Emails

In this guide we will cover: – Bulk Email with the User List – Bulk Email to Users subscribed to a Monitored Service – Bulk Email from an Action Related Guides: Segments (Distribution Lists) Bulk Email with the User List – now Customer Segments (Distribution Lists) Previously you could use the user list to send a […]

Problem and Change Management Using Fully Configured Workflows

In this guide we will cover: – Raising Problems – Dynamic Visibility of the Service Status Note – The Problem/Resolution Finder – Workflow Progression when the Cause is Identified – Workflow Progression when the Cause is Not Identified – Suggested Articles on the Ticket Creation Screen of the Portal Associated Guides: Workflows Change Management Ticket […]

Example All You Can Eat Agreement Client

In this guide we will cover: – An Example on how to set up an agreement for a customer who has an all you can eat agreement In this example we will run through the setup for a customer who has an all you can eat agreement. This means that they can use the service […]

News Articles

In this guide we will cover: – Enabling and configuring News articles – News Article Drafts – Showing Recently Created Articles on the Self Service Portal – Publishing Articles Using Unique Links Enabling and configuring News articles Within the knowledge base area of Halo you can create news articles. News articles can be limited by […]

Pre-Pay

In this guide we will cover: – Where and how to set up Pre-Pay for a customer – Use Pre Pay Amount instead of Pre Pay Hours – Recalculating Billing for Pre-Pay hours – Manually adjusting the amount of Pre-pay hours an action uses Admin Guides: Pre-Pay Where and how to set up Pre-Pay for […]