Calendars and Appointments

In this guide we will cover: – Using the Calendar – Viewing Entries in the calendar – Creating Appointments – Appointment creation Screen The calendar module in Halo can be used to view, track and manage agent appointments, holidays, tasks, change requests, projects and scheduled tickets. Agents will each have their own calendar, but can […]

Assets Vs Items

In this guide we will cover: – The difference between assets and items/products in Halo Assets Vs Items An Asset can be thought of as an individual instance of an Item/Product, whereas a product is a collection of assets that have not yet been serialised/individualised. Items/Products (the term 'Item' & 'Product' are interchangeable) are the […]

Journeys

In this guide we will cover: – What are Journeys? – The Journey Actions – Tracking Open Journeys What are Journeys?  Journeys are used to track time on site, including the travel time. A journey can be started within a ticket using the 'start journey button'. Once the journey is started a time will begin […]

Dynamic SQL Lookup Fields – Customer Specific Lookup

In this guide we will cover: – How to complete custom specific lookups for dynamic fields If you are looking to create customer specific lookups (such as a lookup of a customer’s sites) you can use the $-userid field in the dynamic SQL query. If you structure the query in a certain way this will […]

Tile and Kanban HTML $ Variables

Here is a list of the $ variables you can use for the Tile HTML and Kanban HTML in the views modules of tickets and sales. (Configuration > Tickets > Views > Column Profiles or Configuration > Sales > Views > Column Profiles)             "flagged",           […]

Allow Users to Self-Issue Items

In this guide we will cover: – How to allow users to issue their own item from the portal. – How to enable the item catalogue in the portal. – How to restrict what items users can issue. – Item Selection Services Related Guides: Issuing Products The Service Catalogue Optional Services Users may need an […]

Service Status Monitoring

In this guide we will cover: – Monitored Services – Setting up a Monitored Service (Email Alerts) – Ticket Driven Service Monitoring – Service Monitoring in the Portal – Service Monitoring and Live Chat – Notify Users/Agents when a Service Status Changes Related Guides: Service Catalogue The Service Catalogue – Advanced Configuration Monitored Services Services […]

Event Management

In this guide we will cover: – Setting up Event Management – Creating an Event Rule – Overseeing Events  Event management allows you to manage the events that are triggered by Asset Management and Alerting integrations using webhooks. Using this module you can create rules to determine which events log tickets and control the fields/configuration […]

Halo Live Chat – Embedded on Other Sites

In this guide we will cover: – Embedding Live Chat on Other Sites – Populate custom fields with data from a chat session started by the Events API of the chat Embeddable Widget Embedding Live Chat on Other Sites Within the Chat Profile configuration, set "Access" to "Self-Service Portal & External Websites". This will allow […]

Segments (Distribution Lists)

Disclaimer: Distribution Lists may be called Segments, depending on which Halo product you are using (functionality is the same between products). In this guide we will cover: – Enabling Distribution Lists – Permissions – Creating Lists – Adding Members – Setting the Mailbox – Sending Bulk Emails from a Distribution List – Viewing Past Communications – Bulk […]