My Account

"My Account" is the hub which allows you find all information around you, your preferences and your account from any page within your instance.   To access "My Account", you can navigate via any page by clicking the "Profile Icon" in the top right of the page, then clicking "My Account". This will open up the […]

Creating Agents and Editing Agent Details

Instructions on modifying Agents Related Articles: Departments, Teams and Roles Permissions Areas       To create a new agent manually, head to Configuration > Teams and Agents > Agents and press "New".  Alternatively you can allow agents to create their own accounts using the Invite button and filling in the popup. When creating your […]

Co-Managed IT

In this guide we will cover: – What is Co-Managed IT? – How to set up a Co-Managed agent – How tickets can be passed between co-managed and normal agents  – Restricting FAQ list and reporting access – Worked Example What is Co-Managed IT? Co-Managed IT allows for collaborative IT management, in which a businesses' […]

Agent Work Hours

In this guide we will cover: – What are workdays/work hours used for? – Configuring Workdays – Assigning Work hours What are workdays/work hours used for? Workdays/work hours in Halo are used for service level agreement tracking and agent time tracking. Workdays and working hours are assigned to SLAs to determine if the SLA timer […]

Set which Agents can adjust the Billing Time and Recalculation of Billing on Tickets

In this guide we will cover: – How to give agents the permission to edit billable time and recalculate billing on an action Admin Guides: Agents There are two new permissions in Halo to dictate agents ticket and action level billing capabilities. The first option decides whether or not agents can recalculate billing on tickets […]

Agent Statuses

In this guide we will cover: – Making Agent Statuses – Changing Agent Statuses Manually – Changing Agent Statuses Automatically – Logging Changes – Mentioning Agents – Re-Assigning to Agents – Status for Live Chat – Agent Idle Timeout Admin Guides: Statuses Related Guides: Agents Appointments Chat Bot and Chat Profiles  Distributing Tickets in Halo […]

How to Configure Timesheets

In this guide we will cover: – Key Settings – Add Fields to Time Logging screen – Set Warning if Time Taken on Action Exceeds a Set Amount of Time – Setting Target Hours and Holidays – Timesheet Approvals – Incomplete Timesheets Notifications Admin Guides: Time Management Related Guides: Timesheet Approvals  Time Tracking What are […]

Organisations

Details To configure your Organisation go to the Organisation configuration area and click on the Organisation that you want to configure (you can have multiple if using Multitenancy). Multi-tenancy allows you to have multiple organisations within one instance of Halo and as a consequence, multiple sets of departments, you can configure different self service portals […]

Teams

In this guide we will cover: – Configuring your Teams – Showing Department on the Team Dropdown Configuring your Teams To configure your Teams go to the Teams and Agents configuration area and hit Teams. Fig 1. Teams module. When adding a Team to this list, you will first be presented with the option to […]

Roles

In this guide we will cover: – The Use Case of Roles – Details – Preferences – Departments & Teams – Restrictions In The Department & Teams Tab – Permissions – Access Control Admin Guides: Roles Teams Roles are ways for you to apply a set of preferences, permissions and team/department memberships in bulk for […]