Navigating The Reporting Suite

In this guide we will cover: – Reporting Suite Basics – Walk-Through of a Report – Dashboards Related Guides: Charts and Graphs in Reports Halo In-App Dashboard Reports and Scheduling The reporting suite is vital to keeping track of your KPI's and progress in Halo. This guide provides an overview of navigating each area. For […]

How to Restrict Users Access to Reports

In this guide we will cover: – Making Reports Available in the Portal  – Restricting which Reports Users can see in the Portal – Making a Report Publicly Available Making Reports Available in the Portal  Head to Configuration > Self Service Portal, and then to the Menu Buttons area. Here, add the button called 'My […]

Adding Dashboards to Custom Tabs

In this guide we will cover: – Creating a Custom Tab that displays a Dashboard – Filtering the dashboard to only show data for the customer/user/site it is under Associated Administrator Guide: Custom Tabs The following entities can have a custom tab against them containing a dashboard: Tickets Customers Sites Users Contract Sales Orders  Purchase Orders […]

Dashboard Publishing Guide

This guide will outline how you can publish your in app Halo dashboards to external sources. By default, in app dashboards are only accessible from within Halo but there are multiple options for how you can publish them. Publishing with Authentication You can publish a dashboard that is accessed by authentication from a user account. […]

Configuring Custom Appearances in Reports (using HTML)

In this guide we will cover: – Using HTML to Customise Report Appearance – Example Report/Basic HTML Blocks – Advanced Edits Using HTML to Customise Report Appearance In the reporting suite, click into the desired report and the "Appearances" tab. Check the checkbox, "Customize Table HTML" to get started. From here you will notice four boxes/blocks […]

Ticket Dashboards

In this guide we will cover: – Overview and Benefits – Creating your Dashboards – Creating Widgets – Dashboard Configuration Overview and Benefits Ticket Dashboards are an alternative way to view your ticket lists and various other important areas of Halo, such as custom tables and in-depth details of tickets. Ticket dashboards are like global […]

Charts and Graphs in Reports

In this guide we will cover: – Adding a Chart – Displaying Charts in Scheduled Reports – Types of Chart – Trendlines – Labels Admin Guides: General Settings (Reporting) Related Guides: AI Report Builder Halo In-App Dashboard Reports and Scheduling  Report Builder  Report Data Sources Using the graphing function can provide powerful visual insight into […]

A Quick Guide to Scheduling Reports

Related Articles: Reports screen explained Reports and Scheduling Scheduled reporting is a tool that can email reports to relevant parties on specified schedule. This can be anything from SLA stats on tickets raised/closed in a period to managerial staff all the way to a daily breakdown of agent hours and interactions in the day. To […]

The Report Screen Explained

The core elements of the report screen detailed. Related Articles: Scheduling reports Adding new reports System and Custom Fields The reporting feature is a very powerful tool which allows you to explore your Halo database in full. With this it is possible to view metrics specific to your service desk, interpret this information and subsequently […]

Keeping Track of Feedback

Related Articles: Scheduling Reports The Reporting Suite Your Dashboard Email Templates $-Variables By default in Halo we include the feedback icons in the closure email out-of-the-box. This of course can be changed and edited as needed but it is configured as laid out in this guide. Default CSAT setup Head to your email templates to […]