Internal Conversations

Overview an implementation of the internal conversations functionality Related guides Actions Altering Ticket Types Internal discussion on customer/user facing tickets can sometimes cause confusion and make a ticket difficult to track and follow (it usually leads to the ticket being reassigned back and forth between agents with notes added each time). Halo addresses this issue […]

Forwarding an Action

A short guide to forwarding an action for outside input. You can forward any action from a ticket to an additional email address. This allows you to forward emails or actions to other Agents or Users for input. This will not email the user themselves unless you input their email. This enables input form a […]

Automated Tickets

In this guide we will cover: – What are Automated Tickets used for? – Configuring Automated Tickets Admin Guides: Automated Tickets Related Guides: Automated Tickets – Next Call Date What are Automated Tickets used for? Automated Tickets are created with the purpose of prompting relevant Agents of events such as: Agreements commencing/expiring. Customers Next call […]

Navigating the Software

Explaining the ticket screen. Related Articles: Filter Profiles Views and column profiles The below image is your global ticket view, for any screen you have that contains tickets (be it opportunities, sales, ticket, projects or otherwise) it will look similar to this. There are many elements that can be hidden by agent, team or role. […]

Creating and Using Quick Actions

Creating and Using Quick Actions Related Articles: Actions $-variables You can create quick actions for your agents to inform the user or supplier of something and populate this with database information.  This can be used to inform a user that their account is now set up and the login credentials, update the end-user of the […]

Problem Management

Related Articles; Workflows  Actions Statuses Problem/Resolution Finder The purpose of problem management practice is to reduce the likelihood and impact of incidents by identifying actual and potential causes of incidents, and managing workarounds and known errors. Using Halo for Problem Management Navigating to the problems tab will show you a list of current problems that have […]

Using CRM Notes

In this guide we will cover: – Using the CRM Note Functionality – Customising CRM notes – Creating CRM Notes from a Ticket – Using the "Next Call Date" Field to Create Automated Tickets – Reporting – Worked Example – Use AI to Generate CRM Notes The CRM note functionality allows you to track and […]

Change Management

In this guide we will cover: – Change Management Explained – Types of Change – Change Management Tab – Approval Processes – Approval Step on a Workflow – Change Freeze Periods  – Asset Dependencies – Change Calendar – Date Dependencies Admin Guides:  Change Management  Change Management When a change request ticket is raised, this should be […]

Actions: System Uses

In this guide we will cover: – Setting a System Use – System Uses and their Functions Admin Guide: Actions Setting a System Use System uses are configured functionality for certain actions within Halo. This system use can be set on an action in the "Details" tab on the "System Use" dropdown. Fig 1. System […]

Making Use Of Canned Text and $ Variables

In this guide we will cover: – Using Canned Text – Creating Canned Text – Variables – Canned Text Access Control – Team Specific Canned Text – Canned Text Favourites Note: Any variable written in this guide is written with a hyphen between the $ sign and the word. This is so there is no […]