Appearance/Home Screen

In this guide we will cover: – Basic Configuration Options – Home Screen Configuration Admin Guides: Self Service Portal Basic Configuration Options The Self-Service portal can be personalised to give your end-users a unique experience when providing self-service. All configuration options around customising your Self-Service portal can be found via heading to Configuration > Self-Service […]

Departments

Departments sit one level above teams. Departments can be used to give agents access to all Teams under a department in a fast and efficient way. Generally this is used to ensure they have visibility of all teams under a department. Fig 1. Facilities Department Membership You can set a department as an Agent Department(Agent […]

Composite Reports

In this guide we will cover: – Creating and Selecting Reports – Customising SQL with $-Variables – Building the Composite Report – Appending/Prepending a PDF – Appearance Tab – Reports Table – Formatting the Composite Report – End-User Access – Scheduled Emails Composite reports in Halo allow you to present multiple reports to your clients […]

Shifts

In this guide we will cover: – What are Shifts and what can they be used for? – How to Create Shifts – Team Shifts – Shift Visibility – Shift Functionality – Importing Shifts from Microsoft Teams – Shift Clock In/Out – Ad-Hoc Shifts Admin Guides: Time Management What are Shifts and what can they […]

Approval Processes Overview

In this guide we will cover: – What are approval processes and when are they used?  – Creating an Approval Process – Additional Settings Against the Step – Triggering an Approval Process – Approving  – Overriding Approvals – Delegate approvals – Example Approval Process Admin Guides: Approval Processes What are approval processes and when are […]

Managing Multiple End User Portals

In this guide we will cover: – How to have a second end user portal set up – Customise the Branding of each portal – Customise Portal CSS – Customise Portal Language  – Setting Portal Access – Distributing portal URLs using $-Variables – Restricting Portal Button Access – Restricting Portal FAQ list access – Restricting […]

Report Colour Palette Based on Brand Colour

In this guide we will cover: – Changing Report Colour Palette from Application Colour Changing Report Colour Palette from Application Colour You can change the Report Chart Default Colour Palette in Configuration > Reporting > General Settings: Fig 1. Report Chart Default Colour Palette in Configuration > Reporting > General Settings By default, this setting […]

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? […]