
Features – ActiDesk Help Desk is feature rich and functionally efficient
The team at ActiDesk have delivered a dynamic, automated Web Based Help Desk solution and will eloquently serve your business and your customers.
Web Based Hosted Solution
Automatic Email Ticket Generator
Side by Side Ticket Replies
Full Ticket Activity History
Ticket Time Management
Colour Coded Ticket Priority/Severity
Tickets Posts Viewable Internal Only
Multiple Operator Assignees
Customer and Operator Scoreboards
Unlimited Customers
Unlimited Departments
Unlimited Operators
Unlimited Tickets
Upload attachments
Closed and Re-open Reasons
My Account with default settings
SLA & Escalation Manager
Solution Builder Manager
Knowledge Base Manager
FAQ Manager
Configurable Administration Tool
Branded with your logo and corporatecolours
Email Template Manager
Print Ticket Details
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The following features have been categorised in the main components:
- Customers (Posting tickets to the Help Desk)
- Operators (Responding to the customers tickets)
- Administrators (Managing and configuring the Help Desk enterprise)
Customers:
Will login from any web based portal to post instant tickets to the Help Desk and expect an easy to use quick and efficient solution.
Automated Ticket Creator
- Email Auto Create Tickets by Department
- Email Auto Create Ticket Filter (emails not to create tickets)
Help Desk Access
- Instant Ticket and then register to access the Help Desk
- Register to access the Help Desk
Submit New Tickets
- Assign alternative email address
- Select Department
- Select Priority/Severity
- Attach a file and description
Customer Scoreboard
- Scrolling Latest news
- View Active tickets open or on hold
- View when ticket has been acknowledged
- View when ticket has been last updated
- Ticket Priority is colour coded for ease of use
- Ticket Status is colour coded for ease of use
Edit Active Tickets
- Change Status
- Change Priority
- Close Ticket
- Add alternative email addresses
- Post Replies with previous posts fully visible
- Fast ticket close with closure reason
- Attach a file with description
- View SLA resolution target Date/Time
- View SLA resolution time remaining on the ticket
- Print friendly ticket
View Closed Tickets History
- Re-open a ticket
- Reason for re-open
- Print the ticket
My Account
- Maintain account details
- Set Personal setting
SLA (Service Level Agreements)
- View Help Desk Opening Hours
- View Bank Holidays
- View the SLA agreement by days by departments and priorities
Access to Customer Self Service
- Knowledge Base
- FAQ’s
Ticket Email Notifications
- New Posting - Notification Email
- New Ticket - Confirmation Email
- Ticket Closed - Notification Email
- User Notification: Account created by administrator
- User Notification: Fast Track Registration
- User Notification: Password Reset
- User Notification: Password Reset by Administrator
- User Notification: Ticket on-hold
Operators:
Are the first and second line support and main users of the Help Desk, that will login and reply to tickets posted by the customers.
Users Scoreboard Displaying All Departments
- View/Hide Multiple Search Terms
- Submit a ticket on behalf of a customer
- Tickets can be viewed by ID, Priority, Status and more
New Tickets
- View and starts the SLA
- View Resolution Target Date/Time is set
- View Resolution Remaining time remaining is calculated
- View Total Activity Time used
- View Total Operators Time
- Can be closed
- Can have the priority changed
- Can be moved to another department
- Can have an Operator/user assigned
- Can have additional notification emails added
- Activity History can be viewed
- Print a New ticket
Active Tickets
- Priority Status is colour coded pending SLA rules
- Ticket Status is colour coded for ease of use
- Operator can set a default department
- Operators are assigned to all departments
- Tickets can be viewed by ID, Priority, Status and more
- View Customers specific SLA type
- View Resolution Target Date/Time is set
- View Resolution Remaining time remaining is calculated
- View Total Activity Time used
- View Total Operators Time
- Ticket can be closed
- Can have the priority changed
- Can be moved to another departmentv
- Can have an Operator/user assigned
- Can have additional notification emails added
- Activity History can be viewed
- Print a New ticket
- Assign Multiple Operators to a ticket
- View Complete Time Logged
- Edit Time Logged
- Search Solution Notes
- Post entries viewable internally only
- Insert Signature
- Add Activity Time on the Posting
- Post Replies with previous posts fully visible
- Attach a File
- Create a Solution Note
View Closed Tickets History
- Re-open a ticket
- Reason for re-open
- Create a Solution Note
- View Complete Log
- View Activity History
- Print the ticket
Solution Builder
- Dynamic Search Solution Notes
- Add/Edit Problem Categories
- Add/Edit Unlimited Root Problem Categories
- Add/Edit Unlimited Parent Problem Categories
- Delete Solution Notes
- Add Solution Notes
- Archive Solution Notes
- Restore Archived Notes
SLA (Service Level Agreements) View All SLA Types
- View Help Desk Opening Hours
- View Bank Holidays
- View the SLA agreement by days by departments and priorities
My Account
- Edit Profile
- Change default department
- Change default assignee view
- Edit Name
- Edit Email address
- Email notification type (plain text or HTML)
- Display tickets per page setting
- Ticket Signature
- Automatically insert signature
Email Notifications
- Operators Email Notifications
- Operator Notification: Account Created by Administrator
- Operator Notification: Operator assigned
- Operator Notification: Password Reset
- Operator Notification: Password Reset by Administrator
- Operator Notification: Ticket on-hold
- Operator Notification: Ticket Re-Open
Administrators:
Want to get the Help Desk up and running as soon as possible. The easy to set-up and configure ActiDesk will provide them with the perfect solution in minutes.
Configuration
- General
- Set Default Country
- Set Time Zone
- Set Currency
- Company Settings
- Add Company Name
- Add Copyright Years
- Header Graphic Customisation
- Maintain Operating Hours
- Backup
- Scrolling News
- Job Titles
- Departments
- Tickets
- Registration Details
- Close Reasons
- Re-open Reasons
- Self Service
- Manage Multiple Email Templates
Operators
- Dynamic Search facility
- List and sort by various option
- Email All Operators
- Maintain Operator
- Delete Operators
Customers
- Active accounts
- Dynamic Search facility
- List and sort by various option
- Email All Active Customers
- Maintain Customer
- Suspend Customers
- Delete Customers
- Suspend Customers
- Dynamic Search facility
- List and sort by various option
- Email All Suspended Customers
- Maintain Customer
- Suspend Customers
- Delete Customers
- Activate customers
SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- SLA
- Maintain SLA Type
- Display number of customers per SLA type
- SLA severity
- Pricing Method (per hour or per ticket)
- Assign Departments to SLA type
- Delete SLA Type
- Set default SLA Type
- Escalation
- Maintain multiple Resolution Time elapsed %
- Maintain email addresses for escalation notification.
Tickets
- All Tickets
- Deleted Tickets
Solution Notes
- Dynamic Search Solution Notes
- Add/Edit Problem Categories
- Add/Edit Unlimited Root Problem Categories
- Add/Edit Unlimited Parent Problem Categories
- Delete Solution Notes
- Add Solution Notes
- Archive Solution Notes
- Restore Archived Notes
FAQ’s
- Maintain FAQ title, message and sequence
Admin Settings
- System administrators email address
- Option to send a copy of all ticket posting to admin
- Option to notify admin when X minutes left to acknowledgement time of any ticket
- Option to notify admin when X minutes left to resolution time of any ticket
- Change Password
Email Notifications
- Department Admin Email
- Admin Email




