You can place your requests on hold, filter them out of your workflow, and set up notifications when it's time to review them.
How It Works
Placing tickets on hold:
- Click on the icon that looks like a hand
- Fill in the required fields
- Click "Place Hold"
Ending a hold:
- Click on the icon "End Hold"
- Click "End Hold"
Filtering out tickets on hold from the grid view:
- Click on the button "Filter"
- Navigate to the section titled, "Workflow Status"
- Check "Active" to see NONE of the tickets placed on hold
- Check "On Hold" to see ONLY the tickets placed on hold
Filtering out tickets on hold from reporting dashboards:
- Open one of the following reports
- Comprehensive Operations
- Team Performance
- Work Summary Dashboard
- Open the filters on the right side of the screen
- Check the toggle for "Exclude On-Hold Time" (Team Performance) or "Exclude On-Hold Requests" (Comprehensive Operations and Work Summary Dashboard)
- Enabled = Time spent on hold and current on hold tickets will be REMOVED
- Disabled = Time spent on hold and current on hold tickets will be INCLUDED
Setup Instructions
How to enable:
- Go into "Admin Settings"
- Select "User Types"
- Choose a user type and click "Edit"
- Open a work request access section, i.e., "Maintenance Request Access"
- Navigate to the field titled "Can place and end hold"
- Choose one of the following options:
- "Own" - only requests they create
- "Accessible Buildings" - only requests for buildings they have access to
- "Any" - all requests
- Repeat for "Edit on hold" (optional)
- Click "Save"
How to add custom fields:
- Go into "Admin Settings"
- Select "Custom fields"
- Click the button "Add custom field"
- Give it a name and type
- Select "on hold placement" in the "for" dropdown
- Fill in the remaining fields (optional)
- Click "Save"
How to setup date notifications:
- Create a custom field, following the above instructions
- Ensure "Type" is "Date"
- Go to "Account Settings"
- Navigate to the "Email Preferences"
- Under the appropriate request type, click on the dropdown, "Email me when a request..."
- Select "On hold custom notification date is reached."
- Click "Save"
NOTE: Only ONE custom notification date reached notification can be setup.