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Wise-Pay
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How to configure ConnectWise Sell (previously Quosal) Order Porter integration
Adding ConnectWise Sell (previously Quosal) Order Porter link to opportunity
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Get started with the DeskDirector Power Automate Connector
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Autotask integration major update 2022
ConnectWise Member Impersonation
Autotask Resource Impersonation
Creating an integrator API resource in Autotask
Autotask 2020.3 integration (API) resource migration
Third-party integration with DeskDirector
Authentication
How User Authentication works in DeskDirector
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Desktop Portal
Desktop Portal v4 Installation - For the Legacy App
Diagnosing DeskDirector Desktop Portal Issues
Diagnosing automatic login issues (ActiveDirectory) using the DDGetSID CLI tool
Antivirus Blocking DeskDirector Portal Installation
Troubleshooting your DeskDirector Portal installation
DD Portal for Mac: Labtech Deployment Guide
DDPortal removal tool - uninstalling Windows portals
Deploying DD Desktop Portal v5 via PowerShell
Desktop Portal v5 Installation & Common Issues
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How search works in DeskDirector products
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User can't log in
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DeskDirector Tech Portal - How to take advantage of browser tabs
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Time Stamps in DeskDirector Portal
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User Group FAQs
Chat permission granted but "Chat" option is missing on "Contact Support" page
How do we set a landing page for the client portal?
Tickets
User can't see "All Tickets" option
Tickets are missing in DeskDirector but they are on my PSA
My customer is seeing deleted tickets in portal
Ticket Description missing on ConnectWise emails
Other Articles
Top 10 Request Types
Generic vs Customized Request Types
Using Markdown
Desktop Portal (Installed client) Vs. Web Portal (Web Client)
Outdated Articles
Common WuFoo errors
Changing the Summary of Wufoo Tickets
Creating your first Wufoo form
Adding Wufoo Forms To Request Support
Getting started with WuFoo Forms
Debugging Your Wufoo Integration
Switching PSA or merging with another CW/AT instance
How to Allow Time Entries for StreamlineIT Members
Essential and Dynamic Plan Breakdown
Advanced Use
DeskDirector API
Subscribing to Chat Webhooks
Portal Deep Linking
Webhook Example with Zapier
Chat Session Payload
Legacy URL Linking in DeskDirector
Get started with portal extension page demo
Dynamic content based on logged in user
Clean Tickets
Exporting Portal Usage
TimeZest integration with DeskDirector
Troubleshooting Connectwise/Autotask-related integration issues
Release Notes
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Differences Between different Desktop Portal version
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Glossary
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Microsoft Teams App
Introducing the DeskDirector for Microsoft Team App
Setting up Content Security Policy (CSP)
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Troubleshooting
Advanced topic: Setting up Tech & Client Mode in the same tenancy
Integrating Microsoft Teams with DeskDirector Tech Portal
Ticket Summary for Tech Portal
Smart Alerts for Tech Users
Release Notes - DeskDirector Teams App
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- Tech Portal Ticket Details
Tech Portal Ticket Details
Updated by Edcel Ceniza
The ticket details page is where you see all the specifics of the ticket - initial issue, tickets/notes added, assigned techs, sender, and all other information and features specific for the ticket. This is also where you can reply and edit ticket data.
Top Ticket Panel
The top panel when opening a ticket shows multiple icons and functions. The screengrab shows these functions at work and they are discussed further below:
Ticket context icons
This portion shows three icons which allows you to easily switch between the ticket, the contact assigned to the ticket, and the company of the assigned contact (see screengrab for behavior). This can be useful if you need to check contact or company information quickly, or to check other tickets that they have created.
Ticket Title
This shows a preview of what the ticket is. As a technician, you can easily rename the ticket title and comes handy if you want to add keywords to it so you can easily filter through tickets in the future (Searching Tickets).
Copy
This feature was added on Tech Portal v1.32 update. Clicking this icon will open a pop-up showing three fields. The first field grants the tech easy access to copy the ticket number (address this GitHub Quick Copy feature request)
The other two grants easy access to portal deeplinking making it easy to copy it in case you need to reference this ticket somewhere and want it deeplinked.
More options
Beside "Copy" is an ellipses that presents more options specific to the ticket. Clicking it should trigger a dropdown showing multiple options.
- Open PSA - clicking this will open the ticket inside your PSA. This is useful if you need a specific function from the PSA that Tech does not implement.
- Clipboard - basically triggers the same pop-up as the Copy icon.
- Ticket Tabs - The set of texts that appear under Clipboard and before Delete are the Ticket Tabs.
- Delete - This enables techs to delete tickets from DeskDirector. This feature was added on Tech Portal v1.32 update.
Right Ticket Panel
The right ticket panel shows the details about the ticket contact, its assigned techs, CC'd contacts, board it belongs to and others. Let's break it down further.
Ticket Contact
This section of the right panel shows who submitted this ticket, and his contact information. As a tech, you can re-assign the ticket contact to someone else by clicking on the "Change" link. If the customer is also online, and he has Chat Permissions set, a tech should be able to push a chat to the contact via the "Chat with ___" button.
Assigned Resources
This panel allows you to view all the resources that have been assigned to the ticket. There is also an assign me button which does what you expect. You can also assign other resources from this panel.
Time Spent
Is a summary of the time entries for the ticket.
CCs
This is where you can see all the CC'd contacts for the ticket. Tech can add/remove CC'd contacts to their liking.
Ticket Details
This section shows other more details about the ticket. It shows:
- Board/Queue
- Status
- Priority
- Type
- Date created/updated
- Tags
- and others...
As a tech, you can reclassify tickets using the dropdowns in the ticket details section, whether you want move it to another board, change the ticket's status and priority, reclassify the type then add/remove tags.
Ticket Timeline
The timeline shows all ticket notes (internal, resolution, and public), chat logs (if a chat was initiated in the ticket), and also shows all documents that have been attached to the ticket.
Most image files and pdfs can be previewed inside the tech portal. To do this, you can click on the thumbnail of the file (if you just want to download, click the file name):
This opens a modal which displays a larger version of the image. It also has options for you to download the file to your machine. The same goes for chat logs.
At the bottom of the timeline is the section to add note/time entry/forms:
From here you can either add a note or add a time entry. In order to add a time entry, the current status of the ticket must allow time entries. If it doesn't, the add time entry tab will be disabled until the status is changed.
You can add inline forms to your replies, and/or you can also use Macros.