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Customer


When a 'Contact' is set with a 'Type' of 'Customer' the 'Customer' tab will be made available and become required. There are two required fields in the 'Customer' tab, 'Customer Number' and the 'Billing Group'. The Customer Number will import from your Shibboleth or LDAP feed. Additional information related to the Customer can be added here.

The 'Default GLA' can be set to always associate the Customer with a given GLA.

The 'Default SLA for Orders' will automatically set the SLA whenever the Customer makes an Order.

The 'Default SLA for Incidents' will set the SLA for when the Customer reports an Incident.

The 'Allow Coordinator Bill Email' flag allows Coordinators to opt out of the Coordinator emails sent using the Coordinator email processes like on the Bills grid.

Remarks

Customer TabRemarks Tab

The 'Remarks' tab provides the User the ability to add comments and Remarks to the record. By default a Remark cannot be edited or deleted once it is added; to alter this behavior see the Configuration Option: REMARKS_EDITABLE .

Adding Remarks

Add New Service Desk Activity form

After clicking the Add button button , the data-entry form opens (see above example) which provides the User with a free-form field used for entering Remarks. Click the Save New button button to add the Remark.

Note: Remember that depending on the system configuration Remarks may not be editable once added.

Viewing Remarks

Selecting the 'View Remark' button will open a read-only data-entry form that displays the text of the Remark.

Emails

Emails tab

The 'Emails' tab will associate an email address to a Contact record. Multiple email addresses can be saved in PCR-360 with the option to set an Email Address as the primary for the Contact. To add an email association use the following steps:

  1. Click the Add Button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Contact Email Address' form.
    Add New Contact Email Address form
  3. Enter the Email Address and select if the Email is intended as a Primary contact or as an alternate email.
  4. If the Email Address should show in the Directory select the 'Directory' check box.
  5. Click the  Save New button button.

The Email Address for the Contact will be added to the grid.

Set as Primary

The Set as Primary button button will allow a User to quickly change the status of the Primary Email Address without having to open a sub form. Simply click the Email Address to set, and click the button. The 'Type' on the selected record should change to Primary and unset on the original record.

Phone Numbers

Phone Numbers tab

The 'Phone Numbers' tab will allow the association of a Phone Number or numbers with a Contact record. These numbers can be set as primary or allowed to appear in the directory. To add the Phone Number association follow these steps:

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Contact Phone Number' form.
    Add New Contact Phone Number form
  3. Enter the 'Phone Number' and select the 'Type' of number that it is; work, home etc.
  4. If the Phone Number is the Primary number for the Contact, click the 'Primary' check box.
  5. If the Phone Number should show in the Directory select the 'Directory' check box.
  6. Click the Save New button button.

The Phone Number will be added to the grid.

Address/Addresses

Addresses tab

The 'Addresses' tab will associate an Address to the Contact record.

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Address' form.
  3. Enter the 'Street Address', 'City', 'State', and 'Zip'. Each of these fields are required.
  4. Select the 'Type' if one is desired.
  5. If the Address should show in the Directory select the 'Directory' check box.
  6. Click the Save New button button.

The Address will now reflect in the grid on the Addresses tab.

GLA Permissions

GLA Permissions tab

The 'GLA Permissions' tab will allow a User to limit a Contact to be associated with specific GLAs for greater administrative control. Whatever GLA Permissions are set here are the GLA(s) that the Contact will have access to via the CustomerCenter .

When a Contact is assigned to a Department OR is a Coordinator for a Department the Contact inherits the Department's GLA Permissions.

Add

To limit a Contact to a GLA(s) follow these steps:

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New GLA Permission' form.
    Add New GLA Permission form
  3. Select the GLA or GLAs that are desired to associate from the grid. Filters and Search can be used to sort to the GLA(s) that are desired.
  4. Click the Save and Close button button.

The GLA Permissions will be added to the Contact record. Any time Users attempt to assign a GLA through the CustomerCenter for this Contact record, the GLA(s) available will be limited to the ones in this list.

Permit None

If the Contact should never be allowed to be associated with a GLA simply click the Permit None button button. Any previously associated GLA(s) will be removed and a message will appear in the grid that says 'No GLA entries may be used with this Contacts entry.' By default, when a new Contact is created the Permit None option is automatically added.

To remove the 'Permit None' restriction, simply select the message in the grid, and then click the Delete Selected button button.

GLA Permissions Contact Inheritance

Users can set the Permission at the Department level and the Contact will automatically inherit the GLA Permissions from the Department level. Any GLA Permissions that the Contact inherits from the Department will be displayed on the 'GLA Permissions' tab by pressing the Inherited Permissions button button.

Manage Contact form

GLA Permissions Contact Inheritance from Department Rules

Below are the rules as to how a Contact assigned to a Department inherits the GLA Permissions from that Department

  • When Contact assigned to Department Contact will inherit all of the Departments current GLA Permissions.
  • When Department adds a new GLA Permission(s), assigned Contact will inherit that/those new GLA Permissions.
  • When Department deletes a GLA Permission(s) assigned GLA will gain/lose those GLA Permissions.
  • When Contact is unassigned from a Department the Contact loses the GLA Permissions from that Department.
  • When the Contact is assigned to a Department (B) that is the Child of another Department (A), the Contact will inherit
    the GLA Permissions of both of the Departments.
  • When Department A gets a new GLA Permission(s), the assigned Contact will inherit those GLA Permissions.
  • When Department A deletes a GLA Permission(s), the assigned Contact will lose those GLA Permissions.
  • When a Contact is unassigned from Department B, it will lose the GLA Permissions from both Department A and B.

GLA Approval

GLA Approval tab

The 'GLA Approval' tab is used to assign the range(s) of GLAs that a Contact has access to for approving Requests. For the tab to appear the Contact must first be set to the 'User' type. When a GLA set on the 'GLA Approval' tab is used in the Request initiated in the CustomerCenter, that Worker/Contact will be notified that there is a Request that is "Pending Approval". Putting the GLA on the 'GLA Approval' tab also automatically makes the GLA require approval.

There are three components to a GLA Approval record:

  • GLA - The Contact will be able to see Approvals for this specified GLA.
  • Minimum Amount - Any amount requiring Approval must first meet this threshold Minimum Amount. Approvals for less then this will not need the given Contact's attention.
  • Maximum Amount - Any amount above this threshold will exceed the given Contact's limit and the Contact will not be required for Approvals over the set amount.

It is possible to set a range by specifying both a Minimum and Maximum Amount in their respective fields. Any Requests that fall within the range will be made available to the Contact for Approval. If no Minimum or Maximum amount is set the Worker/Contact will always be required to Approve for the specified GLA.

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New GLA Component Approval' form.
    Add New GLA Component Approval button
  3. Select the GLA or GLAs that are desired to associate from the grid. Filters and Search can be used to sort to the GLA(s) that are desired.
  4. Set the Minimum and/or Maximum Amounts.
  5. Click the Save button button.
  6. Close the form.

The GLA Approval record will be created and should be added to the grid.

Attachments

Attachments tab

The Attachments tab allows Users to attach files (including .pdf, .jpg, .doc, and more) of interest or relevance to the service by upload.

Uploading a File

To attach one or more files, navigate to the 'Attachments' tab and click the Upload File(s) button button located on the Grid Toolbar above the 'Attachments' grid. The User will be prompted to select the file(s) from their hard drive to upload. Upon selection of a file(s), the upload will begin automatically.

Download File

Allows a User to download a file to their local machine. Useful to make modifications to a file, which can then be re-uploaded. To download a file click the Download File button buttonThe download should begin and allow the User to define where they would like to save the file.

Open File

This will open the file, if possible, for viewing by the User. No modifications of the original file can be made when opened in this manner. To use this functionality select the file to view and click the Open File button button The file should open for viewing.

Edit Selected

Allows the name of the file to be modified within PCR-360. If a User modifies the name of the file, that is the new name that will be used when downloading the file.

1. Select the file to modify and click the Edit Selected button button.

2. This will open the 'Manage Attachment' form.

Manage Attachment form

From here the filename can be modified as desired.

Note: Care should be taken NOT to change the extension of the file name or unexpected behaviors or lose of the file are possible.

Delete Selected

This will remove the file from PCR-360. Select the file to remove and click the Delete Selected button button The File will have been removed from PCR-360.

Coordinators

Coordinators tab

The 'Coordinators' tab appears in the Department Hierarchy menu. A User can add an existing Coordinator, or delete the Coordinator from the Department Hierarchy. To add a Coordinator, follow these steps.

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. The 'Add New Existing Coordinators' form will open.
    Add New Existing Coordinators form
  3. Select the Coordinator(s) that should be associated with the Department Hierarchy. The filters and search bar can help limit the results to find the Coordinator desired.
  4. Click the Save and Close button button.

The Coordinator(s) will be added to the tab.

Location Permissions

Locations Permissions tab

The 'Location Permissions' tab is on the Workgroups grid. The functionality of this tab allows an Admin to limit what Workgroup(s) can be assigned to a given Location.

Add

Using the 'Add' functionality a User can associate a Location Permission with a given Workgroup. This association will allow the Workgroup to be assigned tasks at a given Location.

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Workgroup Locations' form.
    Add New Workgroup Locations form
  3. Select the Location(s) that are desired to associate with the given Workgroup.
  4. Click the Save and Close button button.

The Workgroup will now be associated with the given Location and be the only Location(s) that can be assigned to the given Workgroup elsewhere in PCR-360.

Delete Selected

This will remove a Location Permission from the given Workgroup record.

  1. Select the Location Permission to remove from the grid.
  2. Click the Delete Selected button button.
  3. The Permission on the current given Workgroup record will have been removed.

Permit None

This button disallows any associated Location Permissions from a given Workgroup. To use, simply click the Permit None button button. Any Location(s) that were associated with the given Workgroup will have that Permission deleted. The grid will display: No Contacts entries may be used with this Locations entry message

To remove the 'Permit None' status follow these steps:

  1. Select the line in the grid that says:No Contacts entries may be used with this Locations entry message
  2. Click the Delete Selected button button.
  3. The Permit None restriction will have been removed and it will be possible to associate Location(s) with the given Workgroup again.

Escalation Sequence

Escalation Sequence tab

The 'Escalation Sequence' tab will set a list of people to be notified via ''Escalations and Notifications'' in the event a given Escalation is not completed in the time frame specified on the Escalation/Notification by member Workers of the Workgroup. The Contact with the lowest 'Sequence #' will be notified first, progressing sequentially to the Contact with the highest Sequence #.

PCR recommends spacing Sequence # by tens (10, 20, 30) to make it easy to add Contacts to the Sequence in the future should that be desired. Any Contacts with an identical Sequence # would be notified at the same time. A good example would be to make the Workers of the Workgroup the first people notified of incomplete tasks by the Workgroup as a reminder. The next person(s) in the sequence might be a supervisor or manager. These rules would be set by the organizations desired business practices.

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. The 'Add New Worker Escalation Sequence' form will open.
    Add New Worker Escalation Sequence form
  3. Select a Contact from the 'Contact' picker, and set a 'Sequence #'.
  4. Click the Save New button button.
  5. Close the form.

The Contact and Sequence # will be added to the grid. Set up the appropriate ''Escalations and Notifications''.

User Defined Fields


User Defined Fields tab

The User Defined Fields tab provides access to any extra fields that have been defined for the given grid. See Adding User Defined Fields for more information.

Contact

Contact tab

The 'Contact' tab provides the User the ability to associate Contacts with a specific Vendor. The User can manually manage these associations by using the Add, Add Existing, and Delete Selected functionality available on the Contact tab.

Adding New Contacts

After clicking on the Add button button, the User is presented with a data-entry form used to build a basic Contact: First and Last Name, Email and Phone Number. Adding a new Contact here will create a new record in the Workers/Contacts section of the application as well as an association record for the Vendor.

Adding Existing Contacts

After clicking the Add Existing button button, a list of existing Contacts is presented. Searching through this list and selecting multiple entries will allow the User add all the required contacts. Select each of the Contacts that need to be associated with the Vendor and click the 'Save and Close' button.

Deleting an Association

Selecting the Delete Selected button button from this grid does not delete the Contact entry it merely removes the association from the Vendor.

Vendor

Vendor tab

The 'Vendor' tab is another way to add a Vendor to a Contact and visa versa. When a Vendor is added here, that Vendor becomes associated with the Contact so that the Contact will appear in that Vendors 'Contact' tab.

Add New Vendor

This will add a Vendor to the Vendors grid. To add a Vendor follow these steps:

  1. Click the Add New Vendor button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Vendor' form
    Add New Vendor form
  3. Fill in the 'Name' of the Vendor along with the Address.
  4. When all desired information is entered, click the Save New button button.

The new Vendor will be added to the Vendor grid and will be able to have 'Vendor Details' entered.

Add Existing Vendor

  1. To use a Vendor that was previously set up, click the Add Existing Vendor button button.
  2. his will open the 'Add Existing Vendor' form.

Manage Existing Vendors form

3. Select the Vendor(s) desired from the form and click the Save and Close button button. The Vendor will have been added.

Delete Selected

To remove a Vendor association from a given Contact just select the Vendor to remove and click the Delete Selected button button This will only remove the Vendor association and not any Vendors from the Vendors grid.

Worker Workgroup

Worker Workgroup tab

The 'Worker Workgroup' tab will be made available when a Contact is assigned a 'Type' of 'Worker'. Adding a Contact here will associate the Worker with the chosen Workgroup. The 'Hourly Rate' here is what the organization will charge for the Worker's labor, not necessarily what the Worker makes. The association will also show up in the '10915900 tab. To add follow these steps:

  1. Click the Add button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Worker Rates' form.
    Add New Worker Rates form
  3. Set the 'Workgroup' assignment for the Worker.
  4. Enter values for the 'Hourly Rates'. All three fields, 'Regular', 'Overtime', and 'Double Overtime' are required fields.
  5. Click the Save New button button.

The Workgroup will now have the defined Worker associated to the Workgroup.

Worker Schedule

Worker Schedule tab

The 'Worker Schedule' will allow the User to define the 'Days' and 'Time Range' availability of a Worker. The schedule is used by PCR-360 to ''Auto-Schedule'' Workflow. To add a schedule follow these steps:

  1. Click the Add button button
  2. This will open the 'Add New Schedule' form.
    Add New Schedule form
  3. Select the 'Days' desired, and add the 'Time Range' of the Worker's availability. Use the regular availability for the Worker here, ignoring breaks in the time like vacation, holidays, breaks, or lunches. This gives PCR-360 a baseline for scheduling that can then be altered by the User in the Time Entry as needed.
  4. Select the time using the Time Range inputs according to rules in the tool-tip.
  5. Click the Save button button.

The Schedule should be added to the grid. Repeat as necessary for individual days if the Worker has an irregular schedule.

Workers and Rates

Add New Worker Rates form

The 'Workers & Rates' tab will associate a Worker with a Workgroup and define their 'Hourly Rate' for billing purposes. The 'Hourly Rate' here is what the organization will charge for the Worker's labor, not necessarily what the Worker makes. The association will also show up in the '10915900' tab.

  1. Click the Add Button button.
  2. This will open the 'Add New Worker Rates' form.
    Add New Worker Rates form
  3. Set the 'Worker' to assign to the Workgroup.
  4. Enter values for the 'Hourly Rates'. All three fields, 'Regular', 'Overtime', and 'Double Overtime' are required fields.
  5. Click the Save New button button.

The Worker will now be associated with the defined Workgroup.



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