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Add Business Hours to 'Time Triggers' Automation

Related products:Freshdesk
  • October 14, 2020
  • 17 replies
  • 242 views

Hi


I am currently trying to use the Time Triggers Automation to set a follow-up schedule. For example:


  1. Set ticket Status to Waiting on Customer
  2. 3 business days pass (72 hours not including weekends) with no response or reply
  3. Send follow up 1
  4. A further 3 business days pass (144 hours not including weekends) with no response or reply
  5. Send email and set Status as Resolved

Because our business and customers do not work over the weekend and we cannot exclude business hours from the Time Triggers, we are unable to properly automate the above. Or if we do, we risk customer consufion or frustration if we end up closing a ticket on the weekend and they haven't had time to form a response.

Can FreshDesk please implement an enhancement request for this or let me know how I can setup an automated follow up schedule based on the above timeframes in another way?

Cheers! 

17 replies

  • Community Debut
  • March 12, 2022

Add option for Time Triggers to use Business Hours just like the SLA does.


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  • Skilled Expert
  • April 3, 2022

We’re having the exact same issue. It makes no sense that you can do this on Ticket Creation and Ticket update automations but not on Business Hours automation.

It looks like there has been multiple threads on this - 

On that thread it looks like it was put in as a feature request but no feedback has been given then on any progress.

Can anyone on the freshdesk team please provide an update on this?


Thanks


Jerome​​​​​​​


  • Community Debut
  • April 8, 2022

No reply from freshdesk team and they have archivated this idea as well


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bump


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  • Apprentice
  • May 11, 2022

This should not be archived it is clearly a requirement.

 

This is something I am just looking at and really want based on business hours as we are not 24/7


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@rashmi.nag please can you advise why this is archived? this is an open request

 

Thanks


rashmi.nag
Skilled Expert
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  • Skilled Expert
  • May 12, 2022
Updated idea statusArchivedOPEN

rashmi.nag
Skilled Expert
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  • Skilled Expert
  • May 12, 2022

Hi @Jerome.Haynes. I can check with the Freshdesk product team regarding this idea. Unsure why this idea having 5+ votes had an Archived status label. Shall check on that as well. For now, I am changing the status of this idea to OPEN and will let the concerned teams know.


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Hi @Jerome.Haynes. I can check with the Freshdesk product team regarding this idea. Unsure why this idea having 5+ votes had an Archived status label. Shall check on that as well. For now, I am changing the status of this idea to OPEN and will let the concerned teams know.

Thanks Rashmi, an update on this would be very appreciated as I think a few of us are finding this is a much needed feature. Thanks for setting this back to open 

 

Jerome


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  • Contributor
  • June 22, 2022

Hi @Jerome.Haynes. I can check with the Freshdesk product team regarding this idea. Unsure why this idea having 5+ votes had an Archived status label. Shall check on that as well. For now, I am changing the status of this idea to OPEN and will let the concerned teams know.

Hi Rashmi, do you have any update on this please?

 

I believe this is integral for many business users and it is probably one of the make or break options for my business case at my work to add circa 40 agents. If it can happen we will be able to proceed as I would like to with Freshdesk across the wider business.


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  • Apprentice
  • June 30, 2022

Hi Rashmi, do you have any update on this please?


stefania
Apprentice
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  • Apprentice
  • October 4, 2022

Dos someone know if there is any news on this topic??


alyssia.correa
Skilled Expert
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OpenIn progress

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  • Skilled Expert
  • September 20, 2023

@alyssia.correa Is there an update on this? Bump


gabriel.amarodaluz
Apprentice
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We are also trying to use Automations with business hours to send follow ups to our clients. Would really appreciate this feature.


Benoit Pigment
Apprentice
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Huge blocker indeed!


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  • Contributor
  • November 17, 2023

Definitely view this as much needed functionality.  We have customers in multiple time zones and we are not 24x7, so having option for business hours in automations is a huge need