Freshdesk - What's new in Freshdesk?

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This is a list of features that have been added to Freshdesk since the GA release. We will update this list as new features get added. You can check back here to see what's new.



  • Ability to export data out of Freshdesk


  • Ability to import from Zendesk


  • An email forwarded to the helpdesk by an agent gets created as a ticket with the original requestor


  • Remote Authentication and Single Sign On


  • Manual Edit for Due by date and time


  • Access restrictions for solutions and Forums - Anyone, Logged in users or Agents


  • Rich text editor for forums


  • Support for multiple customizable portals


  • CC support in tickets


  • Link back URL for Logo


 

23 July 2011 - We are glad to announce another Update with new features in Freshdesk.



  • Merge and Split for Tickets.


  • Canned Response


  • Choice of Billing -Monthly/Quarterly/Half-Yearly/Annually


8 August 2011 - This update of Freshdesk includes these new features





  • Supervisor - Supervisor performs an hourly check on existing tickets and takes automatic actions based on certain conditions.


  • Agent Ticket Summary Report


  • Group Ticket Summary Report


 

27 August 2011 - New Features in this update.

 





  • Twitter Integration- Convert your customer's Tweets/Mentions/Direct Messages about your product/brand or service as Tickets.Reply to the Tweets from Freshdesk and they will be added as conversation.


  • Allow a user to be able to access all the tickets from their organization.




  • Sign up option- You can allow users to Sign up for an account in your Support portal.




  • Login using Twitter- You can allow your users to login using their Twitter credentials.(Google is already available)




  • Customer Portal Enhancements- Enable/Disable Login using Google/Twitter and Sign up links.


 

3 October 2011 - New Features and fixes in this update.





  • Custom Views for Tickets - Options to create custom views based on Ticket Fields and saving the views for Agent,Group or All Agents.




  • Suggest Solutions - If no solution is shown,option to search for the solution from same tickets view page and insert the solution




  • Print Ticket - Option for printing the ticket data including Ticket Fields.




  • HTML Editor - HTML Editor support in Tickets page and Canned Responses




  • Reports - Option to select a timeline in reports.




  • Ability to move solutions to different folders - Option to move one solution article to another folder.




  • Custom Field Editing - Option to edit "Ticket Type" field


 

21 October 2011 - New features and fixes in this update.

 



  • BCC support




  • Send Email and resolve the Ticket - Ability to resolve a ticket at time of reply




  • Send notification between Agents - When adding a private or public note, option to notify specific/All agents.


 

4 November 2011 - New features and fixes in this update.

 





  • Facebook Integration - Convert your Facebook Wall posts into Tickets - Option to include User posts and Company Posts.




  • Custom View Enhancements - Customer filter added. Now, you can filter tickets based on customers




  • Custom Reports export - Create your own Custom View filter and export them as report in CSV format.Reports can be generated based on timeline.




  • Marker to notify reply from users - No need to filter for latest reply from users.Any ticket with reply from user will be marked BOLD with a Blue Indicator.


 

 



Update - 08 December 2013



  • Mobile Friendly Feedback Widget 


  • Custom Field support in Freshdesk-Salesforce Integration


  • New conditions and actions added to the Automations





Update 


You now have the option to "Add CC" in the Dispatch'r rule. With this you can address certain scenarios like adding the account manager in CC whenever you get a billing related query, etc. 




Update 11 January 2014





  • Tickets raised via the widget will now have the Source set as "Feedback Widget"






  • JSON support for ticket fields





  • Custom SLA values can be set as Response and Resolution targets ranging from 15 mins to 12 months




  • Catalan and Polish Translation changes




  • Auto Refresh feature - One of the most sought after feature is back again. Now, the tickets page will get refreshed automatically just like your dashboard









Update - 18 January 2014






  • Change in Ticket Merge - Oldest ticket in the list of tickets being merged will be made the primary by default






  • Have the SLA Policy Name in the Customer UI





Update - 25 January 2014





  • Ticket Export Revamp - Exported file will now be sent as a link instead of an attached file





Update - 01 February 2014




  • SAML Single Sign On - With this, your users do not have to provide separate login credentials for Freshdesk. The authentication of the user is done by any SAML provider you configure on your side and the user attributes like Email address are sent back to Freshdesk.







Update - 08 February 2014










  • SSO Login for mobile 









Update - 15 February 2014



 









  • Code highlighter in Solutions






  • Ticket filter /views Edit Management - You can now edit and manage your views on the tickets page




  • Forum Monitoring - Ability to monitor a specific forum instead of having to monitor each individual topics




  • Keyboard shortcuts - You can now navigate your way around your helpdesk easily by using keyboard shortcuts. Learn more from here



  • Time Sheet report Revamp










Update - 22 February 2014


In this update, we are happy to push out certain major changes in the forums section as part of our Forums Revamp project. 


1. Question-Answer forum



  •                 Customer who posted the topic can mark a particular post as the answer, except his own.


  •                 Agent can mark any post as the answer of any topic.



2. Problem forum





  •                 Customer who posted the topic can mark the topic as solved.






  •                  Agent can mark any topic as solved.





3. Filters for Answered, Unanswered, Solved, and Unsolved topics for both agent and customer.


4. UI changes in the article list.



Hello everyone, 


To stay updated about the weekly releases and updates in Freshdesk, please follow https://support.freshdesk.com/discussions/forums/290531


Thanks,

Anna