Business Hours & SLAs

What is an SLA and how do I create a new SLA policy?
An SLA (Service Level Agreement) is an agreed-upon time period within which a response and/or resolution should be provided for a ticket. Within Freshde...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 9:21 PM
Can individual SLA policies be set up for different companies?
Freshdesk has multiple SLA policies that could be set up to apply to four categories - Sources, Types, Groups, Companies, and Products. Kindly make sure ...
Tue, 18 Apr, 2023 at 10:39 AM
When a ticket is created, does the timer start right away? How can I stop the timer when I respond to a customer?
When a ticket is newly created on the portal, the default status of this ticket is "open." So this is when the SLA timer begins on the ticket and ...
Fri, 31 Mar, 2023 at 2:37 PM
How do I change the Due Time of a Ticket?
Go to the Tickets tab -> click on a ticket, in the Ticket details page, you'll find the 'Edit' option right above the Subject of the ticket. ...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 9:23 PM
What is the difference between "response due" and "overdue"?
When a ticket is created in your portal, you could set a priority to the ticket according to the subject and level of urgency expressed by the customer. In ...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 9:24 PM
How to escalate SLA violation to another group or third party who is not an agent?
While configuring SLA, you would also have to option to set up escalation rules, which would send out notifications to the chosen agents, whenever the confi...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 9:24 PM
Is a private note counted as a response under SLA policies?
From an Agent's point of view, only a reply or a public note will be classified as a response. These are the ones that could be viewed on a ticket by ...
Thu, 21 Feb, 2019 at 11:10 PM
How to send escalation emails to unresponsive agents?
Escalations can crop up for many reasons, like miscommunication with agents, technical delays, missed SLAs, etc. It is essential to set up the right process...
Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Which agent is attributed under the Tickets resolved/Resolution metric when there are multiple agents working on a particular ticket?
The Tickets resolved metric will be attributed to the "Assigned agent of the ticket", irrespective of who the ticket is resolved or closed by....
Mon, 17 Jul, 2017 at 8:01 PM
How to configure business hours?
You could configure Business Hours on your account, based on your active time period for each day of the week. This could be done from under Admin > Serv...
Tue, 19 Sep, 2023 at 3:15 PM