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SupportCenter Plus 11.0 has gone through a major overhaul at a technology-framework level and is now bringing you exciting new features and enhancements. Give your customers top-notch support by leveraging billing contracts, account management, field service management, live chat, and more!

General
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1.

Framework

  • JBoss dependency completely removed and upgraded to PostgreSQL 10.5
  • SupportCenter Plus will be connected to PostgreSQL with a specific database user credential instead of a superuser credential for better security
  • Tomcat upgraded to version 8.5.32
  • Security framework upgraded
 
2.

Live chat

Chat with contacts and support reps instantly

Bottom right corner

3.

Themes

  • Customize tabs present in the application
  • Customize the background color of tabs

Home > Admin > General > Theme

4.

Scribble pad

Take emergency notes easily while working on tickets

Yellow icon (below "Accounts" tab)

5.

General

  • Easily import SSL certificates from the user interface itself
  • Translations can now be made from user interface
 
6.

Mail server settings

  • Support for Exchange Web Services (EWS) is now available (basic authentication model)
  • Create and configure a dedicated mail box for every portal (previously termed business unit or BU). Email aliases won't work from here on out

Home > Admin > Mail Server Settings

7.

Automation

  • Enhancement in custom triggers and custom schedules
  • Use the Tech Auto Assign feature to assign support reps to tickets based on the online status of support reps or use load balancing or round robin assigning

Home > Admin > Helpdesk Customizer

Dashboard
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1. Dashboard enhancements
  • New look and feel
  • New layout styles
  • Configure background colors
  • Filter reports based on support groups
  • Create widgets from external pages or from internal custom reports
  • Reorder or hide dashboards easily
  • Change dashboard visibility to public or private, or choose to give visibility to certain support reps or specific organization roles

Home > Dashboard

Home
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1. My View
  • Enhanced look and feel
  • Rearrange widgets for better visibility using the customize button on the right
  • My Reminders and My Approvals widgets are added
  • Check approval requests and reminders on newly added My Approvals and My Reminders
  • Enhancements in adding tasks
  • Ability to customize support reps' and contacts' home pages

Home > My View

2. Scheduler
  • See the support reps on leave and their backups using the Backup Support Rep Chart
  • Calendar gets a new look and feel
  • Filter calendar details based on support groups

Home > Scheduler

4. Broadcast messages
  • Send messages to all support reps, support groups, and logged-in reps regarding emergency updates

Home > Actions > Communication > Broadcast message

5. Actions
  • Redesigned quick actions with new capabilities

Home > Actions button

Requests
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1. Request list view
  • Differentiate requests by looking at the colors of requests, which are based on status
  • Manage requests better with enhanced filters and Custom View creation
  • View tasks from the left pane
  • Assign tickets to support reps and support groups from the request list view page
  • Print job sheets for closed requests right from the request list view
  • Mark filters as favorites and drag-and-drop to rearrange them as needed
  • Filter requests from unregistered users with the Unknown Requests filter
  • View up to 250 requests at a go from the request list page

Home > Requests

2. Request details
  • Revamped look and feel
  • Move requests between portals from the Actions menu
  • Three-card layout for better visibility
  • Reorder the tabs present in the details page for better visibility using Request Layout Customization
  • Share requests
  • Sort conversations
  • Click Timer to track the time spent on a request
  • Add tasks from templates, and associate them with the requests
  • Add dependency tickets for tracking and responding
  • Change the account of wrongly associated requests
  • Enhanced ability to close the requests, Resolution tab, and Time Entries tab
  • Field and form rules get more operational abilities
  • Enhanced request closure rules
  • Editor placeholder is upgraded with more options
  • Solution suggestions are automatically available for easier reference
  • Ability to mandate status change comments for requests
  • Automatically move requests from on-hold when a customer responds
  • Time entries get a new look and feel

Home > Requests > [request] > Request details

3. Tasks
  • Tasks get a new look and feel
  • Task closing rules have been introduced
  • Along with individual reps, Support Groups can now be assigned tasks

Home > My Tasks > +New

4. HTML editor enhancements (across the product)
  • Smiley support
  • Modify table properties
  • Edit HTML code
  • Ability to tag a ticket with keywords for easier search
 
5. Request Life Cycle

Configure clear sequences of statuses for incoming requests to guide support reps through the request resolution process

Home > Admin > System Customizer > Request Life Cycle

Admin
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1. Notification rules enhancements
  • New notification rules introduced
  • Sending self-service login details is part of the Global settings now

Home > Admin > Main Settings > Notification Rules

2.

Survey enhancements

  • Configure different survey templates for different types of requests
  • Send ad hoc surveys
  • Send periodic surveys at predefined intervals
  • Configure different answers for different questions

Home > Admin > User Survey

3.

Roles

New roles introduced

Home > Admin > Users > Roles

4. Request template

Enhancements

Home > Admin > Helpdesk Customizer

5. Service categories

Group and organize service templates

Home > Admin > Helpdesk Customizer

6. Backup scheduling
  • Backups are password protected. You need a password to access backup files
  • Delete old backup files automatically
 
6. Behavior changes
  • Contact-level permission is removed from incident templates
  • Contact-level permissions can be configured in every template
  • The Menu Invocation has been renamed to the Request Custom Menu now
 
Integrations
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1. Field service management (Zoho Maps and Google Maps integration)

Pin the geographical location of the on-field support staff in the map view

Maps tab (go to the Global Settings to enable it)

2.
  • API
  • Zoho Assist
  • Zoho CRM
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Advance analytics
  • Google Analytics
  • Jira integration
  • Zoho Creator
  • Zoom integration

Integration enhancements

Home > Admin > Integrations

Solutions
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1. Solution Expiry and Periodic Review

Set the solution expiration and periodic review date based on their nature and relevance

Home > Solutions > +New

2. Feature enhancements
  • Solution list view gets new look and feel
  • New default filters to view solutions
  • New solution notification rules are introduced under notification rules
  • New solution-related roles are introduced
  • Improved solution suggestions
  • Track the requests that are resolved using the relevant solutions
  • Show only approved solutions to technicians.
  • Unapproved solutions will be hidden from technicians who do not have solution approval privilege

Home > Solutions

Account and contact management
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1. Feature enhancements
  • Accounts creation and list view get a new look and feel
  • Older options are moved under relevant sections for better visibility
  • Add portal-based attachments to an account, and make them visible for relevant portal support reps only
  • Provide advisory notes via Account Advisory to notify support reps of pertinent account information while handling tickets
  • Mark an account as inactive from the account list view
  • Contacts creation and list view get a new look and feel
  • New views are introduced for better admin operations in the Contacts module
  • Ability to log in via OTP (requires purchased credits from Site 24/7, Clickatell, etc.)

Home > Accounts

Billing
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1. Contracts

Revamped

Home > Contracts

2. Bill Rule

With this rule, match the incident or service request parameters based on which the incident or service request is charged

Home > Admin > Billing > Bill Rule

3. Top-up Plan

Add an allowance to existing bill cycle of contracts

Home > Admin > Billing > Top-up Plan

4. Support Plan

Function enhancements

Home > Admin > Billing > Support Plan

5. Job Sheet Customizer

Function enhancements

Home > Admin > Billing > Job Sheet Customizer

Products
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1. Product enhancements
  • Products creation and list view have been revamped
  • You can now add attachments while adding products

Home > Products

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