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Accessing Service Appointment Management

You can access the Service Appointment Management tab via the Services App (or other service apps that have been implemented in your organisation) or by searching for Service Appointment Management via the App Launcher.

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From a Contact Record you have a quick action to Manage Appointments, this will take you to the Service Appointment Management tab with a filter already applied for the Contact you're viewing.

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Applying Filters

Click on the Add Filters button in the top right of the interface to open up the filter options. You can then add the desired filters and click the Apply Filters button to filter the Service Appointments table.

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Filter

Description

Days of the Week

Filter Service Appointments that are scheduled for specific days of the week.

Date Range

Filter a specific date range based on the Start Date on a Work Order.

Start Time Range

Filter based on the Start Time that the Service Appointment is being delivered.

End Time Range

Filter based on the End Time that the Service Appointment is being delivered.

Service Appointment Number

Filter a specific Service Appointment based on the Service Appointment Number.

Work Order

Filter Service Appointments related to a specific Work Order based on Work Order Number.

Contact

Filter for Service Appointments related to a specific Contact.

Service Agreement

Filter for Service Appointments related to a specific Service Agreement.

Status

Filter for Service Appointments with a specific Status.

Service Resource

Filter for Service Appointments which have a specific Assigned Resource.

Search Appointments without Assigned Resources

Filter for Service Appointments which have no Assigned Resource so you can use Match Resources to find suitable resources.

Service Territory

Filter for Service Appointments which have a specific Service Territory assigned.

Care Manager / Client Coordinator

This is a field on the Contact which allows you to search based on Care Manager / Client Coordinator assigned to the Participant.

Workforce Coordinator

This is a field on the Contact which allows you to search based on Workforce Coordinator assigned to the Participant.

Work Type

Filter for Service Appointments which have a specific Work Type assigned.

Support Category

Filter for Service Appointments which have a Support Item containing a specific Support Category, assigned via the Work Order Line Item on the related Work Order.

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Bulk Updating Service Appointments

We can bulk update Service Appointments by selecting the records we want to update, using the check action (cross and tick icons) in the right hand column or by selecting Check All which will select all records in the filtered view, and then clicking Update Selected.

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Click Save when all necessary updates have been applied.

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Matching Resources

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The Match Resources (or Get Candidates) feature allows you to find suitable Service Resources (Support Workers) to assign to Service Appointments.

To make the Match Resources (or Get Candidates) button available on the Service Appointment Management interface, you must set the filter Search Appointments without Assigned Resources to TRUE.

Resource Time Preferences

An important part of configuring the Match Resources feature is to ensure that each Service Resource has a Preference Record created on their Service Resource Record. This will define the Time Slots that the Service Resource is available to work.

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On the Preference Record you will see a section where you're able to configure Time Slots for the Service Resource.

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Global Filters

In the Match Resources (or Get Candidates) feature you will notice Global Filters are available in the top left corner.

Global Filter

Description

Distance

Filter Service Resources (Support Workers) within a specified range of the Service Appointment Location.

  • This uses the Suburb Postcode Location field on the Work Order to determine the Location of the Service Appointment.

  • This uses the Location field on the Service Resource to define the Location of the Service Resource.

  • If the Distance reads “0”, then a Location has not been added to the Service Resource Record.

Match Skills

Filter by Skills which you can see in the Skills column of the Match Resource table.

  • Required Skills are assigned to a Contact via the Manage Preferences quick action on a Contact Record.

  • Skills are assigned to a Service Resource via their Service Resource Record.

Attribute Match

Filter by a percentage of Attributes that you would like to match for Service Appointments.

  • Attributes allow you to match Participants to specific fields on a Service Resource Record.

  • Attributes are assigned to a Contact via the Manage Preferences quick action on a Contact Record.

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For example, if a Service Resource Record has a field for Languages and the Participant speaks a specific language, under Manage Preferences on the Contact Record you can specify Languages = French which will then feed into the Service Appointment Management to help facilitate scheduling to a suitable resource.

Preference

Filter based on the Resource Preference that has been assigned to a Service Resource in relation to a specific Participant.

  • Required means the Service Resource must be scheduled to the Participant.

  • Excluded means the Service Resource must not be scheduled to the Participant.

  • Preferred means the Service Resource is the preferred option when scheduling for this Participant.

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Note that in the Preference column of the Match Resources table, you can click the badge to update the Preference, so if you find suitable resources you may want to update them to Preferred so they're easier to find next time.

Employment Status

Filter based on the Employee Status which is a field on the Service Resource Record.

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This filter is to help you target Full Time and Part Time workers to assign Service Appointments before looking at your Casual workforce.

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Match Resources Table View

The filters that you applied to Service Appointment Management before clicking Match Resources or Get Candidates will determine the Service Appointments and Contacts you can see in the Match Resources Table View. You will see a tab for each Participant if there are many Participants in your filtered view.

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Note

Training will be required for your workforce on how to manage the Approach process which will send Suggested Service Appointments which might be confused for actual Service Appointments that they’re required to deliver.

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Advanced Filters

When you click into a Service Appointment you will see the option for Advanced Filters which contains a range of more specific filters which you can use per Service Appointment.

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