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The purpose of Skill-based filtering is to provide an additional layer of filtering to assign work items. Thus, users receive the WI due to SLA (Service-Level Agreement) with proper skills to complete the work item, which is specifically set by the business preferences.

You can accomplish skill-based filtering by changing the behavior of the Get From Pool button while on the Dashboard. When a user clicks the Get From Pool button, the system compares the skill assignment of the top queued work item against that user's list of held skills. Then, if there is a match, the system assigns the work item to the user.

In addition to assigning work items to users with required skills, the system also calculates SLA timings for the work item and the current work item task. The system sorts work items in a pool according to each work item’s priority and calculated Task Target Start Time. This allows the system to assign work items in an order that aligns with the target SLA.

The Skill Priority Pyramid

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titleEscalation Methods for Work Items

There are two escalation methods for a Work Item (WI): Expedited and Priority.

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Escalation Method

Flow

Example

1

Expedited

Calculates target dates based on expedited SLA timings to move the WI through the process within a shorter time frame.

To set the expedited escalation method, perform the following action:

  • From Expedited, select:
    - No to disable calculating the target dates based on expedited SLA timings.
    - Yes to enable calculating the target dates based on expedited SLA timings.

Defining the Expedited escalation method

Defining the Expedited escalation method

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Priority

Moves a WI to the front of all other non-priority WIs for faster processing time.

To set the priority, perform the following action:

  • From Priority Level, select the preferred priority for the WI.

Defining the priority level

Defining the priority level

Skill priority is subdivided into five levels. They are the following:

Priority

Suggested Uses

Description

1

Priority 1

Reserved for escalation of individual WI.

The escalation of individual WI:

  • Allows the individual WI floating to the top of everyone's list to be worked "ASAP."

  • Is not assigned by a skill. Assigned to individual work items using the Is Priority field.

2

Unique Skills

Exist for WIs with the established bottlenecks in the skilled resources.

There are the following prerequisites:

  • Only specific users are authorized to approve a WI of a certain amount.

  • Only specific users are authorized to perform the task such as check writing.

3

Rare Skills

These should be for skills that are out of norm or temporarily scarce.

Examples of rare skills include:

  • New product launch where only a few specialists may have the appropriate knowledge.

  • Struggle Items with heightened supervision or sensitivity.

  • Windfall transactions.

4

Uncommon Skills

Used for the time-sensitive items or items of importance.

Example skills include:

  • Higher value transactions.

  • Primary skill of a user with a limited workflow. bility to do common skills when primary work is exhausted.

5

Common Skills

Baseline priority

The common skills make up the vast majority of your skills.

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Domain Elements

You can enable skill-based filtering with help of the following domain elements.

Work Item: Domain 209

Field ID

Name

Field type

Definition

Example

130049

Expedited

Boolean

If the field is set to:

  • Yes. The field will use the Expedited SLA values found in the skills domain.

  • No. The filed will disable the Expedited SLA values found in the skills domain.

Work Items domain

Work Items domain

130048

Is Priority

Boolean

  • If the field is set to Yes, it will assign WI.Priority = 1 and prevent skills from changing.

  • If the field is set to No, it will set WI.Priority = 5 by default

Note: When the field is set to No, the “Set Priority By Skills” is overwritten. Setting priority by skills sets a priority for a WI.

42401

Priority Level

Existing

Is uneditable by a user via UI from the client’s side (except Docupace admins). This field defines the WI priority and is part of the Get from Pool logic.

Info

Note: Barcode Mapping and Document Type Work Item Priority can interfere with priority assignment from skills in the Skills domain.

120008

SLA Start Time

Existing

This is a standard functionality that is set by a transition in the workflow. This field calculates the Work Item SLA Due Date.

120015

SLA Due Date

Existing

Work Item Due Date for completion through the workflow. It is used for reporting and tracking purposes only.

120010 

Task Due Time

Existing

Is calculated each time the WI enters a new task node. It is used for reporting and tracking purposes only.

120014 

Task Target Start Time

Existing

Is calculated each time the WI enters a new task node. This field defines the conjunction with priority and is part of the Get from Pool logic.

84001

Skills

Existing

Is a system of calculations. This matches data elements of WI to fields in the Skill domain. Once the data elements are matched, an appropriate skill is assigned to the WI.

84002

Suitable Skills

Troubleshooting

This field indicates all skills that have matched the current WI. The highest-ranked skill is assigned to the appropriate WI.

Skills: Domain 840

Field ID

Name

Type

Required

Notes

Example

100201

Name

STRING

True - Unique

Unique name of a Skill that will be used to select the skill assigned to a user via User Access. For more information, view Move User Access/User Preferences to User Settings.

Skills domain where you can find filed names

Skills domain

Request Type field in the Skills domainImage RemovedRequest Type field in the Skills domainImage Added

Request Type field in the Skills domain

23001

Workflow

REFERENCE (230 - Workflows)

True

Defines the workflow skills that should be applied.

42001

Request Type

REFERENCE (420 - Request Types)

True

Defines skills that must apply to the Request Type.

100297

Node Name

STRING

True

Defines the task node skills that should be applied. Task node dedicates how the WI is processed.

84101

Skill Rarity

REFERENCE (841 - Skill Rarity)

True

Deals with bottleneck skills and assigns a WI to users that may have rare (specialized) skills. Rare-skilled WI will be delivered to a user with that rare skill before the common-skill WI.

110102

Skill Rank

NUMBER(38)

-

Applies a skill with the highest “Skill Rank” to a WI when there are multiple suitable skills for the WI.

110404

Work Item Hours Due

NUMBER(38)

-

SLA field - number of business hours to complete all the WI tasks.

110406

Work Item Hours Due Expedited

NUMBER(38)

-

SLA field - expedited number of business hours to complete all the WI tasks.

120204

SLA Same Day

TIME

-

SLA field - ignores Work Item Hours Due and Task Due times. The SLA field also sets SLA due to the same day at the specified time. If SLA Same Day is set to 3PM, then any work item created before 3PM, will have a due date of 3PM the same day. After 3PM, SLA is set to 3PM the next business day.

Varies

Additional Product Fields for Skill Matching

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-

Default Product Fields that will be included for all clients. These fields are used for defining a skill in addition to the Request type, such as Product Type, Internal Replacement, Anticipated Premium Minimum, or others).

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Docupace Client Defined Fields for Skill

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-

Additional fields for defining skill records that are added by Docupace Clients.

Tip

Tip: You need a Change Request to modify this domain and the Set Work Item Skill action by engineering.

Skill Rarity: Domain 841

Skill Rarity Domain defines and holds values for the Skill Priority Pyramid.

Field ID

Name

Type

Notes

Example

100001

Name

STRING(50)

-

Skill Rarity domain

Skill Rarity domain

110102

Priority

Number(38)

Note

Attention: Do NOT add a record with priority value = 1. It is excluded from this domain to allow users to escalate individual work items as needed.

User Access: Domain 300

The following field is stored in the User Access domain and allows assigning multiple skills to the appropriate user.

Field ID

Name

Type

Notes

Example

84001

Skills

REFERENCE (840 - Skills)

This field narrows down the type of work items a user will pull from the Get from Pool button.

Skills section in the User Access domain

Skills section in the User Access domain

Tip

Tip: When a user clicks the Get From Pool button, the system performs the following actions:

  1. Assigns WIs based on the user’s skills and the highest priority.

  2. Compares a skill assignment of the top-queued work item against the provided skills.

  3. Assigns the highest priority of a WI to the preferred user.

Holidays: Domain 390

This domain defines the holidays when a business is closed.

Note

Warning: Weekends are automatically excluded from the SLA calculations.

Tip

Tip: If your firm is open on weekends, add weekends as a holiday record.

To exclude the entire day from SLA calculations:

  • Set the Start business time and End business time fields to the same value.

To enter a half-day:

  • Set the Start business time and End Business time fields as required.

Field ID

Name

Type

Notes

Example

120101

Holiday Date

DATE

Date of the holiday.

Holidays domain

Holidays domain

120202

Start Business Time

Time

-

120203

End Business Time

Time

-

100201

Name of Holiday

String(254)

-

110183

Number of Business Hours

Number(38)

This value is calculated by the system in the following way:
End Business Time minus Start Business Time.

130094

Falls on the weekend

Boolean

Calculated by the system using Holiday Date.

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Info

Information: To set the Start / End of normal business hours for calculating SLA, set the numeric field in the following application preferences:

  • Business hours started Pacific Time (PT)

  • Business hours ended Pacific Time (PT)