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The purpose of Advanced Task Assignment is to provide an additional layer of filtering to assign Work Items
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In addition to assigning WIs to the correctly skilled users, the system also calculates SLA timings for WI and the current WI task. The sort order of WIs in a pool is determined by the WI priority and the calculated Target Start Time of Work Item's Task.
In this way, users get WIs in the correct order to meet the target SLA set by individual business needs.
Escalation Methods for Work Item (WI)
With help of the Work Item (WI) priority, users receive WI in the appropriate order regarding SLA.
. Thus, users receive the WI due to Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with proper skills to complete the Work Item, which is specifically set by the business preferences.
The system can accomplish the advanced-task filtering by changing the behavior of the Get From Pool button on the Dashboard. When a user clicks the Get From Pool button, the system compares the user's list of held skills against the skill assignment of the top queued Work Items. Then, if there is a match, the system assigns the Work Item with the highest priority and soonest SLA to the user.
Image AddedThe Skill Priority Pyramid
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title | Escalation Methods for Work Items |
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: Expedited and Priority. # | Escalation Method | Flow | Example |
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target dates based on expedited SLA |
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timings to move the WI through the process |
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within a shorter time frame. To set the expedited escalation method, perform the following action: | Image Added Defining the Expedited escalation method | 2 | Priority | Moves a WI to the front of all other non-priority WIs for |
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faster processing time. To set the priority, perform the following action: | Image Added Defining the priority level |
Skill priority is subdivided into five levels. They are the following: Priority | Suggested Uses | Description |
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1 | Priority 1 |
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| Reserved for escalation of individual WI. | The escalation of individual WI: | 2 | Unique Skills |
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| Exist for WIs with the established bottlenecks in the skilled resources. | There are the following prerequisites: |
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| These should be for skills that are out of norm or temporarily scarce. |
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| Examples of rare skills include: |
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| Used for the time-sensitive items or items of importance. |
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| The common skills make up the vast majority of your skills. |
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You can enable Advanced Task Assignment with help of the following domain elements. Work Item: Domain 209Field ID | Name | Field type | Definition | Example |
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130049 | Expedited | Boolean |
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: | Image Added Work Items domain | 130048 | Is Priority | Boolean |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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from Pool logic. Info |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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It is used for reporting and tracking |
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purposes only. | 120010 | Task Due Time |
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| 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 |
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Work Item Task Target Start Time that is calculated when a WI enters each task node. The Task Target Start Time is used in conjunction with Priority Level to define an order of Get Next.
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Skills
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| 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. | 69001 | 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. |
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69002 | Suitable Skills | Troubleshooting |
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| This field indicates all skills that have matched the current WI. The highest-ranked skill is assigned to the appropriate WI. |
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| 130103 | With Money | Boolean | The field can be set to Yes with an action on the workflow when a check or other money is attached to the WI. This field can be used to assign different skills or SLA’s to the WI. | |
Get From Pool Assignments: Domain 690Field ID | Name | Type | Required | Notes | Example |
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100201 | Name | STRING |
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| 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. | Image Added Skills domain Image AddedRequest 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 |
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must apply to the Request Type. | 100297 | Node Name | STRING |
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| True | Defines the task node skills that should be applied. Task node dedicates how the WI is processed. |
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69101 | Skill Rarity | REFERENCE (841 - Skill Rarity) | True |
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Deals with bottleneck skills and |
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assigns a WI to users that may have rare (specialized) skills |
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. Rare-skilled WI will be delivered to a user with that rare skill before the common-skill WI. | 110102 | Skill Rank | NUMBER(38) | -
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“Skill Rank” to a WI when there are multiple suitable skills for the WI |
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110401
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Task Due
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SLA field - number of business hours to complete the WI task (Micro SLA).
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110403
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Task Due Expedited
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NUMBER(38)
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SLA field - expedited the number of business hours to complete the WI task. Should be smaller value than Task Due hours.
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110402
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Task Lead Time
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NUMBER(38)
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. | 110404 | Work Item Hours Due | NUMBER(38) | -
| SLA field - number of business hours to complete all the WI tasks |
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. | 110406 | Work Item Hours Due Expedited | NUMBER(38) | -
| SLA field - expedited number of business hours to complete all the WI tasks |
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| 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. |
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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). | +++ | Docupace Client Defined Fields for Skill |
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Tip: You need a Change Request to modify this domain and the Set Work Item Skill action by engineering. |
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Skill Rarity: Domain |
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691Skill Rarity Domain defines and holds values for the Skill Priority Pyramid |
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100001 | Name | STRING(50) | - | Image Added Skill Rarity domain | 110102 | Priority | Number(38) |
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excluded from this domain to allow users to escalate individual work items as needed. |
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User Access: Domain 300The following field is stored in the User Access domain and allows assigning multiple skills to the appropriate user. |
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69001 | Skills | REFERENCE (840 - Skills) | This field |
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narrows down the type of work items a user will pull from the Get |
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| Image Added Skills section in the User Access domain |
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Tip: When a user clicks the Get From Pool button, the system performs the following actions: Assigns WIs based on the user’s skills and the highest priority. Compares a skill assignment of the top-queued work item against the
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Assigns the highest priority of a WI to the preferred user
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Holidays: Domain 390This domain defines the holidays when a business is closed. |
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Warning: Weekends are automatically excluded from the SLA calculations |
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Tip: If your firm is open on weekends, add weekends as a holiday record. |
To exclude the entire day from SLA calculations: To enter a half-day: Field ID | Name | Type | Notes | Example |
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120101 | Holiday Date | DATE | Date of the holiday. | Image Added 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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Information: To set the Start / End of normal business hours for calculating SLA, set the numeric field in the following application preferences: |
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