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Why should I use the NextTicket Manager for Kaseya BMS? 

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The NextTicket Manager for Kaseya BMS has the following benefits for your MSP: 

  • Automatic and unbiased ticket dispatching - Tickets are dispatched automatically based on priority rules and a point system, ensuring that dispatchers and technicians assign and work on tickets objectively based on an approved priority, importance, and time criticality.
  • Prioritization based on company requirements - The priority rules and point system that define prioritization are based on the priorities, importance, and criticality approved by the company. This improves the speed and accuracy of ticket assignment and prioritization remarkably.  As a dispatcher, you save 80% of your time allotted for assigning tickets and see the highest ticket priority for each technician based on their skill set.
  • Quick identification of next tickets - As a technician, you can quickly identify the tickets you should work on next and monitor tickets scheduled for the day on the same page. You can also reject a ticket if you cannot work on it yet as long as you provide a valid reason for rejection. 

Who can use the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS app?  

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This app is available to the following: 

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Note

For NextTicket to function successfully, ensure that the Priority Rules are set up. Only admin users can modify these on the Settings tab.

Optional: Add companies to the Watch the Watch List

Accessing the NextTikcet Manager for Kaseya BMS

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Follow these steps to access the NextTicket app for Syncro in MSPbots:  

  1. Open the MSPbots app
  2. Click Apps on the left pane.​
  3. When the Apps tab opens, search for NextTicket for Kaseya BMS and click it to open.​

FOR ADMINS: Setting up NextTicket   

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Only Admin users have permission to adjust the settings for the NextTicket app.

How to set the ticket filter

You can set filters to narrow down the tickets applicable to each technician. 

To set the ticket filter, follow these steps:

  1. On the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen, select the Tickets filter list, and then click Add New Filter.
     
  2. When the Filter Settings window the Filter Settings window opens, enter a name for your filter in the Filter Name box.
  3. Next, add a condition for your filter by selecting the appropriate filter type from the Select Fields list.
  4. To complete your condition, enter additional details in the two new fields or lists that appear beside the Select Fields dropdown.
  5. When you're done setting up the filter, click Save.
    If you want to add more groups or conditions for the filter, click add NextTicket group or condition filter icon and then select either Add Group or Add Condition.
    add filter condition
    You can also click Preview to check if your new filter settings or conditions are valid before you save the changes. 
    preview NextTicket filter
    For more information on NextTicket filters, read the article How to Setup Filters for NextTicket Manager

How to delete filter conditions

Filter conditions are deleted in the Filter Settings Settings window. 

  • To delete filter conditions individually, click delete NextTicket filter icon corresponding to the filter condition that you want to delete.
    delete a condition
  • To delete all filter conditions at once, clickdelete all NextTicket filters iconand then click Clear All
    delete multiple conditions

How to reject a technician's ticket 

The next priority ticket and its details appear after you select a filter and a user on the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen. If you think that this ticket should not be the next top-priority ticket of the user, reject the ticket and specify the reason why the user can't work on it.​

To reject the top priority ticket of a user, follow these steps:

  1. On the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen, select the applicable filter from the Tickets filter list.
  2. Next, select the technician's name from the User list to view details of the assigned next top-priority ticket. 
  3. Review the details and click Reject Next Ticket.
  4. When the Reject Ticket window opens, select or type the reason for rejecting the ticket, and click Save
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FOR ADMINS: Setting up the point system for priority rules​ 

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You can define the point system for the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS priority rules to calibrate the prioritization of the tickets. 

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How to set up the point system

  1. Click Settings on the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen, and select NextTicket For Kaseya BMS Priority Rules.
  2. Go to the Tickets filter and User fields and select the options that apply to your requirements. 
    Ticket and User filter NextTicket priority rules
  3. Next, set up the priority rules. Let's set the Priority Type rule as an example. 
    1. Select a ticket priority type from the If ticket priority = field. 
    2. Then in the add points field, enter the number of points that will be given to tickets that meet the condition selected in Step 3a.
    3. Do the same for the other rules you want to configure. Refer to the section on the priority rules and functions below to determine which rules meet your requirements.

      The rows of priority rules are expanded by default. You can click the 
      Priority Point rules switch to collapse all rows.

  4. You have the following options after setting up each priority rule: 
    • Enable the rule you have set by clicking the corresponding toggleenable priority rule switchswitch.  
    • Load the rule's default value. Click the Load Defaultload default rule iconicon.
    • Click the Save & Testsave and test rule iconicon to save the changes for the specific priority rule and to test the values of the rule.
    • Save your changes on the rule by clicking the Savesave priority rule iconicon.
    • Delete the rule and click the Delete delete priority rule icon icon to delete the rule.
  5. Do any of the following options after setting up all your preferred priority rules:
    • Test the calculation result for all the priority rules. Click Test All. 
    • Load the default values for all the priority rules. Click Load Default All
    • Save the changes for all the priority rules. Click Save and select Save All
    • Click Save and select Save Rule as Template to save the changes for all the priority rules as a template.In the Save Rule as Template window,set the Template Name and click Save.

Best Practices in setting the priority rules

  1. Interview your dispatcher or technician to identify rules and conditions like this: If (given scenario), then it should be given more (or less) importance. 
  2. Review each of the point rules you have identified. Use the Save & Test function to test each rule.
  3. Use the Test all function to balance the points between the rules and check if the prioritization brings up your expected result.
  4. Ask your technicians to try the NextTicket Manager for Kaseya BMS app and give you feedback.  
  5. Adjust the rules and points based on the dispatcher's or technicians' feedback.
  6. Continue updating the rules and corresponding priority points for two weeks. The resulting prioritization should improve over time until you don't need to modify anymore. 
  7. Request and create new rules that are unique and not duplicates of existing ones. 

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What are the NextTicket priority rules and functions?

Below are the priority rules and descriptions of how each rule functions. For information on how to activate, test, save, delete, and request priority rules, read the article NextTicket Manager Priority Rules

Priority Rule Function
Account Type

Add Adds corresponding points to the ticket when it a ticket matches the account type selected.selected 

Assigned to User

If Adds the indicated points if the ticket is assigned to the current user, indicate the points to be addeduser  

Contact POC (Point of Contact)

Add Adds corresponding points to the ticket when it matches the contact tickets that match the identified Contact POC (Yes/No) selected.   

Past Due Date

Set how many Adds the indicated points to be added on a ticket every hour past its due date

Priority Type

Set how many points to be added on a ticket depending on its priority type.Adds the indicated points to tickets with the selected priority type 

Receive Invoices

Add Adds corresponding points to the a ticket when it matches the selected Receive Invoices (Yes/No) selected. 

SLA Resolution Expiration Time

Add Adds corresponding points to the ticket if it is x mins before/its expiration matches the specified number of minutes before or after the SLA resolution expiration time.

SLA Response Expiration Time

Add Adds corresponding points to the ticket if it is x mins before/its expiration matches the specified number of minutes before or after the SLA response expiration time.

Secondary Assignee

Add Adds corresponding points to the ticket depending on the Secondary Assignee(s) field.field 

Service Call Schedule Expiration

Add Adds points when Service Calls is certain mins Call Schedule Expiration of the ticket matches the specified number of minutes before (Include the minute) or after (Not include the minute) the start or end time . (
Note: Only the first matching rule will be used)

Ticket Age

Add Adds corresponding points to a ticket for every min/hour/day that has elapsed from creation date.Creation Date

Ticket Last Activity Update

Add Adds points for to tickets ticket when if the last activity update was updated

Ticket Status vs User

Add Adds corresponding points to a ticket if it is in the selected status with a certain requested user has the identified Ticket Status and the indicated User requested to handle the ticket.ticket 

Time In Status

Add Adds corresponding points to a ticket when it has been in a selected status for a specified duration.over a given duration 

Time from Last Update

Set how many Adds the indicated points to be added on a ticket every hour past its last update time

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FOR ADMINS: Add companies to the watch list​

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Adding companies to your watch list allows you to give additional points to the tickets that they log so you can bump the priority of their tickets.

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For more information on using the Watch List, read the article How to use the Watch List in NextTicket Manager

FOR TECHNICIANS: How to use NextTicket

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Viewing your top-priority ticket 

As a technician, your next top-priority ticket is shown on the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen where you can also request or reject the next ticket assigned to you.

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  1. Go to the NextTicket for Kaseya BMS screen and select a filter from the Tickets filter and User dropdown lists. The screen automatically refreshes and shows the details of your next top-priority ticket. 
    NextTicket Kaseya Tickets_User filters
  2. Select either Dashboard View or List View to view the ticket details according to your preference.

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Rejecting your top-priority ticket

If you think that your next top-priority ticket should not be yours, reject it and give the reason why you can't work on the ticket.​

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For more information on how to use NextTicket, read the article What is NextTicket Manager?

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