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  1. Go to Apps on the MSPbots app.
  2. Locate N-able Benchmarking on the My Application page and click on it to open.
  3. Click Settings and select N-able Benchmarking Client Info and Configuration Form.
  4. Follow the N-able | Benchmark How-To page for

    on how-to configure

    a guide in filling out theN-

    Able

    able Client and Benchmark Configuration Form

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  1. . This guide is the page that appears in the app after selecting N-able Benchmarking on the Apps tab.

    Note

    The N-able Benchmarking dashboard contains three (3) forms with a designated

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  1. Submit button for each.

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  1. To make sure data is saved, do not forget to click each button as you complete

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  1. updating the filters

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Form NameDescription Section/Categories FieldsSteps

N-able Client Info and Demographics Form

:

This is where you input your company details, demographics, and accounting period setup.

  • Client Info
Fields
  • Demographics
  • Accounting
period
  • Period

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1.  Update the

ff

following:

  • Company -
 input
  • Input company name
  • Address - Input your company address.
  • Owner/CEO/Contract -
 select
  • Select from the drop-down list of names.
  • Geography -
In what
  • Indicate the geography
do
  • where you primarily operate
  • .
  • Primary Market -
select
  • Select the type of primary market in which you operate
  • Currency - Select the currency to which your answers are entered.
  • Accounting Period - Select your accounting period
either calendar/fiscal
  • Fiscal Month Start -
select your
  • Select the start of your company's fiscal month
start
  • .

2.  Click Submit.






N-able Benchmark Configuration Form

This is where you configure

your

categories.

Include or exclude the lists of filters for each

categories

category type.

  • Managed Services

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1.  Select the filter types for the

ff

following:

  • Agreement Type / Contract Category -
 
  • Agreement types for ConnectWise and Contracts for Autotask.
  • Company Type 
  • Company Classification 

2. 

For each field select

Select either

"

Include List

"

or

"

Exclude List

"

for each field. 

   


Note
  • To select ALL filter types, empty the field and select the
"
  • Exclude list
"
  • radio
box
  • button.
  • To filter
only
  • specific types, check only
those
  • the needed filter/
  • s and
then
  • click the
"
  • Include List
"
  • radio
box
  • button.
  • If you want to exclude specific filter types, check
only those filter and then click "
  • the filter/s for exclusion and click Exclude List
"
  • radio
box
  • button.
If you select "
  • Selecting the Include List
"
  • radio
box
  • button and
empty
  • deleting the filters
, this
  • will result
to
  • in no value (NULL).


  • Managed Services Reactive Work

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 3. Select the filter types for the

ff

following

  • Board/Queue
 
  • -
select
  • Select Board types for Connectwise and Queues for Autotasks
  • Work Type 
  • Team Members  
  • Ticket Source 

4.

 For

For each field select either

"

Include List

"

or

"

Exclude List

"

.

 

(

see

See note

at step

on Step 2.)    





  • Managed Services RMM Work

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  • Managed Services Proactive Work

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  • Managed Services Automation Tickets

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  • Professional Services

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5.  Select the filter types for the

ff

following

  • Agreement Type/ Contract Category
  • Work Type
  • Team Members
  • Ticket Source

6.  For each field select either

"

Include List

"

or

"

Exclude List

"

.

 

(

see

See note

at step

in Step 2.)    


  • Excluded Client on Top 3

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7.   Select the customer/s you want to exclude

in

from the Top 3 Clients results.


8.  Click Submit.







N-able Configuration Supplementary Form

  • This is where to add the Managed Services:  Product Additions/ Services
  • Product Addition or Services

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Info

Prerequisite: 

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Note

When submitting

Submission of

the N-able Benchmark Configuration

Form. The filter results will take into account

form, the Agreement Types/Contract

for Managed Services submitted as

will be the basis for the

needed

type of additions and filtering results.

1.  Select the

ff. filter for

following filters:

  • Users
  • Devices

2.  Click Submit

Step 5 - Update your N-able Headcount

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Note

A successful installation of the N-able Benchmarking Package

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is required for the following procedure

  1. Open the N-able Benchmarking app.

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  1. Go to

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  1. Settings menu

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  1. and click N-able Benchmark - Headcount Input

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  1. To add a new member, click + Add.

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  1. Next, click the drop-down

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  1. field

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  1. for members and select the specific user.  The member list drop-down is based on your AAD user lists.



Note

Note: For instance, if the member's name is not found in the drop-down list.  Your Admin needs to add him/her on your AAD.  MSPbots will then sync your AD change in 10 minutes.

          On the top of the N-able Headcount form, Click the "click here" to go to the User Management page. 

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5.  For each column, Input your member % Labor FTE Count per Qs resources (allocation for IT Managed Services, IT Professional Services, Sales and Marketing, Management, All other costs, and Resources No Included)

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The percentage allocation should be in decimal values.

5.  Click Submit.


Step 6 - Review the Previous Quarter Results

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