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  1. Ways to Utilize Issuetrak Consulting

    Whether you're a newcomer to Issuetrak or a seasoned user, the need for updates, understanding newly released features, or extending benefits to new departments is constant. However, finding the time to plan, implement, and test these tasks can ...
  2. Service Level Agreements

  3. About Service Level Agreements

    You can set, manage, and monitor service expectations for your clients through the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) configuration option. SLAs help improve accountability and quality of service, especially when used in conjunction with any ITIL Ser...
  4. Managing Service Agreements

    Service Level Agreements define the quality of service that specific organizations, groups, and / or assets should receive. Each agreement includes its own Default Severity , as well as a Start and End Date . It may also have list of  Subsc...
  5. Managing Service Terms

    The fourth step in the Service Level Agreement setup is creating terms for Service Levels established in the previous step. Compliance with your Terms is calculated (and re-calculated if relevant Terms change) from the date and time an SLA...
  6. Managing Service Levels

    The third step in the Service Level Agreement setup is creating Service Levels . Service Levels establish the quality of service categories (e.g. Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) available through an SLA. Only the name of the Service Leve...
  7. Managing Severities

    Severities organize (SLA and optionally non-SLA) issues into categories based on their impact on the user or overall user base. These categories can have generic (e.g. Severity 1, Severity 2, Severity 3) or fairly descriptive (e.g. Major, Moderate...
  8. About Issue Responsibilities

    When discussing “Issue Responsibilities,” your first thought might be the issue’s assignee, or possibly the submitter of the issue. However, there are a number of different roles within Issuetrak that tie into issue resolution and ...
  9. Incoming Email Overview

    You can have the system automatically convert emails into new issues through Incoming Email (IEM). You may configure Issuetrak to retrieve messages from Exchange, IMAP, POP3, or Office365 mailboxes. If you are also using Issue Notifications or...
  10. Incoming Email