Helpdesk Tier 3 Tips & Tricks

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Here are some common tips, tricks, and reminders for Tier 3 support. These aren't "official policy" per se, they're just a collection of useful tidbits to help do the work faster whenever possible.

Zoho tips

  • How to merge a ticket
  • How to create Zoho shortcodes
  • Note: We use the term 'email' and 'comment' in a support context interchangably, zoho does not

Third-party comms

  • See https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/T2-Guide#partner-tickets for a guide to reaching out to third parties.
  • Some third parties (Vrbo, for example) use support systems which don't preserve CCs on an original message (e. g. ccs to dev@ownerrez.com) - please check and ensure these don't get dropped
    • It's important for the dev email to always be CC'd so that an engineer who takes over T3 from you has context

Working tickets

  • A customer is likely to notice the difference between taking 30 minutes to reply, and taking 3 hours to reply... but they are less likely to notice the difference between 3 hours and 3.5 hours.
    • This is why it's a good idea to knock out the easy resolutions first, when possible.

Talking to customers

  • Avoid promising customers anything