How do I set up automations?
To set up automations, there are two actions you can choose from
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Move Issue to Domain:
You can create an automation to move incoming issues to their relevant Domain without requiring manual actions by the Issue Manager users. -
Send email notification:
You can create an automation to only receive an email notification for new reports if the reporter selects a pre-defined option.
To create an automation:
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Go to System. Click on Automations
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Select ‘New Automation’.
- Give the automation a name:
- In the ‘Do the following’ section, select an Action:
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If the action is “Move issue to domain”, for Domain, select the Domain for which the outcome of your automation will apply to:
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If the action is “Send email notification”, for “To”, select the users who should receive the notification:
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- For the Apply this automation when section, the default trigger for the automation is ‘A new report is submitted’:
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Then, you must select your conditions for the automation to run. In the section called ‘If all these conditions match’:
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Domain: if applicable, select the domain affected
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Channel: if applicable, select the Channel where the automation will run for incoming reports
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- Then, you must select the source of report:
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If you select Web/App
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Reporter Intake Form: if applicable, select the reporter intake form connected to this channel:
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Field and Options (mandatory selections): select the field within the Reporter Intake Form that you want to add the automation for:
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If you select Phone
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Options (mandatory selection): select the countries from option list that you want to add the automation for:
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8. Then click Save
- If you only select a field and option, and these are available in multiple reporter intake forms, the automation will run for all reports with these conditions.
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The order you place the automations in the Automations page will have an impact on the order they are executed. The automations on top will run first.
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If you do not select a channel or a reporter intake form, automations will run across all channels/reporter intake forms.