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kaitlynmConversationalist

Using message templates & automating tags

Hi team,We frequently use message templates to speed up workflow and give consistent and concise replies to our customers. We also use tags on every email we receive to differentiate between query types.My question is can we automate tags to be added when using a specific message template to minimize any manual interaction with these common queries we receive? Thanks!

React-router doesn't work in Sidebar plugin iframe

Hi.I’m trying to embed an app with react-router as a sidebar plugin, but navigation doesn’t work because of iframe’s sandbox prop (absent allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation?).Is there any way to edit sandbox prop? Thank you in advance.

mike_macdonaldRookie

Dynamic Variables Help

I’m new to front and new to apis so forgive me if this is simple but any help would be greatly appreciated. We use an ITSM tool called Autotask and I’m trying to create dynamic variables in front that recognise autotask ticket numbers (T20240518.1010) and then using the autotask API pull through details about the ticket. I’ve got the connection to autotask working.The difficulty I’m facing is trying to get the target URL to work. It’s thishttps://ww16.autotask.net/Mvc/ServiceDesk/TicketDetail.mvc?workspace=False&mode=0&TicketID=TICKETIDUnfortunaltey TICKETID isn’t the ticket number mentioned above, it’s a separate 6 digit number.So….I’m creating a dynamic variable that uses the autotask API to get the ticket ID when inputting the ticket number.When I use postman with a known ticket number in the API endpoint (not sure if that’s correct terminology)https://webservices16.autotask.net/atservicesrest/v1.0/tickets/query?search={ "IncludeFields": ["id"], "filter":[{"op":"eq","field":

managementChrisRookie

Snooze expiry logging in Front API

Good Morning all, I have been developing performance metrics based off the analytics exports for activity, and have encountered a use case I wish to accommodate. I want to know the amount of time between a snooze expiring and action being taken on a case. the activity dataset currently holds when a snooze was initiated, but as neither the expiry date/time or length of snooze. Is data on snooze expiry/length stored elsewhere? I’d appreciate any assistance on this, Chris.

sebastienmarouaniRookie

Have a way to retrieve where a message have been moved (shared mailbox)

As an admin, it will be very usefull to have a way to investigate where a message is. Sometimes agent applies macro that will move messages to another box with restricted access and users can’t understand. As an admin, I wish to be able to past the message ID to retrieve where it is and give to informations to my team

zrichardsonConversationalist

Workflows discussion

"This conversation is assigned to...are you sure you want to archive" don't show again

Hi! Excited to be part of the Front community, as there’s a lot of things I love about the application.During the weekdays, we have one box the whole team uses and responds to, but a lot of the members don’t sign out, so conversations still get assigned to them.On the weekend, it’s just me and one other person taking turns managing the box, and it’s SOP to clear out 100+ emails at a time as they are “inquiries”- in other words, people asking to do a job for us, where hundreds of emails will come in, but then only one of them actually gets it, and it’s unnecessary to even respond to the others (they know that).I need to stay in open view so I see all conversations, even ones that are assigned, but when I try and close out a ton at a time, I keep getting this popup saying that the conversation is assigned to someone else, am I sure I want to close it out.I’m 100% sure that I need to close all these out every day, is there some kind of “don’t remind me”, “don’t bug me”, “don’t ask again”

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How are we supposed to use email automation tools when All sent emails from automation platforms end up in inbox

Hi Front Reps, We are trialling your software and are finding it hard to figure out how we are best to use it as it is actually creating ALOT more work for our team Let me explain what is happening specifically. Our shared inbox, and some personal inboxes, have automations from email platforms that send email from our accounts. This is incredibly common, it saves our team dozens if not hundreds of hours a month. For example, if a new lead comes in, a series of 10 emails get automatically sent from my inbox over the course of the next few months. If a project is completed, the request a review email gets sent. We also have a CRM that sends emails directly from Gmail and syncs with that. In front - it seems that every time one of these platforms sends an email (they do sync with my gmail inbox, and send from my gmail itself, eg: these emails send from the gmail account via api using these email automation tools so we can see all emails) - all these automations then appear in my INBOX in

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Bulk Archive Shared with me emails

Is there a way to bulk archive Shared with me emails?

Linked Conversations- Archiving Sub-Conversations

Hello, Is there a setting that will enable auto-archiving for sub-conversations whenever an original conversation is selected? My goal is to rapidly declutter my conversation list when addressing incoming requests. Please advise.Thanks,Sarai Roach

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kaitlynmConversationalist

Using message templates & automating tags

Hi team,We frequently use message templates to speed up workflow and give consistent and concise replies to our customers. We also use tags on every email we receive to differentiate between query types.My question is can we automate tags to be added when using a specific message template to minimize any manual interaction with these common queries we receive? Thanks!

React-router doesn't work in Sidebar plugin iframe

Hi.I’m trying to embed an app with react-router as a sidebar plugin, but navigation doesn’t work because of iframe’s sandbox prop (absent allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation?).Is there any way to edit sandbox prop? Thank you in advance.

mike_macdonaldRookie

Dynamic Variables Help

I’m new to front and new to apis so forgive me if this is simple but any help would be greatly appreciated. We use an ITSM tool called Autotask and I’m trying to create dynamic variables in front that recognise autotask ticket numbers (T20240518.1010) and then using the autotask API pull through details about the ticket. I’ve got the connection to autotask working.The difficulty I’m facing is trying to get the target URL to work. It’s thishttps://ww16.autotask.net/Mvc/ServiceDesk/TicketDetail.mvc?workspace=False&mode=0&TicketID=TICKETIDUnfortunaltey TICKETID isn’t the ticket number mentioned above, it’s a separate 6 digit number.So….I’m creating a dynamic variable that uses the autotask API to get the ticket ID when inputting the ticket number.When I use postman with a known ticket number in the API endpoint (not sure if that’s correct terminology)https://webservices16.autotask.net/atservicesrest/v1.0/tickets/query?search={ "IncludeFields": ["id"], "filter":[{"op":"eq","field":

managementChrisRookie

Snooze expiry logging in Front API

Good Morning all, I have been developing performance metrics based off the analytics exports for activity, and have encountered a use case I wish to accommodate. I want to know the amount of time between a snooze expiring and action being taken on a case. the activity dataset currently holds when a snooze was initiated, but as neither the expiry date/time or length of snooze. Is data on snooze expiry/length stored elsewhere? I’d appreciate any assistance on this, Chris.

sebastienmarouaniRookie

Have a way to retrieve where a message have been moved (shared mailbox)

As an admin, it will be very usefull to have a way to investigate where a message is. Sometimes agent applies macro that will move messages to another box with restricted access and users can’t understand. As an admin, I wish to be able to past the message ID to retrieve where it is and give to informations to my team

zrichardsonConversationalist

Workflows discussion

"This conversation is assigned to...are you sure you want to archive" don't show again

Hi! Excited to be part of the Front community, as there’s a lot of things I love about the application.During the weekdays, we have one box the whole team uses and responds to, but a lot of the members don’t sign out, so conversations still get assigned to them.On the weekend, it’s just me and one other person taking turns managing the box, and it’s SOP to clear out 100+ emails at a time as they are “inquiries”- in other words, people asking to do a job for us, where hundreds of emails will come in, but then only one of them actually gets it, and it’s unnecessary to even respond to the others (they know that).I need to stay in open view so I see all conversations, even ones that are assigned, but when I try and close out a ton at a time, I keep getting this popup saying that the conversation is assigned to someone else, am I sure I want to close it out.I’m 100% sure that I need to close all these out every day, is there some kind of “don’t remind me”, “don’t bug me”, “don’t ask again”

edenRookie

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How are we supposed to use email automation tools when All sent emails from automation platforms end up in inbox

Hi Front Reps, We are trialling your software and are finding it hard to figure out how we are best to use it as it is actually creating ALOT more work for our team Let me explain what is happening specifically. Our shared inbox, and some personal inboxes, have automations from email platforms that send email from our accounts. This is incredibly common, it saves our team dozens if not hundreds of hours a month. For example, if a new lead comes in, a series of 10 emails get automatically sent from my inbox over the course of the next few months. If a project is completed, the request a review email gets sent. We also have a CRM that sends emails directly from Gmail and syncs with that. In front - it seems that every time one of these platforms sends an email (they do sync with my gmail inbox, and send from my gmail itself, eg: these emails send from the gmail account via api using these email automation tools so we can see all emails) - all these automations then appear in my INBOX in

KamEnthusiast

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Bulk Archive Shared with me emails

Is there a way to bulk archive Shared with me emails?

Rockster160Conversationalist

List inbox conversations with q[after] not respecting parameter

Hi there! I’ve been tasked with pulling data from a few different inboxes starting from a certain time.I’m trying to use the `q[after]` parameter, but it doesn’t seem to work- it just gets ignored completely. My request is as follows: /inboxes/<inboxid>/conversations?after=1715382074&limit=10&q[after]=1715382074&q[types][]=assigned&q[types][]=unassigned&q[types][]=archived&q[types][]=deleted&sort_by=date&sort_order=ascWhich, more legibly, looks like this:/inboxes/<inboxid>/conversations{ after: 1715382074, limit: 10, sort_by: date, sort_order: asc, q: { after: 1715382074, types: [assigned, unassigned, archived, deleted] },}As you see, the `after` parameter is included in both the top level params and nested under the `q` param. We’ve tried both ways and they are both ignored.Because we’re trying to iterate through this chronologically, we have the `sort` to asc, but that’s causing our earliest conversations to be returned. The tim

Javier - Developer RelationsCommunity Manager

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How to prepare for phone number normalization in the Front APIIMPORTANT

On September 1st 2024, we will be introducing E.164 phone number normalization to the Front API to address issues caused by inconsistent phone number handles attached to contacts. Phone number handles for contacts in Front can be created via the API, the Front contacts manager, incoming messages in channels, CRM contact syncs, and CSV import of contacts. With so many different ways of creating contacts and storing phone numbers for those contacts, it’s important to normalize the data because the different input formats can lead to duplicate contacts and related search issues. To prepare for this change, make sure your API requests are sending valid phone numbers with the country code included. Country codes must be preceded by a plus (+) sign. Read the “Potential impacts” section below for details.If you experience any issues with phone number normalization, reach out to us and we can roll the feature back for your company instance to give you more time to address the change. BenefitsE

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