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Find inspiration from fellow Front users on their setup, workflows, or other creative ways they solved problems with Front.

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117 Topics
helena
helenaCommunity Manager
published in Workflows discussion
How to use this forum

This forum is the home base for all things workflows in Front, which we define as:An automation or rule you’ve set up to increase efficiency A series of automated rules and/or manual actions that enable individuals or teams to be more productiveThe type of posts you might expect to find here are:Our team showcasing our customers’ or Front’s own internal workflows Users sharing their own impactful workflows Questions from users for ideas on how to build workflows to achieve their goalsWe hope you find lots of inspiration here and also share any workflows that have helped you!If you have specific questions about how to use a feature in Front, head over to Product Q&A.

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helena
1 year ago
dave
daveRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
SLA rules not applying to tickets that come in after business hours

I have set my company SLAs for 4 hours and a warning at 3 hours. The team operates from 9 am to 740pm EST. When tickets come in outside this window, no SLA rules apply to them. When I read articles, it says that if a ticket comes in, say, 1 hour before the end of business hours, then the next day, you will have 3 hours to answer before the breach, but this is not working for me. Any insight is appreciated. 

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meganatencamp
3 days ago
aniko_lorincz
aniko_lorinczConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Move email to a shared inbox with Comments

Hi All,I am curious to know how you handle emails that needs to be moved into a shared inbox with lengthy comments? Is there a maximum number of letters capacity? Is moving emails with comments the best practice when handing over partially actioned emails to another team? Or @mention works better?Thank you

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cat_apac
5 days ago
harry
harryConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Group Contact

Is it possible to create a group email contact (several email addresses in one group) which you can then send an email out with?  What I’m trying to achieve is a team list of contacts that I could enter the group name in a new email instead of each individual person.  Same process with adding a comment under an email could one use a group contact?

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harry
7 days ago
laceylanzo
laceylanzoConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Utilizing Teammate Groups to cover OOO

We currently have teams of 4 users assigned to each of our clients. The problem is that, when someone is out, we have to assign ALL the access in our softwares to a separate/new team member for a short period of time. This takes a lot of time to add them individually to all the shared inboxes they need.It seems like Groups could help us assign access to all the inboxes faster. Could I create some kind of team group, then just add the TEMP team member to the team group? That way I do not need to add them to ALL the shared inboxes individually?

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cat_apac
9 days ago
daniela_h
daniela_hConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Rules & Workflows

Hello Everyone, Automation is the key word in my company. With the rules and workflows in Front, it helps agents work more efficiently, but I’m convinced we can do more with these automations. We still have so many emails in the general inbox to process manually. How can we reduce this? Additionally, we’ve set up rules with tags, but they’re not always followed. Do you know why ?

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cat_apac
10 days ago
daniel_smith
daniel_smithRookie
posted in Workflows discussion
Customer Success Rules

Hello, Curious if anyone has seen any rules (outside of the “standard” rule set that really helps CS teams perform well? I am aware of the SLA features and love those, but any creative workflows or sequences anyone has seen work really well for Customer Success teams?

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daniela_h
10 days ago
bogdan_badescu
bogdan_badescu
asked in Workflows discussion
Automatically adding routing rules on client demand

Hi folks!    I'm looking for a solution for automatically adding routing rules on demand. As an example, lets say rob@work.com sent an email to Operations Support requesting he recieves all emails from alex@work.com. Usually this task would belong to me and take a considerable amount of my time that I could be using on other requests. I was thinking that a rule could take care of that by checking the emails from a specific inbox dedicated to this task for the author's email address, the email address he wants to be bcc'ed in and the confirmation of intent from keywords like "reroute" , "bcc" etc. , after that sending me or the team a simple approval request for the rule creation so I can check out the rule and request for human validation or make modifications to the rule based on the requesters needs, thus streamlining the workflow.     Do you know if this is possible at all or even a good idea? I do have some concerns about the privacy aspect but I'm thinking those should be resolved

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cat_apac
15 days ago
bogdan_badescu
bogdan_badescu
asked in Workflows discussion
Migration from Google Services to MS 365

    Hi everyone!    We are looking to migrate from Google Services to Microsoft 365. What would be some tips for a smooth migration so our workflow doesn't get interupted? Is it something that can be resolved in Front or will it be a task for the IT team?Thank you in advance for your knowledge! 

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sadie_mcdaniel
15 days ago
lora_brasser
lora_brasserConversationalist
posted in Workflows discussion
Knowledge Base Use Cases

Hey folks,We started using the knowledgebase for internal tips and tricks about Front. I’m bringing in other team members to brainstorm how it can be used across our organization internally, and where it might also be useful externally. How are your teams using the knowledgebase? 

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aaron_mclaughlin
16 days ago
vincent
vincentConversationalist
posted in Workflows discussion
maintain assignee when a conversation is moved

Hello, It would be cool to keep the assignee when moving a conversation from one shared inbox to another shared inbox (or add this option in the rules options).(I got an answer from Front Support Team and they confirmed that this is not possible yet) Vincent

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Javier - Developer Relations
17 days ago
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lifanConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
help for setting chatbot work flow

Is it possible to set up the chatbot with the following workflow?After 5-10 minutes of no response from the user following our last reply, the chatbot sends a follow-up question: “Do you have any further questions?” If the user does not respond to the follow-up question: Automatically send a survey to gather feedback from Front. If the user responds to the follow-up question: Continue the conversation without sending the survey at that time.

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L
24 days ago
G
grodwRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Front - better notifications

I wanted to share with you a certain automation we have done locally and also ask you if perhaps I am overengineering it and there is a better way to proceed.What I don’t like about Front (and it is literally the only thing I genuinely consider inferior) is its notifications - for me the popup shows for too short and is sometimes hardly noticeable.So what we did is we implemented an automation, that runs every 2 minutes checking recent Front comments and searches for “@-mentions” in them. Whenever it spots one, we connect to Webex via its own API and send a notification to a user corresponding to the Front user, letting him or her know that there is a message waiting. It works much, much better and I love that solution.Now, perhaps there is something similar already in Front that I missed? I was looking for IFTTT integration, but failed to find it, so built our own ;) 

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cat_apac
24 days ago
G
grodwRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Follow-the-sun and calculations

Hi Folks,A question regarding your best practices - our team follows the follow-the-sun principle, meaning that we have members in most time zones and the conversation is passed from one to the other. Now, as we all know things such as SLAs or resolution times are calculated within business hours only. So do you know how Front calculates that given the principle I mentioned earlier? At the same time, I wanted to use shifts to understand who is available at the given moment. Finally, how do you handle holidays? Do you know of a way to exclude certain day from business days for given group of users? Tried using the Calendar feature, but couldn’t figure it out…Thanks!

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cat_apac
24 days ago
Zmudel
ZmudelConversationalist
posted in Workflows discussion
Custom gamechanger rules in customer care?

Hey everyone!I'm curious: What's your game-changing rule that you've implemented yourself, which genuinely adds value to your day-to-day operations? How did you come up with it, what problems does it solve, how does it support your mission, and what's the real impact of this rule?I'm asking because I believe sharing such best practices can help us all improve our workflows and achieve our goals more effectively. So, let's share experiences and learn from each other!Looking forward to hearing your insights and stories.

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april.lackpour
1 month ago
jacob
jacobConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Tags Tab views - Unassigned/Assigned vs Open

Hello Community, I wondering if there is a way to get tag filters to show tabs like the shared inbox does? See attached images for reference.Shared inbox Tag selected from sidebar to filter email in shared inbox Thanks

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cat_apac
1 month ago
Diane
DianeRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Forwarding an email to support in zendesk via a macro is suspending the email

I am running into an issue setting up my 1st macro where the forwarded email I'm trying to automatically push via a macro step to our support team (currently in Zendesk ticketing system) is not getting received by Support. Upon further investigation it appears that the email in Zendesk is held in suspension due to “Automated response email” and Zendesk doesn’t appear to allow any solution around this. Can you advise on any workarounds? I thought about creating a message reply template where it cc’s our support team however I realized a message template does not provide any option to add in a cc address.  

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naomi_oneal_nunnally
2 months ago
MarrielleF
MarrielleFRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Is there a way to view the threads that you've assigned to another team member?

Hello! I’d like to know if there is a way to view the threads that we’ve assigned to another team member? I’m asking this because I also want to keep track of the threads that I’ve assigned to another team member and follow up with them in case they are not responsive, may have forgotten to respond, or if they’ve accidentally archived the thread. I’ve had experiences where I’ve assigned a thread to a team member but they don’t always get back or respond right away, and I would end up forgetting about it. It’d be great to know where we can view these threads in one list just so there is at least one person to keep an eye on the thread in case the one assigned is busy. Thanks for the help!

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cat_apac
2 months ago
yitz
yitzRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Add future date to an email template

Hi,I’m currently trying to build a set of templates for my team to use. One of the templates asks for a response by a date 3 days in the future. I’m currently struggling to find a way for that date to auto populate when the template is loaded up. Is this something that is possible, either through Front itself, or by pulling from another source, such as Excel.Many thanks

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PhoebeatFront
2 months ago
bcc
bccConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Integrating Dynamic Objects with Monday Boards?

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on improving our workflow by integrating Front with Monday, and I’m curious about the possibility of using dynamic objects to pull in specific information directly from our Monday boards.Here’s what I’m hoping to do:Automatically retrieve data (like project statuses, task updates, client info) from a Monday board and display it in a front conversation using dynamic objects. Use that information to trigger automations or set custom fields in Front based on board updates.Has anyone successfully integrated monday in this way? Are there best practices or specific API setups that I should consider to make this process seamless? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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Javier - Developer Relations
2 months ago
bcc
bccConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Automating Email Information to Google Docs in a Specific Format?

Hey everyone,We frequently receive information via emails in Front (e.g., client details), and we’re looking for a way to automatically extract that information and input it into a designated Google Doc.Specifically, we’d like the information to:Be pulled from the email as it arrives in our inbox. Be placed into a specific location in a Google Doc template.Has anyone set up a workflow to achieve this, possibly using integrations or automations in Front? We’re looking for the most efficient way to keep this process smooth and consistent. Any advice or suggestions on tools or methods would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance for your insights - Hope this makes sense! 

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Andy
2 months ago
jeremyb
jeremybConversationalist
posted in Workflows discussion
Zapier with Front Use Cases

We currently have Front integrated with Zapier and have one zap running, which essentially converts a google form into a conversation in Front. That allows us to automate the form even further by allowing us to use rules once the conversation is created.  I was wondering if there are other use cases with Zapier that we could take advantage of. All ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance!

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jason
3 months ago
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lifanConversationalist
asked in Workflows discussion
Hire an Front expert to setup our customer support

Hello! I'm seeking someone experienced with setting up Front for customer support. If you have expertise in configuring Front for efficient customer service operations, please reach out. We're eager to streamline our support processes and would appreciate your help. Thanks!

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helena
3 months ago
chaseleone
chaseleoneConversationalist
posted in Workflows discussion
Consolidating Channels

Recently our team has been working to consolidate our various communication channels (Whatsapp, Text, Email, etc.) and using Front to consolidate channels into a single source has helped our Support Team increase efficiency AND decreased the time it takes to respond to internal users and external customers!

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helena
3 months ago
mspfs
mspfsRookie
asked in Workflows discussion
Viewing Front tags in HubSpot contact

I’d like to be able to view tags that are applied in Front <> to be visible in HubSpot when viewing a contact and vice versa: if a tag is applied to a contact in HubSpot we’d like to see this in Front (e.g. customer segment). For now, I’ve been able to create custom contact properties in Hubspot and we can now label accordingly there (e.g. apply multiple feature request labels to the same contact), however despite choosing the multi-select checkbox this doesn’t translate to Front: Front only seems able to offer the options as a single select dropdown list so we can't apply multiple Hubspot tags via Front. What would be the best way to view the tags in both Front <> HubSpot? Thanks!

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cat_apac
3 months ago

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