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ggarcia51290
ggarcia51290Rookie
 Product Q&A
Simplifying Customer Self-Help

Our team uses a knowledge base to answer common questions, but we still spend lots of time manually sharing links, especially in live chats during peak hours. For example: When customers ask about ‘international roaming,’ we paste the same guide repeatedly Questions about ‘data limits’ require digging through articles We’re exploring ways to automatically suggest relevant help articles when certain topics come up in chats or emails. Questions we have: How do you balance automated suggestions with personalized replies? Can we trigger articles based on factors like a customer’s plan type? What metrics best show if this actually reduces reply time?

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PhoebeatFront
shelleyannc
shelleyanncHelper
 Product Q&A
Add lists to a master list

We have multiple lists that serve different purposes. I’d like to identify all of the lists with a specific word in the name and add them to a master list. I don’t see a way to add a list to another list, and even if I exported the list of shared contacts, it doesn’t look like it would indicate what lists they already belong to. Any suggestions?Use case example: Add all the groups with “Software” in the name and add them to the Business Continuity list to create one master distribution list.

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PhoebeatFront
ggarcia51290
ggarcia51290Rookie
 Product Q&A
Help Us Catch Critical Outage Reports Faster

Hi! We’re a small wireless team of five supporting 2,000+ customers. We use Front to automatically flag emails about service outages when customers use phrases like ‘no service.’ But we’ve noticed many urgent reports slip through when people describe problems differently, like ‘can’t connect’ or ‘no signal.’Right now, our team manually checks these emails during busy periods, which delays responses to real emergencies. We’d love advice or any examples of how you handle this.

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PhoebeatFront
harry
harryHelper
 Workflows discussion
Dynamic Variable Using Conversation Name

Hello, Is it possible to create a dynamic variable to use a conversation name? For example, when we authorize a claim the claim number is in the conversation name during the email exchanges. Once the email is authorized it would be great to add the variable into our authorization template for responding and save several steps that might get missed. 

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harry
twilanswer
twilanswerConversationalist
 Developer Q&A
Is there a way to link to compose an SMS?

I’m looking for a way to include a link that users can click on to compose a new Twilio SMS in Front. Ideally it would work similar to clicking the phone number on a contact record (where it opens a compose window with the To: field already pointing to the phone number.  Is this possible today? It would be great if it was possible to just have a link like app.front.com/compose?type=sms&to=1234567891 but I’m also open to using the core API to create a new conversation and then link to that conversation.  

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twilanswer
allendirickson
allendiricksonConversationalist
 Product Q&A
Merging Emails

Is it possible for responses from customers that aren’t replies to threads that are already active to automatically merge into the thread that is in regards to their concerns? This would allow my team members to continue discussing the subject with the customer versus the email being delivered to the general inbox.

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sadie_mcdaniel
oana
oanaEnthusiast
 Get started on Front
Front team onboarding

What strategies have worked best for you when onboarding new team members in Front that are resistant to change and struggle with new platforms? What was the most challenging aspect and how did you overcome it?Thank you

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allendirickson
oana
oanaEnthusiast
 Get started on Front
Front Salesforce Integration

Can anyone share some insights about importing client Accounts and Contacts from Salesforce into Front and if changes to any contacts attached to a Salesforce account are synched in Front Accounts? Such as contacts moved to a a different account, new contacts added or deleted in Salesforce accounts? Any particular Front settings that should be switched on/off?Thank you

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cat_apac
bobbys
bobbysRookie
 Workflows discussion
Printing attachments / Outlook inbox

I exclusively use FRONT however, it is MUCH easier to right click/print and drag/drop attachments from Ouitlook. My issue is that there are so many emails that stay in the Outlook inbox it makes the ones I want to print hard to find. Does anyone know of an easy way to keep the Outlook inbox clean besides manually filing/deleting emails ?

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annika_hanlon
jett
jettRookie
 Product Q&A
Feature Request – Ability to Tag Teammate Groups in Comments

Hi Front team,We’d love to request a feature that allows users to tag entire teammate groups (e.g., @payments-team, @customer-support) in comments or notes within a conversation.Right now, we can only tag individuals, which limits visibility and creates communication gaps when collaboration is needed across functions or shifts. Especially in high-volume scenarios or when handling complex bookings and endorsements, being able to tag a group ensures nothing slips through the cracks, even if specific teammates are out of office.Suggested functionality: Allow admin-created groups to be mentionable with an @ symbol. Teammate groups should receive a notification, just like individual mentions. Group tags should be manageable from the team settings. This small enhancement would significantly improve team coordination and reduce manual steps in reassignments or follow-ups.Thanks so much for considering!

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christopher_nunag
joe_eral
joe_eralConversationalist
 Product Q&A
Change in forward button

Hi All,  Not sure if this was part of the recent changes, or if I clicked something accidentally to get the submenus. Any help would be appreciated.   

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Isaiah
jett
jettRookie
 Get started on Front
Reporting

Our company is onboarding with Front, how do you accurately report on cross-team ticket resolution when conversations move across multiple inboxes before closure?

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annika_hanlon
ward
wardConversationalist
 Workflows discussion
Require tag from set list when resolving a ticket

We’re looking to enforce tagging when a support ticket is marked as Resolved — ideally from a predefined list of tags we use for resolution classification. We’ve been able to enforce tagging when conversations are moved or archived, but this doesn’t appear to apply when someone simply changes the status to Resolved (e.g., using status buttons or automatically in sending a response).We rely on tagging for resolution audits and postmortems, so ensuring consistent tag usage at closeout is important.Before submitting this as a feature request, I wanted to check if anyone has successfully configured this in their workspace.Here’s a screenshot of the rule that isn’t working the way I’d hoped: 

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PhoebeatFront
jett
jettRookie
 Get started on Front
Load Balancing

What are your strategies for prioritizing chat over email in load balancing while respecting teammate assignment limits?

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PhoebeatFront
Juan
JuanHelper
 Developer Q&A
Unable to change draft's body from composer plugin

Hello, I'm developing a plugin for composer mode and I need to edit the current draft.As I understand from looking at the documentation, I need to make an API call with the message id of the draft in the url which is "msg_" but from the context in composer mode what I get is a draft id like "dra:***".I thought about making an API call first to list the messages of a conversation since I do get the conversation id from the context and from there extract the msg_ of the message if it has a draft. The problem I find is when there are several active drafts in a conversation since I only want to edit the draft of the user who is using the plugin.Is there any way to get the msg_ of the current draft through the context in composer mode?Thanks very much in advance.

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justin
harry
harryHelper
 Workflows discussion
Web link in Contacts for Account description

Hello, What we would like to do is provide a web link in an account's description box such that is would take them to a specific Knowledge base page related to dealing with that particular account. I do not have admin ability, and it appears this is not possible but is it possible as an administrator or is there some other way to accomplish this? We of course can put a note to go to Knowledge base and search for the article but that is rather convoluted with too many steps. This might also be done with a rule but that would be far more complicated than adding a link if possible. Can you add comments via a rule that contain a web link?

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cat_apac
Honza
HonzaConversationalist
 Workflows discussion
Is it possible to have a wildcard in Rule set condition?

I want to optimize the rules in our company account. Several rules delete unwanted messages.All of them have a sender address as a condition. Some of them have AND condition with text in the message’s subject.Is it possible to have a wildcard in the second condition that means “anything or nothing” in its subject? Maybe a character asterisk * or just an empty field?I don’t want to do tests in the working environment.With the wildcard, I can create one rule set for both types of messages.I would like to use a wildcard in other rules, too. See the example rule and its table: 

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sadie_mcdaniel

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