Introduction

Service level agreements (SLAs) are used to configure response and resolution time the tickets based on their priorities.

The following can properties can be configured:

  • Priority
  • Business hours
  • Response time
  • Resolution time
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PropertyDescription
PrioritySets the priority level: very low, low, normal, high, and urgent.
Business hoursDefines the working hours of the organization using the business hours feature.

This information will be used while creating SLAs and setting the ticket response and resolution time based on business hours configured.

For example: An organization operates standard office hour from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday. If a ticket is received at 4 PM on a Friday, then 9 AM on Monday would be only one business hour.

Response timeRefers to how quickly you will respond to a ticket being raised.
Resolution timeRefers to how long it takes from the time an issue is logged until it is fully resolved.

Configuring SLAs settings

An SLA (Service Level Agreement) is a negotiated and agreed contract between requester and assignee to resolve entities. SLA quantifies acceptable service levels and outlines when the services are delivered.

SLA policies can be configured for:

  • Response time frames for assignees.
  • Entity resolution based on priorities.
  • Automatic escalation rules for SLA violations and user notifications.
  • Incident and service requests.

To configure SLA settings:

  1. Go to Setup > Service Desk > Configuration section > Settings.
  2. From the SLA tab, configure the settings.
  3. Click Update.
SLA Settings

SLA Settings

Creating SLAs

To create an SLA:

  1. Go to Setup > Service Desk > Automation section > Service Level Agreements, click +.
  2. From New Service Level Agreement, provide:
    • Client, request type, name, and priority.
    • With Business Hours: If selected provide, the following SLA Business Hours Schedule information:
      • Time Zone
      • Select Weekday(s): This option is for the days that the response time and resolution time are relevant.
      • Start Time and End Time
    • SLA Type settings: For Time to First Response and Time to Resolve, set in hours and minutes format.
      • Create a maximum of two response reminders which can be configured in hours and minutes format or time elapsed percentage.
      • Add up to three resolution reminders.
      • Add users to be notified whenever the response time is configured.
  3. Click Submit.
Create SLA

Create SLA

The SLA is applied to future incidents which have the same criteria.

Incident Properties for SLA

Incident Properties for SLA

Scenarios

Creating an SLA for an incident

An incident, Server Unreachable, is created via the Auto Incident policy with high priority. The incident needs to be resolved in two hours to restore services. The requester needs notification when there is a breach of Incident resolution time.

Solution:
Configure an SLA with expected incident resolution time and set reminder notifications.

For example:

  • When the Time for first response is 30 minutes and the reminder is set for 15 minutes, users get notified after 45 minutes of incident creation if there is no response.
  • When the Time to resolve is set for 2 hours and the reminder is set for 15 minutes, users get notified after 2 hours and 15 minutes if the incident is not resolved.

Setting high priority alerts

A support administrator wants to set alerts from a specific client as high priority.

Solution:
Configure the Service Level Agreement for a specific client.

Configuring SLA business hours

A support administrator wants to configure business hours for SLA.

Solution:
Configure the Service Level Agreement by providing business hours.

Setting reminders

A support administrator wants to receive timely reminders to respond and resolve incidents.

Solution:
Configure the Service Level Agreement for a specific Client.