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Orientation for new agents — what IntelliDesk does, the daily inbox, and the customer-facing portal.

Welcome to IntelliDesk: orientation for new agents

Welcome to IntelliDesk IntelliDesk is a shared helpdesk and project tool for teams that handle customer support. Every conversation (email, live chat, your website's contact form, WhatsApp or the c

Understanding ticket statuses

Understanding ticket statuses A ticket's status tells your team whose move it is. It also decides what the customer sees in the portal, which counts the ticket appears in, and whether the SLA c

Your inbox: filters, views, and search

Your inbox: filters, views, and search The Inbox is where most of your day happens. Get fluent with the filters and you'll spend less time scrolling and more time replying. Active, Done and

The customer portal: what your customers see

The customer portal: what your customers see The customer portal is where your customers raise requests, follow them and reply, without writing an email. It's at ** https://intellidesk.co/portal

Tracking time: timers, manual entries, Day & Week views, Pomodoro

Before you start Time tracking has to be switched on twice: once for the workspace by a manager, and once by you. If you don't see Timesheet in the sidebar, see *Setting up your personal times

Setting up your personal timesheet (opt-in, rate, currency)

Why you opt in yourself Timesheets are a two-step opt-in . A manager turns them on for the workspace (see Enabling timesheets for your workspace ), and then each agent who wants to track time

Global search: the command palette (Ctrl+K)

Global search: the command palette (Ctrl+K) The command palette is the fastest way to get anywhere in IntelliDesk. It jumps to a ticket by number, searches your tickets, contacts, companies and pro

Stay on top: Daily Brief, notifications and IntelliDesk on your phone

Stay on top Your Daily Brief Daily Brief in the sidebar is a short list of the open tickets most worth your time today, with the reason each is there: a customer waiting on a reply; hi

My customer didn't get their portal sign-in code

My customer didn't get their portal sign-in code Customers sign in to the customer portal at https://intellidesk.co/portal with their email address and a 6-digit code that IntelliDesk email

My customer can't sign in to the portal: error messages explained

My customer can't sign in to the portal: error messages explained When a customer tells you the portal "doesn't work", the message they saw usually says exactly what's wrong. This article lists eve

What is Jev? The AI in IntelliDesk explained

What is Jev? The AI in IntelliDesk explained Jev is the name of IntelliDesk's AI. It reads new tickets and replies and makes quick, careful decisions: how urgent is this, is it spam, is it a du

Signing in, and changing your name, photo, email or password

Signing in, and changing your name, photo, email or password Your IntelliDesk user account is yours, not your company's. You use the same sign-in for every workspace you belong to, and your nam

Seeing only open, customer-responded and pending tickets

Seeing only open, customer-responded and pending tickets Sometimes you want a list of everything that still needs a nudge, but not the tickets parked On Hold . The inbox's Status pills let y

What's on my Home page? Tiles, streak and your performance

What's on my Home page? Tiles, streak and your performance Home (the first item in the sidebar) is your start-of-day view: how much work is waiting across the team, what's yours, and how you're

Getting help from IntelliDesk support: questions, bugs and feature requests

Getting help from IntelliDesk support: questions, bugs and feature requests Stuck, found something broken, or have an idea? Everything starts from the Feedback menu at the bottom of the sidebar

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts Most of your day in IntelliDesk can be done without the mouse. Most shortcuts are a single key, with no Ctrl or Cmd. On macOS, use Cmd wherever this article says Ctrl .

The Workload page: new tickets, who's busy, and unassigned work

The Workload page: new tickets, who's busy, and unassigned work Workload (in the sidebar, under Work ) shows the team's work in one place: tickets and project cards together. Use it to catch

Troubleshooting: something isn't working

Troubleshooting: something isn't working Start here when something in IntelliDesk isn't behaving. Find the symptom below and open the article named next to it. Most problems are a setting, a filter

Why am I not getting notifications?

Why am I not getting notifications? IntelliDesk notifies you in the bell at the top right, and, if you've switched them on, as push notifications on your computer or phone. If something you