Exercise - Use queues to manage case workloads

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Scenario

Your company wants to better use Dynamics 365's queue functionality. They want to ensure that all representatives have access to a Queue call support. The support queue is where most cases are directed. Representatives should know how to place items into the queue, claim responsibility for items on the queue, and resolve items. This exercise demonstrates that information to you.

Learning objectives

At the end of these exercises, you'll be able to accomplish the following objectives:

  • Create Dynamics 365 Queues

  • Use Queues to Resolve Cases

High-level steps

  • Create Queues for:

    • Support

    • Gold

    • Silver

    • Bronze

  • Work through a Queue Item's Lifecycle

Create the support, gold, silver, and bronze queues

  1. Open the Customer Service Admin center application.

  2. Using the navigation on the left open the Queues area.

  3. On the Queues page, select Manage next to Basic Queues.

  4. Select the New button to create a queue.

  5. Configure the queue as follows:

    • Name: Support

    • Type: Public

  6. Save and Close the Support Queue.

  7. Select the New button to create a Queue.

  8. Configure the Queue as follows:

    • Name: Gold

    • Type: Public

  9. Save and Close the Gold Queue.

  10. Repeat the steps to create a Silver and Bronze queue.

Use queues to manage queue items

  1. In a different browser tab in the same browser session, open the Customer Service workspace application.

  2. Select the Site Map icon in the upper left corner (Next to the Home tab).

  3. From the menu that appears, select Cases.

  4. In the list of My Active Cases, select the box on the A mineral Build Up in Water Supply case.

  5. Press the CTRL key on your keyboard and select the following cases:

    • Coffee machine not working

    • Milk container is not fitting

  6. On the command bar, select Add to Queue.

  7. In the Queue field, select the Support queue, and then select Add.

  8. Using the Customer Service workspace Site Map, navigate to Queues.

  9. Using the dropdown arrow, change the Queue Item Filter view to Cases Available to Work On.

  10. Using the dropdown arrow, change the Queue filter to Support.

  11. Select the check mark column next to the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply case title to select it.

  12. On the command bar, select the Pick button.

  13. On the Pick screen, confirm the selection by selecting the Pick button.

  14. Using the dropdown arrow, change the Queue item filter view to Cases I am Working On.

  15. Open the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply case.

  16. On the Timeline, select the Create a timeline record button.

  17. From the menu that appears select Phone Call.

  18. Configure the Phone Call as follows:

    • Subject: Checking in with Claudia

    • Leave everything else alone

  19. Select Save and Close.

  20. Using the Site Map, navigate to Queues.

  21. Change the items that are displayed to:

    • Filter Item: Cases I am Working On

    • Queue Filter: Support

  22. Select the check mark column next to the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply case title to select it.

  23. On the command bar, select the Release button.

  24. Using the drop-down arrow, change the queue item filter view to Cases available to Work On.

  25. Select the check mark column next to the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply case title to select it.

  26. On the command bar, select the Pick button.

  27. On the Pick screen, confirm the selection by selecting the Pick button.

  28. Using the drop-down arrow, change the queue item filter view to Cases I am Working On.

  29. Open the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply case.

  30. On the command bar, select the Resolve Case button.

  31. If you're prompted to close open activities, select the Confirm button.

  32. On the Resolve a Case resolution window, in the Resolution field, enter Talked to customer and sent a new part.

  33. Select Resolve to resolve the case.

  34. Using the Customer Service workspace Site Map, navigate to Queues.

  35. Change the items that are displayed to:

    • Filter Item: All Items

    • Queue Filter: Support

  36. Notice that the A Mineral Build Up in Water Supply is no longer in the support queue.

  37. Change the queue filter to all queues.

  38. Notice it's no longer in any queue since it has been resolved.