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Recurring Notification for Unassigned Tickets

Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭
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I'm wondering if anyone here has a solution for a recurring notification. I have support groups that tend to let their tickets sit unassigned for long periods of time, and I am tired of emailing them with reminders. Instead I would like the system to do this for me. I went to create a template and subscription but I couldn't find the exact option I needed out of the box.

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  • Justin_WorkmanJustin_Workman Cireson Support Super IT Monkey ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Kevin_Goodwin - You should be able to create a recurring subscription in Subscriptions by using this:

    And a criteria like this:

    I hope this helps!
  • Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭

    Hi Justin,

    Yup, I know I have that setup and I have toyed around with it, but I cannot find the option I need in there. I want to have the notification trigger when the "Assigned to" field is Null. I have seen a couple examples used where they take the "First assigned to" field and then due XML changes to add a "isNull" option since that doesn't come out of the box, but with how a ticket may possibly be transferred from one person to another group here, I really need to have it trigger off of the "Assigned to" field. And sadly, I am not very handy with XML customizations, otherwise this would probably be really easy.

  • Justin_WorkmanJustin_Workman Cireson Support Super IT Monkey ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does it not work with having username is empty?  It's been a while since I've done a manual subscription like that, but I thought that would work.
  • Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭
    I don't see the field option for "Assigned to" in the options for the subscription. It's been a while since I have done one too, but I seem to remember having a hard time telling them to watch either the Affected User or Assigned to Fields as criteria. I have drilled through the list looking for an option, but have been unable to find one.
  • Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭

    Somehow I didn't think that would work, as I thought it needed to be the exact field name, but it worked. I knew it had to be easy. :)

    Thanks Justin!

  • Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭

    So I have another questions that sort of continues this line of thought. I have the subscription setup now, but I need to suppress the first notification. I was thinking of using a relative created date criteria, but I don't know how to tell it to say, "Don't send this notification until after XX time has gone by"

    Any ideas on that?

  • Kevin_GoodwinKevin_Goodwin Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭
    I tried playing around with relative dates on "Last Modified" but couldn't get anything to do the trick. It seems so simple to do, yet the correct setup is eluding me.
  • Bryant_RichardsBryant_Richards Customer IT Monkey ✭
    Instead of last modified, try setting it to fire from the created date instead of updated
  • Peter_MiklianPeter_Miklian Customer Advanced IT Monkey ✭✭✭

    I'm using Windows Scheduled Tasks starting PowerShell (+SMlets) scripts for such notifications about tickets not assigned/not modified for a long time.

    In PS you can better specify your required conditions and you don't need to use SCSM Notifications at all.

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