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BeaverFlow Helpdesk

Support that scales

The first thing most employees experience of IT is a request that goes nowhere — an email to an unknown address, a Slack message that gets lost, a phone call that reaches someone who takes a note and forgets to follow up.

BeaverFlow Helpdesk replaces that experience with a structured support operation where every request has a ticket number, an owner, an SLA clock, and a visible status. Users submit through a branded self-service portal, via email, or through an integrated chat channel — all requests land in the same queue.

The service catalogue lets users request predefined services with purpose-built forms: new laptop setup, software access, printer repair, VPN configuration. Each catalogue item carries its own SLA, approval flow, and task template. First-line agents stop collecting information and start resolving.

CSAT surveys fire automatically when a ticket closes. Scores are visible per agent and per team, trending over time. Managers see satisfaction data alongside ticket volume and resolution time — a complete picture of support quality rather than just throughput metrics.

For shared service centres serving multiple business units, Helpdesk handles multi-tenancy cleanly: separate queues, separate SLAs, separate reporting — all within a single operational platform that the IT team manages from one admin panel.

Key capabilities
01

Self-Service Portal

Branded portal where users submit, track, reopen and rate tickets without calling the service desk.

02

Service Catalogue

Structured catalogue of available services with purpose-built request forms and approval flows.

03

Multi-Channel Intake

Email, portal, chat and API channels all converge in one agent queue.

04

SLA Engine

Per-service SLA policies with response and resolution clocks, warning thresholds and escalation rules.

05

Automated Routing

Tickets routed to the right team automatically based on category, CI, location or user group.

06

CSAT Surveys

Satisfaction ratings collected after every closure with agent-level and team-level trend tracking.

07

Agent Productivity

Canned responses, bulk actions, collision detection and smart templates reduce handling time.

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Ticket Merging

Merge duplicate tickets from multiple channels into a single authoritative record.

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Child Tickets

Break complex requests into child tickets with dependencies — all linked to a single parent for the user.

10

SLA Reporting

Drill into SLA compliance by service, team, agent and period with exportable evidence.

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Service Hours

Define business hours, holidays and overtime rules — SLA clocks honour your calendar.

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Approval Flows

Multi-step approval chains for requests requiring manager or system-owner sign-off before fulfilment.

Use cases
01

IT department replacing a shared email inbox with a structured self-service portal

02

Shared service centre serving finance, HR and IT requests on a single platform

03

Customer support operation measuring and improving satisfaction scores per resolution

04

Remote workforce support with multi-timezone SLA policies and follow-the-sun routing

05

Retail chain standardising IT support across 50+ store locations from central service desk

06

Healthcare provider managing clinical and administrative support with strict SLA compliance

07

University IT service managing student and staff requests with separate queues and SLAs

08

Onboarding programme for new employees initiated through a self-service portal request

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Service desk agent training programme using knowledge base articles during live ticket handling

10

Monthly SLA compliance report for IT director using automated Helpdesk reporting

ITIL practices covered
Service DeskService Request ManagementService Catalogue ManagementService Level ManagementIncident ManagementContinual Improvement
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