{"id":2382,"date":"2014-03-28T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T10:10:09","slug":"sharepoint-help-desk-with-comindware-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/sharepoint-help-desk-with-comindware-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a SharePoint Help Desk Workflow: Is There an Alternative to Costly Coding Experts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Dealing with massive amounts of requests is an everyday occurrence for most businesses, be those from employees, vendor partners, customers and other stakeholders. Creating a SharePoint help desk system to deal with all these requests, however, isn\u2019t always easy. While SharePoint is a useful software right out of the box, one major challenge SharePoint users have to contend with is the needed technical expertise to align the software\u2019s functionalities with that of the company\u2019s unique business needs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p><!--more-->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/platform\/try\/\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'abtest', 'platform-banner-click');\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pl-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cmw-platform-banner.png\" class=\"img-fluid my-5\" alt=\"CMW Platform banner\" title=\"CMW Platform banner\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"justify\">This is because SharePoint is primarily a content and document manager, with some level of collaboration and workflow capabilities. Even in global deployments, it is a powerful tool when used for the purpose it is built for. But when you start forcing the software to work in step with your operational requirements and you have inadequate coding experience, you\u2019re likely to run into problems.<\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Calling in the experts to tweak and\/or reconfigure the software \u2013 or some aspects of it \u2013 is costly and can take time. In today\u2019s cutthroat business environment where timeliness is of paramount importance, longer time-to-market can be a huge success deterrent. Still, if SharePoint is an integral part of your business processes, the good news is that it is possible to deploy a SharePoint help desk system without:<\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<ul style=\"padding-left:20px;\">\r\n\t<li>breaking the bank<\/li>\r\n\t<li>employing the knowledge and experience of coding experts<\/li>\r\n\t<li>installing a third-party application, which also means no user learning curve or lengthy assimilation time before the SharePoint help desk ticket system is fully operational<\/li>\r\n\t<li>getting stressed out by tirades from disgruntled stakeholders<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<h2>Simplifying your SharePoint help desk solution<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2383\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SharePoint-Help-Desk-with-Comindware-Tracker.jpg\" alt=\"SharePoint Help Desk with Comindware Tracker\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"text-center post__button\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/try\/\" class=\"btn btn-green btn-lg\">\n\n            Get a 30-day trial!\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Working with employee, vendor and customer requests is a pretty straightforward process. But without a proper tracking system, requests can get misrouted, lost in numerous email threads, or worked on by two or more help desk personnel when one should suffice. And then, there are those endless \u2013 and often, unnecessary and time-consuming \u2013 exchanges between the requestor, the concerned staff and other pertinent parties before the issue is fully understood, mainly as a result of inefficient issue escalation.<\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Spreadsheets, logs and other manual tracking techniques won\u2019t do much good for volumes of requests, particularly considering the possibilities of human and machine error. Needless to say, this results in unhappy customers, demotivated employees, sour relationships with unenthusiastic business partners and a floundering bottom line.<\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">This is where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">Comindware Tracker in SharePoint<\/a> can help. Comindware Tracker\u2019s ability to work with SharePoint\u2019s native user interface controls without modifying existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">SharePoint workflow<\/a> settings makes SharePoint help desk management relatively painless, allowing you to maximize your SharePoint investment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Comindware Tracker\u2019s SharePoint help desk ticket system<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Comindware Tracker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-builder\/\">graphical workflow builder<\/a>, which lets you move things around with drag-and-drop ease, makes creating a SharePoint help desk ticket system (or any SharePoint workflow, for that matter) a possibility even for those without programming or coding expertise. Implementation of a SharePoint help desk solution can be done in the shortest time possible with a pre-built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/itsm\/\">IT help desk<\/a> template that you can also modify to serve your specific help desk workflow purposes, all the while keeping SharePoint\u2019s familiar look and feel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Designing a SharePoint help desk solution doesn\u2019t have to be a daunting task, or a choice between one tool or the other. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">With Comindware Tracker in SharePoint<\/a>, you get to keep an application your employees know and love, at the same time enhancing your workflow creation capabilities without the need to onboard pricey IT experts to handle your programming needs \u2013 all this without having to install anything or adapting to unfamiliar and complicated applications to get things done.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"text-center post__button\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/try\/\" class=\"btn btn-green btn-lg\">\n\n            Get a 30-day trial!\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"author bg-light border\">\n    <section class=\"row p-3 p-sm-5 align-items-center\">\n        <aside class=\"col-sm-3 col-4\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author__img img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Maricel Rivera\" alt=\"Maricel Rivera\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maricel-rivera.jpg\">\n        <\/aside>\n        <article class=\"col-sm-9 col\">\n            <p class=\"author__text\">Maricel Rivera works as a financial researcher for a multinational financial firm. Outside of her full-time work, especially when the financial reporting season isn\u2019t at its peak, aside from online marketing, she also does freelance writing, specializing in the business and technology field. One of the topics she has already extensively covered and keeps exploring is work management. She currently explores product development trends, contributes to www.cmwlab.com and provides tips for better use of Comindware Tracker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/workflow-software\/\">workflow software<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/article>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing with massive amounts of requests is an everyday occurrence for most businesses, be those from employees, vendor partners, customers and other stakeholders. Creating a SharePoint help desk system to deal with all these requests, however, isn\u2019t always easy. 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