General settings for Self Service

Select this check box to enable clients to view knowledge articles before Incident templates and service request definitions in Self Service.
If you select this check box, the following precedence is established:

• The Popular Self Help Articles tab appears on the left and the Common Service Requests tab appears on the right on the Self Service home page.

• When you perform a search, the Self Help Articles tab appears before the Tickets, Service Requests, and Web tabs in the search results.

Note: In Self Service, the knowledge articles are sorted based on the count in the Used in Self Service # and Viewed in Self Service # fields of the knowledge articles. The Viewed in Self Service # count increments by 1 each time Self Service users view a knowledge article. The Used in Self Service # count increments by 1 each time Self Service users submit feedback that the article has met their needs. The count of the Used in Self Service # field has higher weightage than the Viewed in Self Service # field.

Select this check box to display the knowledge articles under the respective categories. You can sort the list based on the title of the articles.

For more information, see Displaying knowledge articles segregated by categories.

For more information, see Displaying suggested knowledge articles and service requests in Self Service.

Select this check box to show the tasks linked to a ticket or service request in Self Service. Linked tasks will be shown in the Files section of a record. Linked tasks will also be shown in the list view on the Tickets and Requests page when a user selects a record.

You can configure the Task fields whose data is displayed in Self Service. By default, fields available in the Column Headers field set are shown. To select another field set, use the Field set to show columns in the Task tab on the Tickets and Service Requests pages list.

For the tasks that you want to show in Self Service, select the Display in Self Service field. By default, this field is not shown on the Task details page on the Remedyforce Console tab. You must make the field available in the Console - Task Details field set.

The Self Service website URL is used when performing following actions:

• When a staff member shares a link to an incident with a client in an email message. When the client clicks this link, the Self Service view of the incident is displayed.
• When a staff member copies a link to a knowledge article in the Resolution field of an incident. The client can use this link to see the knowledge article in Self Service.
• If you do not configure the Site URL of Self Service field, then the direct links are generated using the login.salesforce.com or test.salesforce.com based on whether the organization is production or sandbox.
•  To generate the direct links based on the My Domain feature, you must configure the Site URL of Self Service field with the same URL as configured for My Domain under Setup > Domain Management > My Domain.   

Note: To provide direct links to components, ensure that you enter the URL of the Self Service website in this field. For more information, see Providing direct links for Self Service components.

This setting is applicable to users of Salesforce Platform only. Based on this setting, you configure on whose behalf your users should be able to submit tickets or requests. The following options are provided:

• All Users that are below in the role hierarchy: Select if you have configured role hierarchy in your organization and you want to enable clients to submit tickets or requests on behalf of users below in their role hierarchy.
• All users that belong to same Account: Select if you have configured accounts in your organization and you want to enable clients to submit tickets or requests for all users of the same account.
• All users: Select if you want to enable all users to submit tickets or requests on behalf of each other.

In addition, you must consider some important points before selecting an option. For more information, see Considerations for Submit Tickets/Requests On Behalf Of settings.

 Tickets or requests shown to clients in Self Service are not configured by this setting. For more information, see Rules for record display in Self Service.

Remedyforce Chat settings

You must also perform additional steps to enable Remedyforce Chat for clients and staff member. For more information, see Configuring BMC Remedyforce Chat.

• Enable Chat for Self Service web portal: Select this check box to enable Remedyforce Chat for clients in the Self Service.

  The Self Service can be accessed from the Remedyforce Self Service and SelfService(Beta) tabs.

• Enable Chat for Self Service Mobile: Select this check box to enable Remedyforce Chat for clients in Self Service on Salesforce1 Mobile App (Self Service mobile app).
  
  
• All Accounts or Selected Accounts
  

  This setting is applicable to Remedyforce Chat in the Self Service mobile app.

  • All Accounts: Select this option if you want to enable Remedyforce Chat for all client accounts.
  • Selected Accounts: Select this option if you want to enable Remedyforce Chat for selected client accounts.
    
    
• Enable Pre-Chat form: Select this check box if you want to enable clients to enter a category and their query before initiating a chat. If clients select a category on the Pre-Chat form, the chat can be assigned based on suggested owners configured for the selected category.
  This setting, along with the Show 'None of the above' as a Category on the Pre-Chat form setting, is applicable to Remedyforce Chat for the Self Service website and the Self Service mobile app.
  
  
• Show 'None of the above' as a Category on the Pre-Chat form: Select this check box to enable clients to select None of the above as an option from the Category list on the Pre-Chat form. If clients select this check box, the chat is assigned to any available staff member.

Records submitted by a client on behalf of other clients (even above in the role hierarchy)

Records submitted by clients below in the role hierarchy