Escalade

Requirements for latest version

This plugin requires :

  • PHP 7.2 or higher
  • GLPI >= 9.4

Features

Escalade plugin aims to simplifier the ticket escalation process in GLPI. It also adds a graphical historical for assigned groups.

Install the Plugin

  • Uncompress the archive.
  • Move the escalade directory to the <GLPI_ROOT>/plugins directory
  • Navigate to the Configuration > Plugins page,
  • Install and activate the plugin.

Usage

The plugin will create required tables in the database automatically. Those tables will be updated along with the plugin.

Plugin usage is quite simple:

  • configure plugin

You will access the plugin configuration from the Setup > Plugins > Escalade.

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Configuration

  • Remove old assign group on new group assign

When this option is enabled, plugin remove old group when new group is assign to ticket

  • Show group assign history visually

When this option is enabled, plugin display display group assign history

../_images/history.png
  • Escalation history in tasks

When this option is enabled, the plugin adds a private task containing the escalation information fore each escalation

../_images/task_escalation.png
  • Remove technician(s) on escalation

When this option is enabled, the plugin remove assign technician when escalation is performed

  • Ticket status after an escalation

When this option is enabled, the plugin change ticket status when escalation is performed

  • Assign ticket to initial group on solve ticket

When this option is enabled, the plugin assign fisrt group assigned to ticket

  • Assign the technical manager on ticket category change

When this option is enabled, the plugin assign fisrt group assigned to ticket

  • Assign the technical group on ticket category change

When this option is enabled, the plugin assign the technical group of categroy selected from ticket

  • Clone tickets

When this option is enabled, the plugin gives the possibility to clone a ticket and to link it the initial ticket

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  • Close cloned tickets at the same time

When this option is enabled, at the closing of a ticket, cloned and linked tickets are also closed

  • Use the technician’s group

When this option is enabled, the plugin assign fist or latest group of technician assign to ticket

  • Display delete button

Display or not delete button for group, user or supplier switch type (requester, watcher, assigned to)

  • Enable filtering on the groups assignment

When this option is activated, the plugin filters the groups displayed in the dropdown list

  • Example

    • ‘glpi’ user is affected to group ‘groupe 1’
    ../_images/filter_group.png
    • ‘groupe 1’ is configured to allow ticket escalation only to ‘group 2’
    ../_images/group_escalation.png
    • ‘glpi’ user can only reassign ticket to ‘groupe 2’ because it’s assign to ‘groupe 1’
    ../_images/ticket_filter_group.png
    • For other users not assign to ‘groupe 1’, they can’t reassign group to ticket
    ../_images/ticket_filter_group_empty.png
    • You can “bypass” this behavior per user
    ../_images/bypass_user.png

Ticket’s search engine

Plugin add three new search option

../_images/searchoption.png
  • Group concerning by escalation

Ex : get all tickets actually escalated to group “groupe 1”

  • Number of escalation

Ex : get all tickets with more than ten escalation

  • Number of escalation between two groups

Ex : get all tickets with more than 2 escalations between two groups

Central page

New dashlet to display ticket solved to close and assign to you group

../_images/central_closed.png

New dashlet to display not solved ticket where your groups was not actually assign but was in the past

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