Service Manager

Using the Social Board

Use the Social Board to post messages to users and view messages posted by other users. You can also create conversations amongst users within a team, group, or role.

The administrator must activate the Social Board before you can send or receive messages.

The Social Board workspace enables the following:

•Activity streams and real-time feed:

•Notifies affected users when relevant business services are out or degraded.

•Makes users more aware of things that are important to them (such as escalations, status updates, and so on).

•Reduces the time spent on tasks related to finding information and tracking updates.

•Social community and collaboration:

•Encourages users to collaborate and provide peer-to-peer support with both real-time and archival knowledge to drive greater productivity.

•Lets users help each other within a managed community and service as a team.

Opening the Social Board

The administrator must grant you access to the Social Board workspace before you can use it.

1.Log in to the Self Service portal.

2.Open the Social Board workspace.

After you open the Social Board, you can send and receive messages and utilize the Chat Zone.

Other Features of Social Board

•About Social Board Messages and Comments

•Working with Teams and Groups