Salesforce Field-Service-Consultant - Salesforce Certified Field Service Consultant (SP25)

Service reports are documents that summarize the details and outcomes of a service appointment such as work performed, products consumed, customer feedback, etc.[25]. Configuring signature blocks for service report templatesallows capturing customer signatures as proof of job completion before generating invoices[26]. Adding service report templates to the appropriate repair work type allows automatically generating service reports based on the work type of the service appointment[27]. Generating service in the organization’s default language would not verify that a repair job has been completed to the customer satisfaction. Sending a feedback survey to the customer when a service appointment is completed would not ensure thatan invoice can be generated. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports_signature_blocks.htm &type=5https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports_work_types.htm &type=5

Work Types are templates that define the duration, skills, and products required for a work order or work order line item. By creating Work Types with Products Required, agents and dispatchers can quickly create Work Orders with the appropriate materials. Creating Work Types with Products Consumed or Products Required would not populate products on Work Orders automatically, but would require manual entry or consumption by technicians. Creating Work Types and Locations would not affect products on Work Orders, but would affect scheduling and optimization of service appointments. References:https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_types.htm &type=5

Crew Management is a feature that allows creating and managing crews of multiple service resources who share the same service appointments[163]. The Preferred Resource service objective is ignored for active Crew Members because it only applies to individual resources and not crews[164]. Capacity-based scheduling is not supported for Service Crews because crews do not have capacity limits and can be assigned unlimited service appointments[165]. A service resource can be a member of multiple crews and can switch between them depending on their availability and skills[166]. Salesforce Field Service does not consider the Recommended Crew Size when assigning appointments because it only considers the Required Crew Size which indicates the minimum number of crew members needed for a service appointment[167]. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_crews_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_crews_limitations.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_crews_limitations.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView? id=sf.fs_service_crews_create_edit_delete.htm&type=5https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_objects_serviceappointment_requiredcrewsize.htm

This option allows tracking the required work for each machine separately, and scheduling a service appointment for each work order line item. References:https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5

Assets are used to track the customer’s install base, such as products or equipment that require service. Work orders are used to track the work that needs to be done on assets. By relating work orders to assets, the system can track the work history and status of each asset.

Reshuffle is an action within the Gantt that allows rescheduling multiple service appointments at once based on predefined criteria such as emergency priority, travel time, or skills[209]. Reshuffle would allow Universal Containers to dispatch emergency work identified throughout the day that needs to be completed before lower-priority work byrunning a reshuffle action that prioritizes emergency work and assigns it to the best available resources[210]. Defining a Global Optimization job to run hourly would not allow Universal Containers to dispatch emergency work identified throughout the day that needs to be completed before lower-priority work. Global Optimization is a feature that allows rescheduling multiple service appointments at once based on predefined criteria such as emergency priority, travel time, or skills[211]. Running a Global Optimization job hourly would not be responsive enough for emergency work identified throughout the day. Creating a custom Gantt action to call an Apex class to reschedule appointments would not be necessary for Universal Containers to dispatch emergency workidentified throughout the day that needs to be completed before lower-priority work. Custom Gantt actions are actions within the Gantt that can be customized using Apex code to perform specific tasks such as sending notifications or updating fields[212].Creating a custom Gantt action would require additional development and maintenance and would not leverage the existing Reshuffle action. Writing a batch Apex class to unschedule low priority work orders would not allow Universal Containers to dispatch emergency work identified throughout the day that needs to be completed before lower-priority work. Batch Apex is a way of processing large volumes of data asynchronously using Apex code[213]. Writing a batch Apex class would require additional development and maintenance and would not leverage the existing Reshuffle action. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_gantt_reshuffle_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_gantt_reshuffle_run.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_optimization_global_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_gantt_custom_actions_overview.htm &type=5https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_batch_interface.htm

Changing the Work Order with a closed status of “Cancelled” allows tracking Work Order cancellations and subsequent follow-ups using reports or dashboards based on Work Order status field values[23. Re-using the existing Work Order for the follow-up allows maintaining the relationship between the original customer request and the follow-up action without creating duplicate records[24. Changing the Work Order with a status of “New” would not indicate that it was cancelled before. Creating a child Work Order for the follow-up Work Order would create an unnecessary hierarchy of Work Orders that could complicate reporting and scheduling. References:[23. https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_orders.htm &type=5 [24.https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/field-service-lightning-basics/field-service-lightning-work-orders

These two scenarios are fully supported by Maintenance Plans, which allow creating recurring work orders and service appointments based on various criteria. References:https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_maintenance_plans_overview.htm &type=5

This option allows generating a report in the customer’s language by selecting the language from a picklist field on the work order record. References:https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_reports_language.htm &type=5