This section lists the products of an organization. It includes products sold using WooCommerce, Easy Digital Download plugins and custom products created using this section or while setting up the Helpdesk (Ref Section 1.1 Setup Wizard, Point 2)
Click on Products menu item under Helpdesk to open the Products section. It looks similar to the screenshot below
Custom Products
Any products created in WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads will sync with Helpdesk Products section. You can also create custom products as shown below
Steps to add new custom products
1) Name
Add any name for the product
2) Slug
The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens. Slug will be generated automatically after Adding a new Product
3) Parent
From this dropdown you can choose the parent product for new product or you can keep the default value.
4) Description
Here you can add some details regarding the Product. This is an optional field.
5) Helpdesk Default Assigneee
You can select the default staff member for the Product tickets. This dropdown will list the available staff members. The staff member choosen here will be assigned to the tickets created for this Product.
This product assignee will override the default assignee set in the General Settings. (Ref Section 7.1. General for details)
This is also an optional field.
All Helpdesk Products will be visible in Choose Products dropdown in the support form (Ref Section 7.1. General for details)
Columns
A) Name
Names of product/products will display here.
B) Description
Details of the products are shown here.
C) Count
Displays the number of tickets associated with the particular products.
D) Product
Shows the Product id for Woocommerce or Easy Digital Download products.
E) Helpdesk default assignee
Any ticket related to the products will be first assigned to the default assignee. The assignee is set during the initial setup of the plugin. (Refer section 1.1 Setup Wizard, Point 4 for details)
You can easily update the default assignees from this page by doing a mouseover on Product and quick editing.
Screen Options
Screen Options in top right of the page gives you the choice to display the desired columns and number of products you want to show per page.