Set up SLA to start counting time by different time stemp than creation time

Miro Zani

Hi!

We have a special case for SLA. Customers sometimes report requests by alternative channels, like regular mails to employees, phone call s to employees and so on.

In the same time, customer strongly requires that all requests are entered in service manager, and that SLA starts counting from the moment when we received the request, not from the moment when request is really created in the system.

 In such scenarios happen that requests are entered into the system with significant time delay. Can we somehow add that additional time to SLA and set it up to count it in remaining time? By adding the time, we will shorter time to respond by the time delay.

 Any advice or suggestion? Using custom code or custom plugins are options as well.

Thank you in advance!

Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_

Hi @Miro Zani 

Welcome to the Community!

I would suggest implementing an SLA by starting with a date field that can be set by agents when creating or after creating the issue. Since the issue creation date may not always be accurate, this date custom field can serve as the basis for starting the SLA. You can set the date field manually or use a script to automatically set it (for example, as the creation date if it's not specified).

If you're interested, you can use the Time to SLA app available on the Market, which provides documentation on how to implement this approach.

Please note that I'm a member of the Time to SLA team, so my recommendation may be biased.

Best