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Schedule Salesforce case follow-up with ease

Often, your customer service cases need follow-up in the future. Salesforce does not allow cases to resurface at a later time.
JB Case Scheduler solves this problem. It enables service agents to schedule a case for follow-up in the future. No need to create tasks or manually create reminders; just let JB Case Scheduler do its job and present the case at the time you set.

You can rely on the JB Case Scheduler to ensure consistent handling of planned case activity. Agents do not need to perform separate planning tasks and cannot forget or misplace follow-up cases. This means you can confidently live up to the promises you make to your customers.

Salesforce Case Scheduler

Try it out for Free!

JB Case Scheduler is free to use with up to three users. During the trial, you’ll have access to all the features and support. Just follow the steps described in the installation, and you’re off. Check our pricing for our plans.

Pricing

We offer a cost-effective per user license model (5 euro user/month) and an unlimited model (500 euro / Month) to suit your team’s needs and budget.

Frequently asked questions

Install the package from the Salesforce Appexchange (Make sure to set it up and test in a sandbox first.) Assign the JB Case Scheduler User permission set to users you want to have the feature enabled for Assign the JB Case Scheduler Admin permission set to yourself (or other admin users doing the config) Open the JB Case Scheduler app and Run the configuration wizard Add the Case Scheduler component to a page layout All set; you are good to go!
You can use JB Case Scheduler for free for up to three users for as long as you like. Make sure to set it up and test in a sandbox first.
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Details

The installed package contains these components:

  • Finalize when package is done

When the configuration wizard is run, it performs these tasks:

  • It checks if a Case Scheduler queue exists and creates one if this is not the case.
  • It sets values for:
    • Scheduling threshold – this is the default time offset the agent sees when scheduling a case. The agent can set this to any preferred time.
    • Default re-activation queue – This is the default option presented to the agent for the Owner of the queue after the case is reactivated. The agent can choose whether to accept this queue, set the owner to themselves or specify another owner.
    • Refresh interval – this is the frequency of the checks we do if a case needs reactivation. Default is each 15 minutes.
    • Default Scheduling reason – this is the default text we show. What you set here can be changed by the agent at the time of scheduling.

Case scheduler works as follows:

  • When the Scheduling component is added to the Case page layout an agent can schedule the case for later follow up.
  • An agent can set these options when scheduling:
    • The reactivation time: this is the time the case will become active again.
    • The reactivation owner: After the case is reactivated this is the owner that we will set. Setting this to an omni channel queue enables the flexibility of omni channel routing. But the user can choose to set themselves or other queues as owners.
    • Reason text: This is the text we will put on the feed of a scheduled case and in the reactivation message. This text is used to inform/remind users of the reason why the case was scheduled.
  • After the case is scheduled it gets a new owner; the Case Scheduler queue. It remains here until the time specified.
  • JB Case Scheduler will check each 15 minutes (or any other frequency specified during config) if cases can be reactivated. Please keep this in mind in setting expectations for agents.
  • When a case is scheduled the Case Scheduler component shows the reactivation time and a notification the case is scheduled.
  • The agent can choose to unschedule a case manually. The owner of the case then becomes the agent that unschedules.
  • JB Case Scheduler adds several new fields to the Case object. The amount of Custom fields on objects are subject to limits.
  • For tracking/milestones/entitlements: JB Case Scheduler does not change case status, it only changes the owner to a waiting queue. Make sure to modify any escalation logic in order to prevent scheduled cases to appear before their scheduled date. Refer to the fields JB Case scheduler creates to evaluate which data points to use.
  • Rescheduling a case to a user or non omni channel queue will not register in omni channel time tracking
  • Rescheduling a case to an omni channel queue will put the case in the back of the queue. If you need these cases to be handled with priority make sure to send them either to a queue that has more priority or set-up secondary routing prioirity in omni channel.