Field-Service-Consultant Salesforce Certified Field Service Consultant (SP23) Question and Answers

Reshuffle allows the dispatcher to automatically reschedule service appointments for a specific date range based on the current schedule and optimization rules1. In-day Optimization allows the dispatcher to optimize the schedule for a specific resource or territory based on real-time events such as cancellations or delays2. References: 1 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_reshuffle.htm &type=5 2 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_in_day_optimization.htm &type=5

Service Appointments are records that track the date, time, duration, and assigned resource for a work order or work order line item[117]. Creating a new Service Appointment for each site visit would allow Universal Containers to track when Technicians need to visit a customer site multiple times to resolve an issue by creating different service appointments for the same work order and capturing notes and status updates for each service appointment. Creating a new Child Work Order for each site visit would create unnecessary records and complexity. Child Work Orders are work orders that are related to another work order as part of a hierarchy[118]. Creating a new Product Consumed for each site visit would not track the site visits. Products Consumed are records that track the products or parts that are used or installed during a service appointment[119]. Creating a new Work Order Line Item for each site visit would not track the site visits. Work Order Line Items are records that track specific tasks or products related to a work order[120]. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointments.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_orders.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_products_consumed_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5

This option ensures that the service territory member’s operating hours are aligned with the service territory’s time zone, and avoids scheduling conflicts or gaps. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_operating_hours.htm &type=5

Time sheet entries are records that track the time spent by a service resource on a work order or a work order line item[28]. Time sheet entries can be associated to work order line items or work orders using lookup fields[29]. Assigned resources are records that assign a service resource to a service appointment[30]. Service resources are records that represent the people or equipment that perform field service tasks[31]. Time sheet entries cannot be associated to assigned resources or service resources directly. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_time_sheets_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_time_sheet_entries_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_assigned_resources_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_resources_overview.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 and Skill Requirements for Install, Break-fix, and Inspections, Universal Containers can standardize creation of Work Orders with the correct skills and estimated time to completion. Work Order Record Types for Break-fix, Install, and Inspection would allow creating different page layouts and picklist values for different types of work orders, but not define skills and duration. Work Type Line Items for Install, Break-fix, and Inspections would allow creating templates for work order line items, but not work orders. Work Order custom fields to define Install, Break-fix, and Inspections would allow capturing additional information for different types of work orders, but not define skills and duration. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_types.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_orders.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5

Permission Sets are records that grant users access to specific features or apps such as Salesforce Field Service[214]. Scheduling licenses are records that grant users access to scheduling features such as Dispatcher Console or Optimization[215]. Creating Permission Sets and assigning the Salesforce Field Service Resource Permission Set and Scheduling license to each Technician would allow Universal Containers’ Technicians to update their own appointments’ status using the Dispatcher console Gantt chart by granting them access to Salesforce Field Service mobile app features such as updating status and granting them access to scheduling features such as viewing Gantt chart[216]. Creating Permission Sets and assigning the Salesforce Field Service Scheduling and Mobile Permission Sets to the Resource profile would not allow Technicians

Resource Availability Rules are rules that define when resources are available for service appointments based on their working hours, absences, breaks, travel time, etc.[77]. Using the Resource Availability Rule would allow configuring the Scheduling Policy to ensure a 30-minute lunch break that begins every day after 1 PM by setting up criteria such as break duration equals 30 minutes and break start time after 1 PM[78]. Creating a recurring Service Appointment would not ensure a 30-minute lunch break that begins every day after 1 PM. Recurring Service Appointments are service appointments that repeat at regular intervals such as daily, weekly, or monthly[79]. Using appropriate Resource Operating Hours would not ensure a 30-minute lunch break that begins every day after 1 PM. Resource Operating Hours are records that define when resources are available for work based on their time zones, business hours, holidays, etc.[80]. Creating Resource Absences every day would not ensure a 30-minute lunch break that begins every day after 1 PM. Resource Absences are records that mark resources as unavailable for work for specific time periods due to sickness, vacation, or other reasons[81]. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_resource_availability_rules_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_resource_availability_rules_breaks.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_recurring_service_appointments_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_resource_operating_hours_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_resource_absences_overview.htm &type=5

Multi-day service appointments are used when jobs can take longer than the available resources hours in a day or require consecutive days of work and can span over weekends. Jobs that need to be performed at the same site on the same day of the week or require multiple stages of work performed by different resources can be handled by single-day service appointments with appropriate scheduling policies and optimization rules. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_multiday_service_appointments_overview.htm &type=5

This option allows automatically dispatching a certain number of Service Appointments to a technician after they complete their current one, based on a predefined criteria. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_drip_feed_dispatch.htm &type=5

Field Sets allow controlling which fields are displayed on the Work Order and Service Appointment cards in the Salesforce Field Service mobile app. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_mobile_fields.htm &type=5

To perform multi-staged jobs, where the second job can only begin after completion of the first job, two service appointments can be created and linked by setting the Related Service Appointment field on the second service appointment to point to the first one, and setting the Time Dependency field to After Previous. Creating one service appointment with the total duration of the two jobs and assigning two resources would not ensure that the second job starts after the first one. Creating two service appointments and scheduling them to the same resource or creating one service appointment and scheduling it to two different resources would not create a dependency between the jobs. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointments.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_service_appointment_dependencies.htm &type=5

User Territories are records that associate users with service territories for sharing purposes[90]. Creating a new user territory associated with the Service Territory and dispatcher would allow giving access to all relevant Midwest records by linking them with their corresponding service territory[91]. Configuring and running the User Territory Sharing Job in Field Service Settings would allow updating sharing rules based on user territories automatically at regular intervals such as daily or weekly[92]. Assigning a new user territory and adding each of the assigned service resources would not give access to all relevant Midwest records

Enabling the sharing features in the Field Service settings in the Setup menu allows sharing dispatched service appointments with assigned resources regardless of the private record access model in sales, support, and field service organizations[50]. Creating a user territory for the technicians’ primary and secondary territories would not ensure that they have access to the service appointments dispatched to them. Creating a process to change the owner of the service appointment to the assigned technician would not work if multiple resources are assigned to the same service appointment. Configuring a sharing rule to share dispatched service appointments with the assigned resource would not work if multiple resources are assigned to different crews or teams. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_sharing_overview.htm &type=5

This option allows recording the required work for each component separately, and tracking the status and progress of each Work Order Line Item. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5

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[194]. Global optimization would allow Universal Containers to realign available resources with open work by running an optimization job that prioritizes emergency work and assigns it to the best available resources[195]. Resource Schedule Optimization is a feature that allows scheduling service appointments for individual resources based on their availability and preferences[196]. Resource Schedule Optimization would not allow Universal Containers to realign available resources with open work because it does not consider multiple resources or service appointments at once. Emergency scheduling is a feature that allows creating and assigning emergency service appointments to the best available resources[197]. Emergency scheduling would not allow Universal Containers to realign available resources with open work because it does not reschedule existing service appointments. Customer First scheduling is a feature that allows prioritizing customer preferences and satisfaction when scheduling service appointments[198]. Customer First scheduling would not allow Universal Containers to realign available resources with open work because it does not prioritize emergency work or reschedule existing service appointments. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_optimization_overview.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_resource_schedule_optimization_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_scheduling_emergency_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_scheduling_customer_first_overview.htm &type=5

This option allows recording the required work for each component separately, and tracking the status and progress of each Work Order Line Item. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_work_order_line_items.htm &type=5

Drip Feed Dispatching is a feature that allows dispatching groups of service appointments to technicians at regular intervals instead of all at once[56]. Enabling Drip Feed Dispatching in Field Service Settings allows turning on this feature for all service territories[57]. Setting the Number of Services to Drip Feed on the Service Territory allows specifying how many service appointments should be dispatched at a time for each service territory[58]. Setting the Service Appointment to Dispatch in Field Service Settings would not affect how many service appointments are dispatched at a time. Enabling Sharing of Dispatched Service Appointments would not affect how many service appointments are dispatched at a time. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_drip_feed_dispatching_overview.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_drip_feed_dispatching_enable.htm &type=5 https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_drip_feed_dispatching_configure.htm &type=5

This option allows capturing the required information on the work order and updating the related case and service appointment records using a flow. References: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fs_mobile_quick_actions.htm &type=5