Add Required Skills to Work Orders or Work Types for Field Service
Ensure that every field service appointment is assigned to a service resource with the
right skills. Add skill requirements to work types, work orders, and work order line items so they
can be checked against a service resource’s assigned skills.
Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning
Experience
The Field Service core features, managed package, and mobile app are available in
Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions.
User Permissions Needed
To view skill requirements:
Read on the parent object (work orders or work types) AND Read on skills
To create, edit or delete skill requirements on work orders or work order line
items:
Edit on work orders AND Read on skills
To create, edit or delete skill requirements on work types:
Edit on work types AND Read on skills
Adding required skills to work types saves you time and keeps your business processes
consistent. Work orders and work order line items inherit their work type’s required skills.
For example, a refrigeration company can add a skill requirement of Refrigerator
Maintenance—skill level 50—to their Annual Maintenance work type. When a call center rep
creates a work order for their customer’s annual fridge maintenance, selecting that work
type on the work order adds the required skill.
If the Field Service managed package is installed, you can use Guided Setup to add required
skills to work types. From the App Launcher, find and open the Field Service
Admin app, and then click the Field Service Settings
tab.
Then, click Go to Guided Setup, select Create Work Types and
Skills, and enter skills in the Skill Requirements field of any work type.
You can also add required skills to work orders, work order line items, or work types from the
Skill Requirements related list, outside of Guided Setup.
Navigate to the record that needs required skills.
In the Skill Requirements related list, click New.
Select a skill. When you’re not using of Guided Setup, skills must be created before they
can be added as a requirement; to learn how, see Create Skills for Field Service.
Enter a skill level from 0 to 99.99 based on
how your business measures skill level.
Click Save. The skill now appears in the Skill Requirements related
list on the record.
You can enforce skill requirements during schedule optimization using the Match Skills
work rule. This rule ensures that appointments are assigned only to service resources who possess
the required skills listed on the parent record. If you’re not using the Field Service managed
package, skill requirements serve as a suggestion rather than a rule.
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