The Salesforce Winter ’25 Release for Field Service brings powerful enhancements to optimize scheduling, boost efficiency, and improve customer service. With new AI-driven tools like Einstein Copilot for appointment management, enhanced scheduling flexibility, and features like Tap-to-Pay and dynamic Data Capture forms, your team is better equipped to deliver exceptional service. Explore these updates to elevate your field service operations and drive better results.
Get a Daily Summary of Service Appointments that Require Immediate Attention
Elevate dispatcher productivity by using Einstein Copilot Field Service actions. Get a daily overview to highlight service appointments that require immediate attention, such as appointments with rule violations, overlaps, SLA risks, or emergencies. Each category in the summary is converted into a filter in the appointment list, so it’s easy for dispatchers to resolve these issues immediately. Customize the summary to include additional categories.
Find Service Appointments Easily by Creating Search Filters in the Appointment List
Boost dispatcher efficiency by using Einstein Copilot Field Service Actions. Dispatchers can quickly find service appointments and take immediate action, whether planning schedules or addressing schedule changes. With the Create Appointment List Filter action, dispatchers can benefit from generative AI to search for appointments by using natural language. Einstein Copilot then converts these searches into filters in the appointment list.
Increase Flexibility and Efficiency When Scheduling Complex Work Chains
Improve resource utilization on the Gantt for Appointment Booking and Schedule operations with additional service appointment sliding capabilities. The Enhanced Scheduling and Optimization engine can now slide multiple appointments in a complex work chain with a start-after-finish dependency between service resources to a later time within the resources’ availability. Previously, the engine could move appointments with this type of dependency only up to the start time of the next appointment in the chain.
Enhance Scheduling Accuracy by Adding Travel Time Buffers per Territory
Adjust your estimated travel time for each territory to account for additional arrival time considerations, such as finding parking. These changes keep your schedule accurate and realistic and increase customer satisfaction by providing customers with more accurate arrival information.
Gain Instant Access to Key Operations and Insights with Field Service Home
Access your apps with one click and get personalized insights that spotlight the most crucial data for your field operations, from performance metrics to service trends. The Operations Home provides a comprehensive solution for managing Field Service operations and eliminates the need to search for apps and metrics.
Boost and Track Team Performance
Effortlessly monitor resource utilization, performance efficiency, and burnout risk with the Resource Management dashboard. Analyze individual metrics against team and company benchmarks that help you identify opportunities for improvement and ensure that your team thrives.
Gain Comprehensive Insights into Your Inventory and Products
Keep your operations running smoothly with the Parts and Inventory dashboard. Track stock levels, consumption rates, demand trends, and request statuses so you’re always informed.
Personalize Service Documents with Company and Worker Details
Provide customers with details about your company and who completed the job by including information, such as your company address and phone, name, and specialty of the mobile worker, in your service documents. Embed fields from User and Organization objects into your service documents with Document Builder.
Reschedule Appointments with Scheduling Dependencies in Appointment Assistant
If you’re using Enhanced Scheduling and Optimization, your customers can reschedule complex work in Appointment Assistant Self-Service Scheduling. Previously, if an appointment had scheduling dependencies, customers couldn’t reschedule it.
Empower Mobile Workers with Data Capture Forms (Beta)
Get the job done faster, online or offline, with smart, dynamic Data Capture forms. Launch Data Capture forms from the new Forms tab on Work Order Overview or directly from a service appointment or work order line item via the related list. Pause, resume, and progress backwards and forwards through Data Capture forms without missing a beat. From collecting data on assets that need maintenance to conducting environmental assessments, the conditional logic of Data Capture gives mobile workers only the questions that they need for the task at hand.
Accept On-Site Payments with Tap-to-Pay
Create a Lightning web component (LWC) that lets your customers use the Tap-to-Pay capability of the Payments plug-in to pay mobile workers directly. The Field Service mobile app then integrates with Pay Now to connect the LWC to a secure payment system that processes the interaction.
Reduce Distractions and Stay Focused with Standby Mode
Now mobile workers can pause notifications, data syncs, and location sharing with just a tap so they remain undisturbed during critical tasks. When they exit Standby mode and return to the app, they can continue right where they left off—no need to download records. Previously, workers had to log out and download records again for offline work when logging back in. Enable Standby Mode for your mobile team in Field Service Settings.
Search for Records Easily in the Field Service Mobile App
Let mobile workers quickly find the records they need to get the job done faster with a simple search view that includes filtering and sorting capabilities.
Improve Your Scheduling and Optimization Proficiency with Revamped Salesforce Help Content
Explore updated documentation that boosts your self-sufficiency, enhances user engagement, and facilitates the adoption of our automated features, maximizing your ROI. We enriched the Salesforce Help content on scheduling and optimization to simplify the implementation process. For example, get insights into feature configurations, more details on tools for scheduling automation and optimization, and scenario-based best practices tailored to various roles and industries. Learn about the differences between the optimization engines and the advantages of transitioning to Enhanced Scheduling and Optimization.
Switch to Lightning Data Service for the Best Mobile Experience
Turn on Lightning Data Service in the Field Service mobile app by using a simple setup to access the latest features. Then, use it with Lightning web components to customize the app for your business needs. See the guide Move to Lightning Data Service posted in the Field Service Mobile Trailblazer Community.
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