Help Desk and Service Desk FAQ

What is the Help Desk and Service Desk?

Both are free products developed by Targetprocess. They allow you to handle tickets (Requests) submitted by your customers (Requesters).

Help Desk was released in 2008 and had a UI update in 2014. Now it is deprecated.

Service Desk is a new version of the software. It is based on the same mechanics as the old Help Desk, but has better UI and more features. Read more on the Service Desk here.

You can technically have both versions at one time and switch from Help Desk to Service Desk (though there is little sense to switch the other way).

Do I need a Targetprocess license to get into Service Desk ?

No, you don't. No extra licenses are required for Requesters, as they do not have access to Targetprocess. Requesters submit tickets through the Service Desk web interface.

How to activate Service Desk

In Targetprocess On-Demand, you can activate Service Desk from Settings > Service Desk.

On-Premise customers can have it installed in two ways: either as an IIS application or as a Docker container

Which projects are displayed in Service Desk?

Projects do not appear in Service Desk automatically. Please find step-by-step guide on how to publish projects in dedicated article.

Can I use it without Targetprocess?

No. Targetprocess is required for using Service Desk. Besides, we recommend support staff or whoever is processing the Requests to work from Targetprocess, not Service Desk. All administration, merging, and state-changing is done from Targetprocess. By the way, here is a nice article on how you can use Targetprocess for customer support.

How can I access Service Desk?

Once enabled, Service Desk will be available at https://your_account_name.tpondemand.com/helpdesk

Old Help Desk Portal URLs usually look something like this: https://helpdesk.tpondemand.com/your _account_name

Can I login to Service Desk with Targetprocess credentials?

Yes, you can. However, please note that Targetprocess users and external requesters are still different users. In case you have the same credentials, you will be logged in as a Targetprocess user. So if you were using the old Help Desk, you may see some difference in the My Requests list. We are going to merge those users to avoid confusion.

Single Sign-On (SSO) for Service Desk is supported and can be enabled per request by our support team.
1 - Targetprocess SSO settings work by default in the Service Desk. That means, Targetprocess users will be able to log into the Service Desk with SSO;

2 - Requesters will still have an option to log in with the login and password.

Is it open-source?

We are going to make Service Desk open-source in the future, but at this moment we are actively working on it, so if you make your own branch, you might have to update it very often.