What is a helpdesk dashboard?
A helpdesk dashboard is used by helpdesk teams to monitor key metrics and make sure they’re hitting KPI targets. Usually, these dashboards include data from ticketing software platforms such as Zendesk, Help Scout or Freshdesk.
Sometimes referred to as a service desk, this team is often responsible for providing technical support such as IT problem solving. They can work with both external customers or internal staff. Therefore the metrics shared on these dashboards vary depending on priorities of the team.
Different examples of helpdesk dashboard
Helpdesk dashboard
This dashboard takes data from Freshdesk to highlight how the whole helpdesk team is performing against their KPIs. The focus for this team is the quality of the interactions they’re having, Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) is their most important metric. This helpdesk dashboard also keeps a close eye on First Response Time and Full Resolution Time as the team have found these metrics are critical to providing a positive customer experience.
In order to ensure high quality conversations, the team also shares Quality Assurance (QA) data generated through peer reviews in Klaus. The dashboard shows the average QA scores for individual agents and the whole team.
Focus area
Quality customer interactions
Who looks at it?
Helpdesk Manager, agents, leadership team
How often?
Daily
- Freshdesk
IT Service Desk dashboard
The IT Service Desk team in this example provides technical support to staff members, internally. They use this dashboard to monitor their performance against Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ticket volume, the different types of technical requests and their CSAT score. The data for these metrics comes from Zendesk Support.
They’ve broken down First Response Time (FRT) SLA targets by priority to ensure the most urgent tickets are responded to first. They’ve also included a table highlighting tickets about to breach, which allows the Service Desk Manager to monitor any upcoming potential breaches and help agents resolve issues quickly.
Focus area
SLAs, breaches
Who looks at it?
IT Service Desk Manager, Service Desk Agents
How often?
Throughout the day
- Zendesk Support
Help Scout dashboard
This dashboard allows the helpdesk team and manager to see an overview of performance for the day and the week. An area of focus for the whole team is first response; they’re tracking both daily average First Response Time (FRT) and tickets resolved after the first response. It’s their goal to deliver faster customer service overall.
All the data included in this dashboard comes from Help Scout.
Focus area
First response
Who looks at it?
Helpdesk Manager, agents, leadership team
How often?
Daily
- Help Scout
Freshdesk dashboard
This Freshdesk dashboard allows the Helpdesk Manager to manage team workflows and get an overall picture of how the team is performing. Using data from Freshdesk, tickets are broken down into priority and team so that the manager can see if there is a need to redistribute workload.
The helpdesk agents view the dashboard to keep an eye on unassigned tickets, their goal is to keep this below 10, as well as maintain a good average First Response Time (FRT) and Resolution Time for the week. A leaderboard of top ticket solvers is included to help encourage friendly competition among agents.
Focus area
Managing workflows, unassigned tickets, FRT, Resolution Time
Who looks at it?
Helpdesk Manager, agents
How often?
Throughout the day
- Freshdesk
Zendesk helpdesk dashboard
The helpdesk viewing this dashboard needs to stay on top of high volumes of tickets for a relatively small team. The dashboard is predominantly used by the Helpdesk Manager to monitor volumes, agent availability and anything causing SLA breaches. Using this dashboard, they’re able organize their workload more efficiently.
Agents also use this dashboard to monitor the state of the current queue so that they’re able to take their breaks around less busy periods in the day. Feedback is included to motivate everyone with only positive comments being displayed.
All the data on this dashboard comes from Zendesk Support.
Focus area
Ticket volumes, agent availability, SLA breaches
Who looks at it?
Helpdesk Manager, agents
How often?
Throughout the day
- Zendesk Support