Published at: 2025-10-31
External Service Group Setup and Work Order Dispatching Configuration
1. Service Provider (Company) Service Group
2.1 Service flow: Dispatcher > Service Group > Service Provider > Service Provider Engineer
- Set the dispatcher at the workflow node to assign an in-company engineer service group. See: https://help.fxiaoke.com/1a54/4107/2f99/7c19/2fc5/546c Dispatcher > Service Group > Service Provider > Service Provider Engineer
- Manual assignment by the service group dispatcher. See: https://help.fxiaoke.com/1a54/4107/37c7/4e63 Service Group Dispatcher: Work Order Assignment
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2.2 Service Provider (Company) Service Group Settings
- Service group type: In-Company (Note: choose In-Company because the group dispatcher is an in-company user)
- Service group member type: Service Provider (company)
- Service group name: name by region or function as needed
- Group dispatcher: set the group dispatcher for scenarios where a manual assignment is required when the workflow reaches the group assignment node
- Group members: select one or more Service Provider companies
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2.3 Service Provider (Company) Service Group Assignment Rules
- Manual: The dispatcher manually assigns Work Orders — the service group dispatcher manually assigns Work Orders to in-group Service Provider companies
- Order Grabbing: Work Orders assigned to this service group can be claimed by eligible in-group Service Provider engineers
- Automatic: Work Orders are automatically assigned to in-group Service Provider companies based on specific rules: Round Robin, Even Distribution, or Rapid Distribution
- Round Robin: All Work Orders routed to this service group are assigned sequentially to the Service Provider companies in the group
- Even Distribution: All Work Orders routed to this service group are preferentially assigned to the Service Provider company with the fewest Work Orders for the day
- Rapid Distribution: All Work Orders routed to this service group are preferentially assigned to the Service Provider company with the fewest unfinished Work Orders
- Note: Rule-based assignment is not supported
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3. Hybrid Service Group
3.1 Service flow: Dispatcher > Service Group > Service Provider > Service Provider Engineer
3.2 Hybrid Service Group Settings (Service Provider Company + In-Company Engineers)
- Service group type: In-Company (Note: choose In-Company because the group dispatcher is an in-company user)
- Service group member type: Hybrid
- Service group name: name by region or function as needed
- Group dispatcher: set the group dispatcher for scenarios where manual assignment is required when the workflow reaches the group assignment node
- Group members: you can select both In-Company engineers and Service Provider companies
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3.3 Hybrid Service Group Assignment Rules
- Manual: The dispatcher manually assigns Work Orders — the service group dispatcher assigns Work Orders to either in-company engineers or Service Provider companies in the group
- Order Grabbing: Work Orders assigned to this service group can be claimed by eligible in-group in-company engineers or Service Provider engineers Note: Hybrid groups do not support automatic intra-group assignment
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2. Service Provider Engineer (Individual) Service Group
4.1 Service flow: Dispatcher > Service Group > Service Provider Dispatcher > Service Provider Engineer
4.2 Service Provider Engineer (Individual) Service Group Settings
- Service group type: External Service Provider (Note: choose External Service Provider because the group dispatcher is an external Service Provider dispatcher)
- Service group member type: Service Provider Engineer (individual)
- Service group name: name by region or function as needed
- Service Provider: can select only one Service Provider company (a provider may have multiple groups)
- Group dispatcher: set the Service Provider group dispatcher. When the workflow flows to the downstream Service Provider dispatcher node, the provider dispatcher assigns Work Orders to in-group Service Provider engineers
- Group members: must be engineers belonging to the selected Service Provider
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4.2 Service Provider Engineer (Individual) Service Group Assignment Rules
- Manual: The provider dispatcher manually assigns Work Orders — the Service Provider dispatcher assigns Work Orders to Service Provider engineers in the group Note: This group type does not support Order Grabbing
- Automatic: Work Orders are automatically assigned to in-group Service Provider engineers based on specific rules: Round Robin, Even Distribution, or Rapid Distribution
- Round Robin: All Work Orders routed to this service group are assigned sequentially to the Service Provider engineers in the group
- Even Distribution: All Work Orders routed to this service group are preferentially assigned to the Service Provider engineer with the fewest Work Orders for the day
- Rapid Distribution: All Work Orders routed to this service group are preferentially assigned to the Service Provider engineer with the fewest unfinished Work Orders
- Note: Rule-based assignment is not supported
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