Have you noticed some new names popping up on email signatures from Synergex Support or perhaps a new voice picking up our phones? Have you seen some number patterns appearing in email subject lines related to your cases? Over the last year we’ve made a lot of changes to our Developer Support department to address succession planning and feedback from customer surveys and to improve response times on your cases. We’d love to share a bit of what’s new with you, so you know what to expect the next time you send a case to Support.

Putting names (and faces) with the voices

As many of you know, our longtime Support Manager, Beth Ives, retired at the end of last year. That left some big shoes to fill, and I’m grateful to the whole Synergex team for helping me transition into the role of manager for both our Developer Support and Education teams over the last year. The rest of the Developer Support team members that you’ve grown to know and love are still here and are as reliable and knowledgeable as ever. The more tenured members of the team have been great mentors to our two newest developer support engineers, Matthew Nix and Mike Carleson. Mike and Matthew started with the team back in October of 2020 and are initially focusing on licensing, installation, and traditional Synergy cases. They are especially eager to answer any questions you may have about REV11 licensing as you upgrade your production subscription licenses this year. I’m very excited to have combined the Education team with the powerhouse of Synergy knowledge that is the Synergex Developer Support team. Expect to see some exciting new joint initiatives over the next few years.

Improvements to support case flows

As a team, we’ve identified a few of our policies and procedures that we’d like to update to give you the best experience possible. Many of these changes will take place behind the scenes internally, but you may have already noticed one change. Previously, emailed cases were logged manually by a developer support engineer in our support service desk (we use Salesforce Service Cloud). We knew we could automate this process to ideally result in faster case assignment and initial response from a developer support engineer. We did a soft launch of a feature called Email-to-Case, which uses a reference code in an email to determine which case that email belongs to and logs the interaction accordingly. The strange characters you may have recently seen appended to email subjects are the reference codes. We plan to do a wider launch of this feature next month. You should start to receive notifications that a case was created right after you email a question to Synergex Developer Support. These notification emails will contain your case number and unique reference code. If you need to start a new email thread for an existing case, we ask that you add the reference code to the subject to help us keep the system tidy and keep your case moving forward as smoothly as possible.

Tell us what you think!

When a developer support engineer closes a case, you should receive an automated email from our service desk. These emails often include links to surveys asking for your feedback on the case. We really want to hear from you! These surveys are quick, and your feedback is what will drive internal training and additional process improvements for the Support department. Please take a few moments to fill out the case closure survey the next time one makes it into your inbox. To sweeten the deal, we will enter all survey respondents into a drawing each quarter for a $50 gift card!

What does Support do?

In case you’re not a power user of Synergex Support services yet, I’ll fill you in. First, we strive to make it as easy as possible for you to get in touch with us. You can reach Synergex Developer Support by email (support@synergex.com) from 6am – 5pm Pacific. We are available for phone support (800.366.3472 toll-free US and Canada or +1.916.635.7300 all others) from 7am – 5pm Pacific. You can also submit cases through the Resource Center (log-in required). Our department can answer questions that range from “Will version 11 of Synergy work on my operating system?” to “How do I declare this in .NET?” The team can help you with questions regarding migrations to new versions of Synergy, moving your development environment to Visual Studio, configuring REV11 licensing, and more. We’re also always happy to point you to additional educational materials (e.g., documentation, training videos, code samples, etc.).

An unlimited number of Support contacts are included in your DevPartner subscription, and ad hoc support is available for those not on a subscription yet. To hear about our premier support offerings, contact your account executive. We look forward to working your next case with Synergex Developer Support!