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Creating and automating a customer feedback request

Create a feedback pre-build, attach it to an automated email triggered by a job status, then test it and view customer feedback responses.

There are two main steps to this:

Create the feedback request pre-build

Add this to an automated message on a Job/Sales Order, Quotation, Delivery note, etc.

Create the feedback pre-build

1. Click here.

Dashboard with the settings gear icon highlighted in the top-right toolbar, above the Recently Created Sales Orders panel

2. Click "Prebuilds"

Settings menu list with the Prebuilds option highlighted by an orange click marker, between Module Defaults and Rename System Fields

3. Click "Feedback"

Prebuilds settings page with the Feedback tab highlighted in the module list between Tickets and SMART Goals

4. Click "New Pre-Build"

Pre-Builds screen listing feedback pre-builds, with the purple New Pre-Build button highlighted above the table

5. Put in a name for the pre-build

Pre-Build T1003 form with the Pre-Build Name field highlighted, above empty Customer, Contact and Supplier fields

6. Enter the question and request for any comments, then click "Save"

Pre-Build feedback form with Question Title and Comment Title fields highlighted and the Save Changes button circled

7. Click "Back to Pre-Builds"

Pre-build edit screen with green success message and the Back to Pre-Builds button highlighted at the top right

Add it to an automated message

8. Add it to another pre-build. In this example, Click "Sales Orders" (Jobs)

Pre-Builds settings page with the Sales Orders tab highlighted in the left list, above the Delivery Notes and Invoices tabs

9. Edit a pre-build

Pre-Build list with the edit icon highlighted on the With Feedback Request sales order pre-build row

10. Click "Automated Messages"

Record tabs row with the Automated Messages (1) tab highlighted, between the Questions (0) and Cashflow tabs

11. Click "New Automated Message"

New Automated Message dropdown button highlighted above a table with Copy Over, Send Email and To Emails columns

12. Click "Blank"

Automated Messages tab with the New Automated Message dropdown open and the Blank option highlighted

13. Give the automated email a name

Automated Message window with the Name field highlighted, filled in as "Feedback request on completion/delivered

14. Choose the status at which the email is automatically send, for example, "Delivered"

With the Status dropdown open in the automation settings panel, showing order statuses with Delivered highlighted and selected

15. Chose the feedback pre-build that will be automatically attached to this email, for example the one just set up, "On Delivery Feedback"

Feedback dropdown open above the Send Email section, with the On Delivery Feedback option highlighted for selection

16. Enter the recipient's email address variable in the "To" field

Send Email panel with the To field highlighted, containing the {ClientContactEmail} variable, below On Delivery Feedback

17. Add a subject

Send Email panel with the Subject field highlighted, filled in with "How did we do?" for the feedback request email

18. Add your desired text to the body of the email

Email message editor with feedback request text in the body, below the "How did we do?" subject line and above Include PDF

19. Save and Preview

Email message editor with a feedback request template, with the Save & Preview button highlighted below Send Text Message

20. Check the preview

Email preview of "How did we do?" feedback request, with the *SURVEY LINK GOES HERE* placeholder link highlighted

21. Click "×"

Preview Scheduled Email popup with Email Preview tab open, highlighting the × close button in the top-right corner

22. Click "×"

Automated Message window with Send Email fields filled in and the close × button highlighted in the top-right corner

Test the feedback request

23. To test it, click "Go To"

Pre-Build T1007 screen with the Go To menu highlighted in the top navigation bar, between Tasks and CRM

24. Click "Sales Orders" (Jobs)

Go To menu open over a Pre-Build screen, with Sales Orders highlighted in the dropdown list

25. Click "New"

Sales Orders list with the purple New button highlighted at the top of the left panel, above Dates and Workflow filters

26. Select the Job/Sales Order pre-build the automated messaged was added to

Jobs list with the New menu open, highlighting the "With Feedback Request" pre-build in the Pre-Builds dropdown

27. Enter a customer

Sales Order screen with the Customer dropdown open, Search Filter box shown and the first customer in the list highlighted

28. Select a contact at the customer

Contact dropdown open on the job form, with a Search Filter box and a contact name highlighted from the customer's list

29. Change its status to the one that triggers the request

Sales order Draft status menu open with Change Status To list, Delivered option highlighted to trigger the feedback request

30. The email will similar to this;

Gmail inbox showing a received "How did we do?" feedback request email asking the customer to complete the feedback form

31. The customer can click on the link

Feedback request email "How did we do?" in Gmail with the "Submit your feedback here" link highlighted for the customer to click

32. The customer sees this screen where they can leave their feedback

Please rate us feedback form with five stars, a comments box and a required Name field, with the Submit button highlighted

View the feedback response

33. Back in Zigaflow, the feedback response is linked to the original document (in this case the Job/Sales Order)

Sales Order screen with the "S1053 Completed" status badge highlighted next to the order number, showing the linked feedback

34. You can see their feedback here

Feedback record S1053 with the highlighted section showing the customer's star Rating, Comment, Submitter and Submitted date
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