Scenario 4 is for when you've got tomorrow's appointments all lined up, and now need to contact each customer to remind of the appointment, inform of the time-frame in which their tech is expected to arrive, and confirm they're going to be there.
In this case, ServiceDesk creates and sends emails to the entire set of customers on tomorrow's roster. Aside from customization as applicable to each customer, the emails look much like the following:
Dear Sir or
Madam:
This is to confirm your appointment for Wednesday, November 14.
It's for the following work:
Job # 72851 ROOMBA CENT VAC
JETSON, JANE
123 SKY HIGH LANE [951A2]
UTOPIA, CA 92629
949-515-1555 949-516-5656 949-518-6565
We presently have your appointment configured as 4th on the roster for
technician Roger G. Based on this, we estimate he'll be arriving within the
following time frame:
11-2
Please click on the following link to confirm your expectation for this
appointment (if necessary, you can also re-schedule at the same venue):
http://sched.rossware.net/?c_id=1001&ItemID=728510700
If unable to confirm via that link, please call us at 360-427-6000.
Here the consumer will receive the email, click the link, and (when taken to the provided interface), will either confirm that in fact she's going to be there, or (if necessary) she can reschedule for a different date (of course, if she does neither, that will be evident within ServiceDesk as well, which will spur you to resort to old-fashioned methods).
You've done the others; try this one too. Pretend you're Jane Jetson, and click on that link.