One month of a support desk, one stylised log of 43 events, and a headline that wording alone can move a long way. Set the numerator, the denominator and the window, and every figure is recounted from the log. Nothing about the service changes while you do it.
The shaded band is the range every one of the 24 switch settings can produce from this same log at a 28-day window. The thick line is the setting selected on the right.
The highest of the three reads 81.8% over unique customers, and the lowest reads 75.0% over tickets opened. A unit is counted as served once any one of its tickets qualifies, so which grain reads highest turns on whether the customers and sessions that came back more than once are the ones being served.
This switch is not read while the numerator counts resolutions, because an acknowledgement resolves nothing.
| Hour | Event | Ticket | Session | Customer | Under this definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ticket opened | T01 | S1 | C1 | in window |
| 5 | first response (agent) | T01 | S1 | C1 | not used |
| 14 | ticket opened | T02 | S2 | C2 | in window |
| 15 | first response (automated) | T02 | S2 | C2 | not used |
| 16 | ticket opened | T03 | S2 | C2 | in window |
| 20 | resolved | T01 | S1 | C1 | counts |
| 28 | first response (agent) | T03 | S2 | C2 | not used |
| 31 | ticket opened | T04 | S3 | C3 | in window |
| 33 | first response (agent) | T04 | S3 | C3 | not used |
| 46 | resolved | T02 | S2 | C2 | counts |
| 52 | resolved | T03 | S2 | C2 | counts |
| 58 | ticket opened | T05 | S4 | C4 | in window |
| 59 | first response (automated) | T05 | S4 | C4 | not used |
| 95 | ticket opened | T06 | S5 | C5 | in window |
| 101 | first response (agent) | T06 | S5 | C5 | not used |
| 120 | ticket opened | T07 | S6 | C6 | in window |
| 121 | first response (automated) | T07 | S6 | C6 | not used |
| 126 | ticket opened | T08 | S6 | C6 | in window |
| 130 | resolved | T06 | S5 | C5 | counts |
| 162 | ticket opened | T09 | S7 | C7 | in window |
| 166 | first response (agent) | T09 | S7 | C7 | not used |
| 172 | resolved | T09 | S7 | C7 | counts |
| 190 | resolved | T07 | S6 | C6 | counts |
| 205 | ticket opened | T10 | S8 | C8 | in window |
| 208 | first response (agent) | T10 | S8 | C8 | not used |
| 236 | resolved | T10 | S8 | C8 | counts |
| 268 | ticket opened | T11 | S9 | C1 | in window |
| 270 | first response (automated) | T11 | S9 | C1 | not used |
| 300 | resolved | T11 | S9 | C1 | counts |
| 331 | ticket opened | T12 | S10 | C4 | in window |
| 340 | first response (agent) | T12 | S10 | C4 | not used |
| 402 | ticket opened | T13 | S11 | C9 | in window |
| 404 | first response (agent) | T13 | S11 | C9 | not used |
| 430 | resolved | T13 | S11 | C9 | counts |
| 511 | ticket opened | T14 | S12 | C10 | in window |
| 512 | first response (automated) | T14 | S12 | C10 | not used |
| 553 | resolved | T14 | S12 | C10 | counts |
| 640 | ticket opened | T15 | S13 | C10 | in window |
| 645 | first response (agent) | T15 | S13 | C10 | not used |
| 665 | ticket opened | T16 | S14 | C11 | in window |
| 690 | first response (agent) | T16 | S14 | C11 | not used |
| 700 | resolved | T15 | S13 | C10 | counts |
| 712 | resolved | T16 | S14 | C11 | counts |