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Ticket first-response timestamp reporting property (distinct from SLA breach alerting)

One of 565 written HubSpot workflow specs, by a collective of independent HubSpot consultants.

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Seat pricing: Professional edition. To build it, a GTM Seat or an Ops Seat (an Ops Seat cannot create marketing emails or sequences). Per-hub plans: Service Hub Professional.

Ticket4 stepsUpdated for HubSpot seat pricing
OutcomeEvery ticket gets a stamped first-response timestamp property the moment it leaves its initial status, so reporting on response speed does not depend on the SLA feature being turned on.
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Ticket status changes away from initial stage leads to first_response_logged_at has a value?. first_response_logged_at has a value? leads to yes: Exit, already stamped; no: Set first_response_logged_at = current date/time. yes no Ticket status changes away from initial stage first_response_logged_at has a value? Exit, already stamped Set first_response_logged_at = current date/time
Ticket status changes away from initial stage leads to first_response_logged_at has a value?. first_response_logged_at has a value? leads to yes: Exit, already stamped; no: Set first_response_logged_at = current date/time. yes no Ticket status changes away from initial stage first_response_logged_at has a value? Exit, already stamped Set first_response_ logged_at = current date/time

When to use it, when not to

Use it

  • Use it when you want a first-response timestamp for custom reports (funnel, average time to first touch) independent of Service Hub's built-in SLA tracking.
  • Use it on portals where the SLA feature is off, not licensed for every pipeline, or configured differently from what this reporting property needs.
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Skip it

  • Do not use it as an SLA breach alert. It stamps a moment in time. It does not compare that moment to a target and does not warn before a deadline. Use the native SLA feature (Settings > Objects > Tickets > SLA) for breach alerting.
  • Do not use it if "first response" must mean an actual agent-sent email reply rather than a status or stage change. This fiche uses the ticket's first status movement as the proxy signal, not true reply detection. (check in your portal: whether the current portal exposes a native workflow trigger keyed specifically to a first agent reply, as opposed to a general status or stage change, for teams that need the stricter definition)
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