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How to disable automatic association of contacts and companies in HubSpot Service Hub?

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Prevent automatic company creation in HubSpot Service Hub

Discover how to disable HubSpot's automatic association of contacts and companies in our video guide to avoid post-migration surprises and data duplication. Follow simple steps to ensure a smooth migration.

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If you have the Automatically create and associate companies with contacts setting enabled, HubSpot will check domains of contacts' email addresses and create companies if it doesn’t find an existing match. With that setting enabled, after the migration, you will see new companies that HubSpot has automatically created.

Leaving the "Automatically create and associate companies with contacts" setting on may also result in duplication of data, therefore we recommend disabling this feature before and for the time of migration.

How to disable the "Automatically create and associate companies" setting

Step 1. In the top right corner, select Settings.

Step 2. Under Settings, go to Data Management.

Step 3. Open up a drop-down and click on Companies.

HubSpot Settings

Step 4. Find Automatically create and associate companies with contacts and switch off the toggle (you know it's off if it's gray).

HubSpot Company

HubSpot will automatically save your changes. Now, you may continue your data migration.


How to disable ticket status automations on HubSpot Service Hub?

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Disabling HubSpot's ticket status automations

Preserve your ticket statuses during HubSpot Service Hub migration with our video guide. Don’t let automated changes disrupt your data integrity.

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HubSpot Service Hub has several Automations that can change the statuses of all tickets to “Waiting on contact” if it’s turned on. To keep the original ticket status when migrating to HubSpot, disable these automations before starting your data migration.

Here’s the instruction for disabling these Automations:

1. Login to your HubSpot Service Hub account.

2. Go to Settings in the main navigation bar.

HubSpot Admin

3. Choose Tickets under Objects in the left sidebar.

HubSpot Tickets Objects

4. Click on the Pipelines tab.

HubSpot Tickets Pipelines

5. In the Select a pipeline section, choose the required ticket pipeline.

Select Pipeline HubSpot

6. Then go to the Automate tab.

Automate HubSpot

7. Hit Additional status automation to expand more automation settings.

Additional Status Automation HubSpot

8. Check all trigger actions when a ticket reaches a certain status.

Trigger Actions HubSpot

9. Then, click the Open in Workflows under a specific trigger action.

HubSpot Open Workflows

10. Select the workflow name.

11. Then disable the "Workflow is ON" switch located in the upper right corner.

HubSpot Workflows

12. Repeat this process for every trigger action and its workflow.

Note: Once the Full Data Migration is complete, you can re-activate all workflows.

Now, you can continue with your data migration to HubSpot.


How to calculate contacts in HubSpot Service Hub?

HubSpot Service Hub allows you to track the total number of contacts and apply filters and views to count specific contacts.

1. Open the Contacts dropdown menu and select Contacts.

HubSpot Contacts

2. Find the total number of contacts in the top left corner under the Contacts dropdown.

Filter Contacts in HubSpot

3. Use views and filters to calculate specific contacts.

Calculate Contacts in HubSpot


How to calculate conversations in HubSpot Service Hub?

Once you filter conversations by status, channel, contact, assignee, or date, HubSpot counts them for you.

1. On the top menu, click Conversations and choose Inbox.

HubSpot Conversations

2. Apply filters to find specific conversations.

Filter HubSpot Conversations

3. Check the number of conversations above the conversation list.

Filter HubSpot Tickets


How to check the result of Demo Migration in HubSpot Service Hub?

After the Demo Migration to HubSpot Service Hub is complete, you will see a table with the reports for all migrated record types. They include the IDs of transferred entities in the source platform and HubSpot Service Hub. For example, the available reports may be for the migrated, failed, or skipped data.

Demo migration - HubSpot Data Import

Once you click on the button next to a certain record type, a CSV file will open. Try to find and check each record in your new help desk. The report should look like this:

Demo migration - HubSpot users reports

The Demo Migration and the Full Data Migration migrate all records in the same way. It means that if Demo Migration fails to migrate some data, the Full Migration won't either.

That’s why you need to go through each ticket and check if everything along with Type, Status, Priority, Source and Custom Fields, Requester, Agent, and Tags.

Demo migration - HubSpot tickets reports

Note: Our service automatically removes data migrated during Demo Migration so you won’t have any duplicates after the Full Data Migration.

Similar reports will also appear after the Full Data Migration, so ensure you go through them as well.


Why I can’t see Tags in HubSpot Service Hub?

When migrating from your source platform to HubSpot Service Hub, you need to set up ticket tags for your pipelines. This way, Migration Wizard can retain the source tags in your HubSpot account.

Keep in mind the following peculiarities:

  1. To create ticket tags, you need a Service Hub subscription. Starter subscriptions allow tags that apply to all pipelines, while Professional or Enterprise subscriptions enable creating tags for individual pipelines.
  2. Each account can have a maximum of 10 tags per object, and super admin permissions are required to create or edit object tags.

Here’s how to create ticket tags in HubSpot:

1. Hover over to the Settings icon in the main navigation bar.

HubSpot Settings

2. Go to Objects > Tickets in the left sidebar menu.

HubSpot Objects Tickets

3. Click on the Pipelines tab.

HubSpot Pipelines

4. Select Customize ticket tags.

HubSpot Ticket Tags

5. Click on Add tag to create a new object tag.

6. In the right panel, set up the object tag settings:

  • Enter a name and an optional description for the object tag.
  • Choose a color from the dropdown menu to assign to the object tag.
  • By default, an object tag applies to all pipelines. For specific pipelines (Professional or Enterprise only), select Specific pipelines, and choose the checkboxes for the pipelines where you want the object tag to appear.

7. Click Next: Add Filters.

8. Set up filters for when the object tag should appear on a ticket card:

  • Click +Add filter to add the first filter group.
  • Search for and select a property, then set the criteria based on that property.
  • Click +Add filter to add additional criteria within a group. All criteria in a group must be met for the object tag to appear (AND logic).
  • Hit +Add filter group to create a new group with its own criteria. At least one group's criteria must be met for the object tag to appear (OR logic).

9. Your changes are saved automatically. To undo changes, click Discard changes. For new object tags, this clears all filters, and for existing object tags, it reverts to the previously set filters.

10. Click Next: Review Tag.

11. Preview how the object tag will appear on a deal or ticket card, review the settings and filters.

12. Finally, click Save to apply the changes.

Note: If you want to show your ticket tags in a list or board view, you need to do additional settings.

How to create users in HubSpot Service Hub?

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Adding new users to HubSpot Service Hub

Create new users in HubSpot Service Hub with our step-by-step video guide. Ensure you have the right permissions and add new users with ease.

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To create new users in HubSpot Service Hub, first of all, make sure that you have the necessary Add and Edit users permission. Admins have this permission by default. All the other users have to be granted this permission to be able to add new users. So, if you’re not an Admin, here’s how to give the Add and edit users permission:

1. Go to Settings.

HubSpot Settings

2. Go to Users & Teams tab and click on the name of the user you want to enable the permission.

Users and Teams HubSpot Service Hub

3. From the Actions drop-down list, choose Edit.

Select User Admin

4. Select Make Super Admin and click Save.

Make Super Admin HubSpot

Now, you have the necessary Admin permissions to add new users to your Service Hub.

So, let’s finally see how to add a new user to the system:

1. Again, in your HubSpot account, go to Settings and then, Users; Teams.

2. In the top-right corner, click Create user.

Create Users HubSpot Service Hub

3. You can manually input one or several email addresses for all the users you want to add to your Service Hub. Or, you can import multiple users at once with a CSV file by clicking on the corresponding button. When you’re ready, click Next.

HubSpot Create New Users

4. On this step, grant the access and permissions you’d like to give to this user.

If you’re adding multiple users, the permissions will be set for all the users from the list.

You can read a full breakdown of HubSpot permissions here. When you’re ready, click Next again.

HubSpot Super Admin

5. Finally, click Send in the last page, to send a welcoming email to the users and give them access to your account. Each email should contain their HubSpot password. Now, the users can log into HubSpot and set up their accounts.

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