Organizing Tickets
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Keep your ticket queue organized with labels, saved views, and workflows.
Label Strategy
Create a Label Taxonomy
Design labels before you need them:
By Category:
- Billing
- Technical
- Sales
- General
By Product/Service:
- Product A
- Product B
- Service X
By Urgency:
- VIP
- Urgent
- Low Priority
Label Naming Conventions
- Use singular nouns: “Bug” not “Bugs”
- Be specific: “Payment Failed” not “Problem”
- Keep names short for easy scanning
Saved Views
Essential Views to Create
-
My Open Tickets
- Assignee: me
- Status: open
-
Unassigned
- Assignee: none
- Status: open
-
Awaiting Customer
- Status: pending
-
VIP Support
- Label: VIP
- Status: open, pending
-
This Week’s Resolved
- Status: resolved
- Updated: last 7 days
Creating a Saved View
- Go to the ticket list
- Apply your desired filters
- Click Save View
- Name the view
- Choose visibility (personal or team)
- Click Save
Views appear in the sidebar for quick access.
Queue Management
Triage Workflow
Process new tickets efficiently:
- Review unassigned queue each morning
- Assign tickets to appropriate team members
- Label tickets for categorization
- Prioritize urgent issues
- Respond to quick wins immediately
Response Time Goals
Set internal goals:
| Priority | First Response | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 1 hour | 4 hours |
| High | 4 hours | 1 day |
| Normal | 1 day | 3 days |
| Low | 3 days | 1 week |
End-of-Day Review
Before signing off:
- Check for pending urgent tickets
- Update status on in-progress work
- Log any unlogged time
- Flag items for tomorrow
Team Workflow
Assignment Strategies
Round-robin: Distribute evenly across team
- Good for: General support queues
- Consider: Using automation when available
Skill-based: Route to specialists
- Good for: Technical vs billing vs sales
- Consider: Using labels to identify type
Account-based: Same agent for same company
- Good for: VIP or enterprise accounts
- Consider: Primary/backup assignments
Handoffs
When transferring tickets:
- Add an internal note with context
- Assign to the new owner
- Notify them directly if urgent
- Update any relevant labels
Cleanup Routines
Weekly
- Close resolved tickets older than 7 days
- Review and merge duplicate tickets
- Archive old unneeded labels
Monthly
- Review label usage—remove unused ones
- Check for stale pending tickets
- Analyze ticket patterns for process improvements
Quarterly
- Review saved views—are they still useful?
- Update team assignment strategies
- Audit contact and company data
Bulk Operations
Mass Updates
- Go to ticket list
- Select multiple tickets (checkbox)
- Choose action from toolbar:
- Assign
- Add/remove labels
- Change status
- Change priority
Example: End-of-Week Cleanup
- Filter: Status = Resolved, Updated > 7 days ago
- Select all
- Click Close Selected
- Confirm the bulk close
Automation (Coming Soon)
Future automation options:
- Auto-assign based on sender domain
- Auto-label based on keywords
- Auto-close after inactivity period
- Escalate when SLA breaches