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May 28, 2009
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Round Robin assignment

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  • May 28, 2009
  • 160 replies
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It would be nice to be able to setup an Automation or a Trigger that \*automatically\* assigned new / unassigned / or tickets in a praticular group to an agent using a Round Robin algorithm.  We currently use an APEX app in SalesForce that does this.  I am using the Zendesk suggestion of a "First Line" group where an agent can then assign those tickets to another agent.  \*But\*, our other help desk operators are greatly suspicious of any human that tragically chooses to play that "assigner" role and inevitably plot their demise. If this type of automation is possible using the exiting features, please do share.  :-)

    160 replies

    September 12, 2012

    +1 from me, too.

    October 9, 2012

    +1 from me

    November 1, 2012
    • 1 from me.
    January 28, 2013

    After reading this thread, looks like Zendesk has not responded or provided any insight since 2011? 2 Years ago?

    I'm curious...will the Q1 Zendesk enhancements happen to include the ability to create a round robin distribution list for groups within Zendesk?

     

    March 16, 2013

    +1 for me

    May 20, 2013

    This would be a very nice feature +1 for me as well

    July 12, 2013

    Things have gone very quiet on this front. For me (and it seems many others) auto-assignment is the part of case management where Zendesk falls down, after a few months of using the system it's still manual allocation throughout every day to ensure a fair split - on this front we might as well be using Outlook.

    This 'round robin' methodology is a good way to fix; if you could assign working hours for each team member (which can vary day by day, i.e. 9-6 Monday, 10-7 Tuesday, 8-1 Wednesday, etc) and evenly distribute tickets coming in outside of working hours between the support agents who will be in the following day this would put you in a great starting position for the next day.

    Tickets coming in within working hours can simply be distributed to the agent who is in working hours and with the fewest outstanding tickets, or evenly split between any who are currently in working hours.

    Come on guys at Zendesk, make this happen!

    July 31, 2013

    +1!!

    August 1, 2013

    +1

    August 1, 2013

    +1 again