Departments organise your support tickets into logical groups — such as Technical Support, Billing, or Sales Enquiries. Each department can have its own email address, assigned staff members, and notification settings.

Creating a Department

  1. Go to Setup → Support → Departments.
  2. Click New Department.
  3. Enter the department name.
  4. Optionally set an email address for email piping.
  5. Configure IMAP credentials if you want to poll this inbox for new tickets.
  6. Click Save.

Department Settings

SettingDescription
NameDisplayed in the ticket form and ticket list
Email AddressThe inbox for this department (used for piping/IMAP)
Hidden from CustomersIf enabled, this department won't appear in the customer ticket form
IMAP / POP3 SettingsMail server credentials for email piping
Delete Emails After ImportWhether to delete imported emails from the inbox after processing

Assigning Staff to Departments

Staff members can be assigned to one or more departments. When a ticket comes in, only staff assigned to that department will be notified.

  1. Go to Setup → Staff and open a staff member's profile.
  2. Under the Departments section, tick the departments they should belong to.
  3. Save.
Tip

You must create at least one department before customers can submit support tickets.