Ticket assignment and ownership

Ticket assignment controls who is responsible for responding to a conversation once it is escalated from the AI.

HaloDesk lets you manage assignment at both the organization level and the agent level.


How ticket assignment works

When a conversation is escalated:

  • A ticket is created in the agent’s Inbox

  • HaloDesk assigns the ticket based on your settings

Assignment can happen automatically or manually.


Organization-level default assignment

At the organization level, you can set a default ticket assignee.

This means:

  • All new tickets are assigned to a specific team member by default

  • This applies unless overridden by an agent

This is useful for small teams or single-owner setups.


Agent-level assignment override

Each agent can override the organization default.

For a specific agent, you can:

  • Assign all new tickets to a different team member

  • Route tickets based on product or use case

This is useful when:

  • Different agents represent different products

  • Different teams handle different support flows


Manual assignment and reassignment

From the Inbox, you can:

  • Assign an unassigned ticket to yourself

  • Reassign a ticket to another team member

This gives you flexibility when workloads change.


Ownership and visibility

  • Assigned tickets appear in My Inbox

  • Unassigned tickets appear in Unassigned

  • All tickets remain visible in the All view

This ensures no ticket is lost.


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