{"versionId":"4f3c2553-32b4-479f-0eb6-08dee2b8781d","articleId":"3f5924d4-99e9-42d6-555b-08dee2b8781d","title":"Ticketing: user guide","tags":["ticketing","All articles"],"content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Helpfruit Ticketing gives your team a shared place to manage support requests. You can review incoming tickets, update ticket details, reply to customers, and track work across your team from one place.</p>\n<p>This guide is for people who use ticketing day to day. If you are an administrator, you may first need to <a href=\"https://help.helpfruit.com/article/ticketing-get-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up ticketing</a>.</p>\n<div class=\"mce-toc\">\n<h2>In this article...</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuik1rta5\">Before you start</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuik1rta6\">How tickets are created</a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i64\">Add tickets by email</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i65\">Add tickets from a Helpfruit conversation</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i66\">Add tickets in ticketing</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"#work-with-ticket-views\">Work with ticket views</a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i67\">Board view</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i68\">Table view</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i69\">Agent view</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6a\">Inbox view</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6b\">Calendar view</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"#filter-tickets\">Filter tickets</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#open-and-update-a-ticket\">Open and update a ticket</a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6c\">Open a ticket</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6d\">Update ticket details</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6e\">Ticket history</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#respond-to-a-ticket\">Respond to a ticket</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#use-ai-replies-and-drafts\">Use AI replies and drafts</a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6f\">First replies - an immediate answer</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6g\">Subsequent replies - AI drafts</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6h\">Related articles</a></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuik1rta5\">Before you start</h2>\n<p>Before using Ticketing, make sure:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ticketing has been enabled for your Helpfruit account</li>\n<li>you have been given a Ticketing role, such as&nbsp;<strong>Ticket Agent</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Agent Admin</strong>, or&nbsp;<strong>Admin</strong></li>\n<li>your team has set up ticket types, statuses, and priorities</li>\n<li>you know how your organisation wants tickets to be assigned and managed</li>\n<li>you have access to the Helpfruit portal</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You may also need:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>a ticketing email address set up by your administrator, if your team creates tickets by email</li>\n<li>Helpfruit articles or Q&amp;A content in place, if your team uses AI-generated replies</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If Ticketing is not visible, contact your&nbsp;Helpfruit administrator.</p>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuik1rta6\">How tickets are created</h2>\n<p>Tickets can be created:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>by email, using your organisation's ticketing email address</li>\n<li>from a Helpfruit bot or live chat conversation</li>\n<li>directly in Ticketing</li>\n</ul>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i64\">Add tickets by email</h3>\n<p>Customers or staff can send an email to your ticketing email address to create a support ticket. You can also set up auto-forwarding rules in your inbox to route support emails to this address.</p>\n<p>The default ticket type for tickets created by email is set by your ticketing administrator.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i65\">Add tickets from a Helpfruit conversation</h3>\n<p>If a Helpfruit conversation needs follow-up, you can turn it into a ticket. This includes both bot and live chat conversations.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the conversation.</li>\n<li>Select <strong>Create ticket</strong>.</li>\n<li>Select a ticket type.<br><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_fcb87dc8-b396-46ef-ba7a-65aaff7f0d6d.png\" width=\"600\"></li>\n<li>Review the details. Information from the conversation, including the customer name, contact details, and conversation history, is added automatically.</li>\n<li>Select <strong>Create ticket</strong>.</li>\n</ol>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i66\">Add tickets in ticketing</h3>\n<p>In any ticketing view, select <strong>Create ticket</strong> to create a new ticket directly.</p>\n<h2 id=\"work-with-ticket-views\">Work with ticket views</h2>\n<p>Ticketing includes several views to help you manage work in different ways. All views include filters so you can focus on the tickets you need.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_c654af39-a2e0-40ca-a6e7-50d54c8372ad.png?width=1000&amp;height=\" width=\"800\"></p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i67\">Board view</h3>\n<p>Board groups tickets into status columns such as New, In Progress, Pending Customer, Resolved, and Closed.</p>\n<p>Use this view to track workflow at a glance. Depending on your workflow settings, you may also be able to drag and drop tickets between columns.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i68\">Table view</h3>\n<p>Table shows tickets in rows with columns such as ticket number, subject, status, type, priority, raiser, assignee, customer, email status, created date, updated date, and due date.</p>\n<p>Use this view when you need to sort, scan, or compare ticket details quickly.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i69\">Agent view</h3>\n<p>Agent groups tickets by assignee so you can see each team member's workload.</p>\n<p>Use this view to check ownership and balance work across the team, or just focus on your own tickets.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6a\">Inbox view</h3>\n<p>Inbox shows tickets in an email-style view.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6b\">Calendar view</h3>\n<p>Calendar shows when tickets are due.</p>\n<h2 id=\"filter-tickets\">Filter tickets</h2>\n<p>Use <strong>Filters</strong> to narrow the ticket list.</p>\n<p>Available filters include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>search</li>\n<li>raiser email</li>\n<li>customer</li>\n<li>assigned to</li>\n<li>priority</li>\n<li>issue type</li>\n<li>created date</li>\n<li>updated date</li>\n<li>due date</li>\n<li>my tickets</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Select <strong>Clear filters</strong> to reset the current filter set.</p>\n<h2 id=\"open-and-update-a-ticket\">Open and update a ticket</h2>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6c\">Open a ticket</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open any Ticketing view.</li>\n<li>Select the ticket number or ticket card.</li>\n</ol>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6d\">Update ticket details</h3>\n<p>When you open a ticket, you can review and update details including:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>contact or person</li>\n<li>customer</li>\n<li>type</li>\n<li>status</li>\n<li>priority</li>\n<li>due date</li>\n<li>assignee</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can also choose to suppress email notifications for a ticket.</p>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6e\">Ticket history</h2>\n<p>Ticket history shows a timeline of actions on the ticket from the point of creation.</p>\n<p>It also shows who took the action, such as the system, a user, or a customer, and whether the action was made by AI.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_9681b22d-f43a-431c-af3c-55b86977bf18.png?width=1000&amp;height=\" width=\"800\"></p>\n<h2 id=\"respond-to-a-ticket\">Respond to a ticket</h2>\n<p>Open a ticket to review the conversation and add comments.</p>\n<p>Use comments to respond to the customer's question or request.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Type your message.</li>\n<li>Add any relevant attachments.</li>\n<li>Choose whether the comment is internal or public.</li>\n<li>Select Add comment.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Internal comments</strong> are not sent to the customer and can be used for team notes.</p>\n<p><strong>Public comments</strong> are sent by email to the email address on the ticket.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_37c79a6d-e8b8-4c42-ba8c-44c7620ac5bd.png?width=1000&amp;height=\" width=\"800\"></p>\n<h2 id=\"use-ai-replies-and-drafts\">Use AI replies and drafts</h2>\n<p>Helpfruit Ticketing can use your existing Helpfruit articles and Q&amp;A to help with replies.</p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6f\">First replies - an immediate answer</h3>\n<p>If Helpfruit already has information that may answer the customer's question, it will send an automatic first reply when the ticket is created.</p>\n<p>For example -&nbsp;<br><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_28fd8a1d-2da1-42be-b8f5-0c2d054b3af2.png?width=1000&amp;height=\" width=\"800\"></p>\n<p>The customer can then close the ticket if the reply resolves their issue. If they do, the ticket moves to closed in the Helpfruit portal.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_bb8ea89f-e60e-4c16-a93b-580dd939714e.png?width=1000&amp;height=\" width=\"800\"></p>\n<h3 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6g\">Subsequent replies - AI drafts</h3>\n<p>If the customer replies again, AI does not automatically send another response. Instead, it creates a draft reply in the Helpfruit portal for you to review, edit, and send.<br><img src=\"https://portal.helpfruit.com/api/images/079d861d72cc4aca80c65588df217079/files/pasted_image_article_ticketing-get-started_0e66fe2f-22f3-42b4-b952-2630433e61ef.png?width=1000&amp;height=\"></p>\n<p><strong>Important:</strong> Review AI-generated replies before sending them to customers.</p>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1jtuh4t6i6h\">Related articles</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://help.helpfruit.com/article/ticketing-get-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get started with Ticketing </a></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","description":"Learn how to use Ticketing in Helpfruit to manage support tickets, update ticket details, reply to customers, and track work across your team.","isMarkdown":false,"publishedOnUtc":"2026-07-20T04:59:43.6766764","modifiedOnUtc":"2026-07-20T00:29:46.2389397"}