Can I automatically set priority on tickets for my SLA targets?

Question

Can I automatically set priority on tickets for my SLA targets? 

Answer 

For a Service Level Agreement target to apply to a ticket, the priority of the ticket needs to be set first. The best practice is to set ticket priority as a part of your workflow to ensure that targets are properly set and match the severity of the customer's issue. For more information, see the article: Defining and using SLA policies. 

If the priority is not being set for tickets in some other way, business rules can be used in the account to ensure that this happens automatically. They can be customized to look for keywords and set priority, or to just set all tickets at an even priority for the SLA target to apply. 

To create a trigger that set priority for all tickets

1. Create a new trigger. 
2. Under Meet ALL of the following conditions add:
   • Ticket | is | Created
   • Priority | is | - 
3. Under Actions add: 
   • Priority | Normal 
4. Save the trigger. 

Similarly, you can use other ticket fields to set priority on tickets, using the same method as above and customizing the trigger conditions to reflect your custom ticket fields. The trigger will then set the priority based on the value selected in the ticket field. 

For other questions about the ticket priority field, see the articles below.

• How to set the ticket priority to normal when a ticket is created [Video]
• How to set the ticket priority based on a word or sentence [Video]
• How to set the ticket priority based on the support email address [Video]
• Can I change the priority value back to no priority?
• Can I edit the priority field?