How to Move a Ticket to Another Department in Zoho Desk

Is There a Way to Assign the Ticket to Another Department?

Yes, a ticket in Zoho Desk can be moved from one department to another at any point after it's created.

How to Move a Ticket

  1. Open the ticket you want to move.
  2. Click the More icon (the three dots) in the top-right corner.
  3. Select Move from the menu that appears.
  4. Choose the destination department and confirm.

What Happens When You Move a Ticket

The ticket becomes visible to agents in the new department, and its automation, business hours, and SLA settings switch to whatever applies in that department going forward.

Note: If you use Parent-Child Ticketing, be aware that a ticket's parent-child relationship is only retained if the destination department also has Parent-Child Ticketing enabled. Moving a linked ticket into a department where the feature isn't enabled breaks that relationship.

Doing This via the API

The Zoho Desk API includes a dedicated endpoint for moving a ticket to another department, useful if you want to trigger this programmatically as part of a custom automation rather than doing it manually from the interface each time.

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