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Time Trigger Automation based on Agent Availability

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  • August 22, 2023
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Right now, Time Trigger Automations don’t have the ability to look at agent status - please make this happen! The screenshot included shows the functionality that currently exists on Ticket Update Automations; we really need this on Time Triggers:

 Not having this functionality is really causing big issues: We have time triggers that reopen tickets. BUT since those tickets have no way to check availability, they are left open in the name of an agent who might be on a two week vacation.

 

Currently, our  Out of Office settings will automatically unassign an unavailable agent. This works beautifully for replies, but that Ticket Update rule can’t affect a ticket reopened by a Time Trigger Automation because the Ticket Update Automations are only based on Agent and Requester actions and this awkward-not helpful sampling of possible system actions. 

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SamG
Apprentice
  • Apprentice
  • February 3, 2026

This would be great to have. I’ve been looking at a way to automate unassigning tickets if the agent is unavailable and has never replied to the customer (to keep already in progress conversations) assigned but just can’t find a way to do it so we’re currently just getting everyone to mark themselves as unavailable before their shift ends then wittling down their queue