Creating a ticket on behalf of the requester

<body>
<div class="article-banners">
<div id="docs-wmp-link">
<a href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5411234991258-plan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">What's my plan?</a>
</div>

<div class="article-banner" id="suite_all">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>All Suites</strong>
</td>
<td>Team, Growth, Professional, Enterprise, or Enterprise Plus</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div class="article-banner" id="support_all">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Support</strong>
</td>
<td>Team, Professional, or Enterprise</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>

</div>
<div id="docs-ai-summary">
<p id="docs-ai-summary-toggle">Verified AI summary <span id="up-triangle">◀</span><span id="down-triangle">▼</span></p>
<p id="docs-ai-summary-content">Create tickets on behalf of users to capture support requests, either publicly or privately. Public tickets notify users and appear in their activity list, while private tickets remain hidden until made public. Use private tickets for internal tasks, sensitive issues, or preparation. You can change a ticket from private to public, but not vice versa, ensuring flexibility in managing customer interactions.</p>
</div>

<div class="body">

<p class="p">There may be times when you need to open a ticket on someone else's behalf. For example, you may
be providing support to someone using a telephone (not using Zendesk, which creates a ticket
for you when you take the call), and you want to capture the support request in a ticket. You
can create a new ticket and then set the person you're providing support to as the ticket
requester.</p>
<p class="p">Also known as proactive tickets, tickets created on behalf of an end user can be public (the
end user for whom it was created can view the ticket) or private (the end user cannot view the
ticket until it's manually made public).</p>
<p class="p">This article contains the following topics:</p>
<ul class="ul" id="topic-1__ul_ppw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_swv_ytz_y2b">Creating a public ticket for an end
user</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_q5c_ztz_y2b">Creating a private ticket for an end
user</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title2" class="topic nested1" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b">
<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">Creating a public ticket for an end user </h2>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">When an agent creates a public ticket for an end user, they will need
to add the end user as the requester. If the Requester field is not completed, the agent
will be set as the requester. When the end user is added to the ticket as the requester,
they can view and update the ticket. </p>
<p class="p">When you create a public ticket for an end user, it triggers the following events:</p>
<ul class="ul" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b__ul_qpw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">The end user receives a notification that a ticket was created on their behalf, if you
have a <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408886797466" target="_blank">trigger</a> enabled for this
action.</li>
<li class="li">The ticket appears in the end user's My Activities list.</li>
<li class="li">The ticket appears in the end user's help center searches.</li>
</ul>
<p class="p">In most cases, a public ticket cannot be made private. However, in some cases, it's
possible. See <a class="xref" href="#topic_x2r_141_z2b">Changing a ticket from public to
private</a>.</p>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To create a ticket on an end user's behalf</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b__ol_rpw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">Hover over the <strong class="ph b">+Add</strong> tab in the top toolbar, then select <strong class="ph b">Ticket</strong>.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b__image_spw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/add_tab_options.png"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">If private ticket creation is enabled, click <strong class="ph b">Public Reply</strong> so the end user can
access the ticket immediately. If private ticket creation is not enabled, the ticket is
accessible by default, and no action is necessary.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b__image_tpw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/new_ticket_public_reply2.png" width="600"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">If the requester is an existing user, begin entering the user's name, email domain,
phone number, or organization name in the <strong class="ph b">Requester</strong> field, and the relevant results
appear. Select a user. <div class="note note">
<span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Alternatively, you can open the user's profile, then click<strong class="ph b">
User options</strong> in the bottom toolbar and select <strong class="ph b">New ticket</strong>. The user's name
automatically appears in the <strong class="ph b">Requester</strong> field.</div>
<p class="p">If the requester does not
yet have an account, add them by clicking <strong class="ph b">+Add user</strong> at the bottom of the search
results.</p>
<img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_swv_ytz_y2b__image_upw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/requester_add_user2.png">
</li>
<li class="li">Enter the ticket data, then click <strong class="ph b">Submit as New</strong>. <p class="p">The requester receives the
new ticket email notification, if you have a <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408886797466" target="_blank">trigger</a> enabled for this
action.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title3" class="topic nested1" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b">
<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title3">Creating a private ticket for an end user </h2>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">Agents can open a private ticket that is not visible to the end user for whom they are
creating it, and can choose when (or if) to allow the end user to access the ticket. You can
create private tickets in the ticket interface or through a create event using the <a class="xref" href="https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/ticketing/tickets/tickets/" target="_blank">Tickets API</a>. Private tickets cannot be created
through an inbound email message.</p>
<p class="p">When a private ticket is created for an end user, the end user is included as the ticket
requester; however, some notifications and other ticket-related events are not triggered.
For instance:</p>
<ul class="ul" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b__ul_vpw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">The end user is not notified that a ticket has been created on their behalf.</li>
<li class="li">Private tickets do not appear in the end user's My Activities list or help center
searches.</li>
</ul>
<p class="p">These events are triggered when the ticket is <a class="xref" href="#topic_nj1_d5z_y2b">made public</a>.</p>
<div class="note note">
<span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you don't have the option to create a private ticket, and your account
was created before April 8, 2017, you might need to ask an admin to <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408882462618#topic_q5c_ztz_y2b" target="_blank">turn on private ticket creation</a>.</div>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To create a private ticket on an end user's behalf</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b__ol_wpw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">Hover over the <strong class="ph b">+Add</strong> tab in the top toolbar, then select <strong class="ph b">Ticket</strong>.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b__image_xpw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/add_tab_options.png"></p>
<p class="p">The Internal note option
should be selected by default.</p>
<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b__image_ypw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/private_ticket_new2.png" width="600"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">If the requester is an existing user, begin entering the user's name, email domain,
phone number, or organization name in the <strong class="ph b">Requester</strong> field, and the relevant results
appear. Select a user. <div class="note note">
<span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Alternatively, you can open the user's profile and click
<strong class="ph b">New ticket</strong>. The user's name automatically appears in the <strong class="ph b">Requester</strong>
field.</div>
<p class="p">If the requester does not yet have an account, add them by clicking
<strong class="ph b">+Add user</strong> at the bottom of the search results.</p>
<img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_q5c_ztz_y2b__image_zpw_mtz_y2b" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/requester_add_user2.png">
</li>
<li class="li">Enter the ticket data, then click <strong class="ph b">Submit as New</strong>. </li>
</ol>
<p class="p">All comments default to Internal note (private) from then on, including comments added via
email, voice recordings, and the like, until you <a class="xref" href="#topic_nj1_d5z_y2b">make the
ticket public</a>.</p>
</div>
<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title4" class="topic nested2" id="topic_pjp_c5z_y2b">
<h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title4">Using private tickets internally</h3>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">There are a number of internal uses for private tickets. You can:</p>
<ul class="ul" id="topic_pjp_c5z_y2b__ul_aqw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">Make records of calls and meetings with your customers. These can be stored as
tickets, meaning you get a more accurate picture of your Support team's effort, without
bothering your customer. </li>
<li class="li">Take action on issues that you can't share. Sometimes tasks need to be carried out on
behalf of a customer account -- investigations or corrective actions -- that might be
sensitive. With a private ticket, it can remain internal. </li>
<li class="li">Prepare for an interaction before communications open up. Because private tickets can
be shared just by adding a public comment, you can use the ticket to gather materials,
prepare, or take notes, then make the ticket public when you're ready to address it with
the end user. </li>
<li class="li">Send someone else a task. Throw together a private ticket, record some steps or
actions that need to be taken, and assign it to someone else, or set it in a queue for
the next available person.</li>
</ul>
<p class="p">You can associate a private ticket with a customer, meaning the record is there for
future reference. You get the value of reporting, whether that's accurate accounting of
what your team is doing, or the amount of work you're doing on behalf of a particular
customer or organization, without involving the end user until you're ready.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title5" class="topic nested2" id="topic_nj1_d5z_y2b">
<h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title5">Changing a ticket from private to public</h3>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">Private tickets can be made accessible to the requester and any newly added CC'd end
users. Once a ticket is made public, it cannot be made private again. However, internal
notes remain hidden from end users, as usual.</p>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To change a ticket from private to public</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_nj1_d5z_y2b__ol_bqw_mtz_y2b">
<li class="li">Above the comment entry box, click <strong class="ph b">Public reply</strong>.</li>
<li class="li">Enter your comment, then click <strong class="ph b">Submit</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title6" class="topic nested2" id="topic_x2r_141_z2b">
<h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title6">Changing a ticket from public to private</h3>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">If a public ticket has only one comment, you can make the ticket private by changing the
<a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408835109018" target="_blank">Public reply to an Internal comment</a>. This works <em class="ph i">only</em> on
tickets where there is a single public comment.</p>
<p class="p">Note that when you change a Public reply to an Internal comment, you cannot make it
public again.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script id="ai-summary-script">
//<![CDATA[
const ai_summary_style = document.createElement('style');
ai_summary_style.innerHTML = `#styled-article-body{padding:0 0 0}#article-body #docs-ai-summary{background-color:#f3f3f3;border:1px solid #d3d3d3;padding:10px 10px 6px;margin-bottom:16px}#article-body #docs-ai-summary #docs-ai-summary-toggle{font-size:.9em;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:4px;cursor:pointer;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center}#article-body #docs-ai-summary #docs-ai-summary-toggle #up-triangle{margin-left:auto;padding-right:10px;display:none}#article-body #docs-ai-summary #docs-ai-summary-toggle #down-triangle{margin-left:auto;padding-right:10px}#article-body #docs-ai-summary #docs-ai-summary-content{font-size:.9em;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;margin-bottom:12px}`;
document.head.appendChild(ai_summary_style);

const toggleAISummary = () => {
const summary = document.getElementById("docs-ai-summary-content");
const upTriangle = document.getElementById("up-triangle");
const downTriangle = document.getElementById("down-triangle");
if (summary.style.display === "none") {
summary.style.display = "block";
upTriangle.style.display = "none";
downTriangle.style.display = "inline";
} else {
summary.style.display = "none";
upTriangle.style.display = "inline";
downTriangle.style.display = "none";
}
};

document.getElementById("docs-ai-summary-toggle").addEventListener("click", toggleAISummary);
//]]>
</script>
</body>