Setting up Guided mode

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<p id="docs-ai-summary-content">Guided mode helps you manage ticket order by restricting agents to using the Play button to navigate through tickets. Agents can access views and work on tickets one at a time. Agents can skip tickets and provide reasons, which you can review.</p>
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<span class="fastpathtitle">Location: </span><span class="ph">Admin Center &gt; People &gt; Team &gt; Roles</span>
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<p>Ensure tickets are addressed in the appropriate order with Guided mode, a custom role option that requires agents to work through tickets in a view using the Play button.</p>
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<span class="tiptitle">Tip:</span> You can more effectively determine which tickets agents work on by using <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409149119514" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnichannel routing</a> to assign tickets directly to agents.</div>
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<p>This article contains these sections:</p>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e8c1400a65aca772f2edf353c2707f2cb"><a class="xref" href="#topic_mrz_tfw_tv">Understanding the agent experience in Guided mode</a></li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e2eae9d8edaf0ce4aa148b7413c2e3581"><a class="xref" href="#topic_l2s_ty2_p5">Setting team member access to Guided mode</a></li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e964877e9897f3bc38c1df046a00f9446"><a class="xref" href="#topic_d1v_31f_p5">Viewing skipped tickets</a></li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">About Guided mode</h2>
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<p class="p">In Guided mode, agents can access views using the Play button. For more details, see <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9186492658714" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Using Play mode</a>. When agents click the Play button, the system automatically opens the first ticket in the view. After addressing the ticket, the agent submits the update and automatically moves to the next ticket.</p>
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<p>In Guided mode, when an agent clicks the <strong class="ph b">Views</strong> icon (<img class="wysiwyg-image" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/views_icon.png" width="NaN" height="NaN" id="topic_mrz_tfw_tv__image_elg_zfw_tv">) in the sidebar, they can do either of the following:</p>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e03e0ca94bb080b3cb1a1413e5515fcab">See and open all tickets assigned to them in the system Your assigned tickets view.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e5bf0c610373c6eeb5bbebbcaba855078">Click on any other view to open its available ticket and start Play mode. They won't be able to see a list of the tickets in the view.</li>
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<p>When you set up Guided mode, keep in mind that:</p>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e57a79e339f72077c012a5a0d4f77d3dd">Agents in Guided mode will still be able to view and open tickets they have access to from end-user or organization profiles and through search.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e7e6739896e13af1f07aab51d6198c542">Tickets in Guided mode aren't automatically assigned to the agent who is working on them unless you use one of the <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408831658650" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">routing and automation options</a> to assign tickets.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e6ebefa9cd147c14f750c04ac48e66036">Guided mode may show an agent another agent's assigned tickets. This can happen if the tickets meet all view conditions, agent permission settings, and are not being viewed by another agent.</li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title3">Setting team member access to Guided mode</h2>
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<p class="p">You'll need to create or edit a <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408882153882" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">custom role</a> and assign it to the team members who should have Guided mode access.</p>
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<p><strong class="ph b">To assign Guided mode to a custom role</strong></p>
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<span class="ph">In </span><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4581766374554#topic_hfg_dyz_1hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Admin Center</span></a><span class="ph">, click <img class="wysiwyg-image" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/ac_people_icon.png" id="topic_l2s_ty2_p5__d8e636"> <strong class="ph b">People</strong> in the sidebar, then select <strong class="ph b">Team &gt; Roles</strong>.</span>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e25386c59d9245a9c81c0b525f9d72615">Next to the role you want to modify, click the options menu (<img class="wysiwyg-image" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/uc_options_icon.png" id="topic_l2s_ty2_p5__image_hfx_dks_c3c">), then select <strong class="ph b">edit</strong>.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e0f3ee1743609b6fe2486c90d63ec8d3c">In the <strong class="ph b">Agent workflow</strong> section, under <strong class="ph b">View permissions</strong>, click <strong class="ph b">Play views only</strong>.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="eff34fd67cd8f87be81191fc73e346396">Click <strong class="ph b">Save</strong>.</li>
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<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title4">Viewing skipped tickets</h2>
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<p class="p">In Guided mode, team members can choose to skip a ticket. After they click <strong class="ph b">Skip</strong>, a window appears prompting them to enter a reason.</p>
<p class="p"><img class="wysiwyg-image img-screenshot" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/playonly_skip_reason.png" id="topic_d1v_31f_p5__image_crz_hsk_p5"></p>
<p class="p">Guided mode team members can still click <strong class="ph b">Skip</strong> in the above window without entering a reason. If you're looking for specific information from team members when they skip tickets, you should communicate expectations on entering reasons and how you'll be using the responses.</p>
<p class="p">Review skipped tickets and reasons in a Guided mode team member's user profile. Looking through skipped tickets can help you identify specific knowledge areas and processes that team members are struggling with.</p>
<p class="p">Admins can view skipped tickets for any agent in Guided mode. Guided mode agents can view their own skipped tickets only.</p>
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<p><strong class="ph b">To view a Guided mode team member's skipped tickets</strong></p>
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<span class="ph">In </span><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4581766374554#topic_hfg_dyz_1hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ph">Admin Center</span></a><span class="ph">, click <img class="wysiwyg-image" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/ac_people_icon.png"> <strong class="ph b">People</strong> in the sidebar, then select <strong class="ph b">Team &gt; Team members</strong>.</span>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="ebc2f59e6fc7b91b5b170caa1dafc0903">Locate the agent you want to review.</li>
<li class="li" data-list-item-id="edb429cbf139258e93882485548005f20">Click the options menu (<img class="wysiwyg-image" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/uc_options_icon.png" id="topic_d1v_31f_p5__image_igx_f52_4qb">), then select <strong class="ph b">Manage in Support</strong> to open the user's profile.</li>
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<p>Click <strong class="ph b">Play only</strong>.</p>
<p class="p">A list of tickets the agent has skipped, along with each reason entered, appears.</p>
<p class="p"><img class="wysiwyg-image img-screenshot" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/play_only_profile_skipped.png" id="topic_d1v_31f_p5__image_lml_5m4_cv"></p>
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<li class="li" data-list-item-id="e319c9cc094ae5700de494090ac65b210">Click a ticket to open it and view additional details.</li>
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