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A team in Zoho Desk is a group of agents sharing a support function, with a collective ticket queue that any team member can work from.

A team in Zoho Desk is a named group of agents who share a common support function or skill set. Teams can be assigned tickets collectively, allowing any member to pick up and resolve tickets from the team queue.

How Teams Work in Zoho Desk

Teams are created in the admin settings and populated with agents. Tickets can be assigned to a team rather than a specific agent. Any agent in the team can claim and work on unassigned team tickets. This prevents bottlenecks from individual agent unavailability.

Team-Based Assignment Rules

Assignment rules can route tickets to teams based on category, channel, or customer attributes. All team members see the ticket in their queue and can claim it. Combined with round-robin, tickets can be auto-assigned to individual agents within the team.

Team Performance Reporting

Zoho Desk can report on performance at team level: ticket volume, average response time, SLA compliance, and CSAT scores per team. This helps managers compare team performance and identify whether issues are individual or team-wide.

Example: A manufacturing company’s support operation has three teams: Hardware Support, Software Support, and Billing. Tickets are routed to the appropriate team by assignment rule. During peak periods, agents from Software Support temporarily join Hardware Support to clear the backlog.
What is a Team in Zoho Desk?

A team is a named group of agents in Zoho Desk who share a support function. Tickets can be assigned to a team queue, where any team member can claim and resolve them, providing flexibility when individual agents are unavailable.

Can tickets be assigned to a team rather than an individual agent in Zoho Desk?

Yes. Tickets can be assigned to teams. All team members see the ticket in their shared queue. Combined with round-robin rules, tickets can also be auto-distributed to individual agents within the team.

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