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Working with filters

What are Filters?

Much like Gmail's filters, filters in SupportBee allow you to automate many help desk functions (like adding a label/assigning to a user etc) on an new ticket if certain pre-defined conditions are met. For example, you may want to assign a ticket coming to [email protected] to 'Support Group' or you may want to add the label 'urgent' to tickets with 'downtime' in the subject.

How do I create a filter?

After you login as an admin on your ticketing page,

  1. Click on Admin link in the top left corner of the screen
  2. Select the Filters tab from the left-side menu
  3. Click 'Add New Filter'
  4. You can specify any (or all) four conditions. See the question below for details on different conditions
  5. Click 'Preview Matches' to see what tickets match.
  6. Once you are happy with the conditions, click 'Next'
  7. Check the actions that you want to be performed on matching tickets after they are imported
  8. Click 'Create Filter'

You filter will be created and applied to every new ticket

What are the different conditions that I can match?

  • To Email Matches the address that the ticket was delivered to. If you are syncing from different inboxes, you can use this filter to route tickets to different groups or add a label based on the mailbox the ticket was delivered to.
  • From Email Matches the sender of the ticket. Enter the name or email address of a customer. You can use this to identify tickets from a particular customer.
  • Subject with keywords Matches the subject. To search for multiple keywords or phrases, separate them with commas. The filter will be applied if ANY of the keywords or phrases is found. Please do not use quotes for phrases. Wrapping your phrases in double or single quotes can result in errors. Also, note that the matching is case insensitive.
  • Body with keywords Matches the body. To search for multiple keywords or phrases, separate them with commas. The filter will be applied if ANY of the keywords or phrases is found. Please do not use quotes for phrases. Wrapping your phrases in double or single quotes can result in errors. Also, note that the matching is case insensitive.

If you fill in more than one condition, all of the conditions will have to match for the filter to be applied.

Can I use wildcards?

Yes, you can use the * wildcard in any of the conditions.

For example, the value *@importantclient.com in the condition From will match any email address from the importantclient.com domain. On the other hand, test* in the condition Subject will match tickets that include in the subject any of the words: "test", "testing", "tested", "testimony", and so on.

How many filters can I create?

You can create as many filters as you want. However, there are a few points to remember

  1. Applying the filters introduces a small delay in importing tickets. The more filters you have, the longer the delay.
  2. More than one filter may match for a given ticket. In case you have conflicting actions (like Assigning to a certain user in one and a different user in the other), only one will be performed. However, if you are adding different labels in both actions, both labels will be added.

How do I delete a filter?

After you login as an admin,

  1. Click on Admin link in the top right corner of the screen
  2. Select the Filters tab
  3. In the listing, find the filter that you want and click 'Delete'