First Respons time questions regarding ticket SLA's, Ticket Re-Assignment, and Ticket Closure.

First Respons time questions regarding ticket SLA's, Ticket Re-Assignment, and Ticket Closure.

I am chasing down a few outliers on tickets that my team is reporting to me seen in some of our Zoho Analytics Dashboards with regards to Zoho Desk with regards to First Response Time. 

Our support organization is setup with different SLA's based on three priorities for different support packages based upon first response time. 

Let's say a customer opens a ticket and we do not have enough information to determine their support level, we have a default catch-all SLA that gets applied to all tickets so that time outside our business hours and ticket on hold times do not count towards our time based metrics.  We first respond and later get the support information that triggers a new SLA to apply, does the first response time get cleared?  If the agent then responds again after the new SLA is applied, is it recalculating that as a first response or do both get counted as first responses in the back-end data for the ticket?  What about agent re-assignment, if the first person to touch the ticket responds but then needs to escalate to the next level within the same department in desk and the newly assigned agent responds, does that also count as a first response from the ticket.   Then what about ticket closing, does the first agents response time carry over to the new agent who closed the request? 

We are noticing some odd behavior in the data in analytics where it appears that our frontline teams first response time is getting stuck to the next level agent who closes the request in the ticket closed data and in some cases those Tier II agents also show responses as first response even though they weren't technically the first to respond to the ticket. 
    • Sticky Posts

    • Zoho Desk Partners with Microsoft's M365 Copilot for seamless customer service experiences

      Hello Zoho Desk users, We are happy to announce that Zoho Desk has partnered with Microsoft's M365 to empower customer service teams with enhanced capabilities and seamless experiences for agents. Microsoft announced their partnership during their keynote
    • WhatsApp pricing changes: Pay per message starting July 1, 2025

      Starting July 1, 2025, WhatsApp is shifting from conversation-based pricing to per-message billing. That means every business-initiated message you send will count. Not just the first one in a 24-hour window. Pricing updates on the WhatsApp Business Platform
    • Live Webinar - Work smarter with Zoho Desk and Zoho Workplace integration

      Hello customers! Zoho Desk and Zoho Workplace are coming together for a webinar on 14th May, 2024. Zoho Workplace is a suite of productivity apps for email, chat, docs, calls, and more at one single place. Zoho Desk is closely integrated with a few tools
    • Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 updates for Zoho Desk users

      Hello Zoho Desk users! Apple recently announced the release of iOS 17 and iPad OS 17. These latest OS updates will help you stay productive and efficient, through interactive and seamless user experiences. Zoho Desk has incorporated the updates to help
    • Zoho Desk Cheat Sheet For The Year-End

      Check out these Zoho Desk best practices to end this year on a high and have a great one ahead! #1 Set Business (Holiday) Hours - If you have limited working hours, please make sure you restrict your business hours or set them as holidays for the coming days. Let your customers know when you will, and won't, be available. #2 Update the Annual Holiday List - Check the holidays for the new year and update the holiday schedule. Usually, holidays from the current year will be carried over for the next