Any hook to show ticket priority default based on department ?

[Jbro]

Is it possible? to show different priority based on the department it has been chosen to send tickets?

[brian!]

you could have continued to use the original escalation thread rather than creating 3 separate ones... it's distracting!

1 hour ago, Jbro said:

Is it possible? to show different priority based on the department it has been chosen to send tickets?

the answer to that is yes & no... 😀

it's yes in the sense that when you go through step 1 (choosing the ticket department and clicking on the link) and get to step 2 (where you enter the ticket details), you can get the hook to pass the correct default urgency level for that chosen department...

<?php

/**
* Set Default Ticket Priority When Opening Support Ticket
* @author brian!
*/
 
function default_ticket_priority_hook($vars)
{
	$deptid = $vars['deptid'];
	if ($deptid == '1') {
		return array("urgency" => "High");
	}
	elseif ($deptid == '3') {
		return array("urgency" => "High");
	}
	else {
		return array("urgency" => "Low");
	}
}
add_hook("ClientAreaPageSubmitTicket", 1, "default_ticket_priority_hook"); 

or you could use department names if you prefer (though personally I think using the dept ID value would be far more reliable).

<?php

/**
* Set Default Ticket Priority When Opening Support Ticket
* @author brian!
*/
 
function default_ticket_priority_hook($vars)
{
	$deptid = $vars['department'];
	if ($deptid == 'Technical Support') {
		return array("urgency" => "High");
	}
	elseif ($deptid == 'Billing') {
		return array("urgency" => "High");
	}
	else {
		return array("urgency" => "Low");
	}
}
add_hook("ClientAreaPageSubmitTicket", 1, "default_ticket_priority_hook"); 

where you will come unstuck is if the user changes the department at step 2 (via the dropdown) - at that point, the hook wouldn't trigger again and I suspect your only option would be to edit the template and use a js onchange to trigger the dept dropdown changing the priority dropdown... and I can leave you to figure that out, dear. 🙂