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# Ticket Creation

There are two main approaches to creating tickets in Wrangle:<br>

* **Manual Ticket Creation** - This means that your requesters will [create tickets manually](/tickets/creating-tickets.md). There are no additional configuration options needed here unless you'd like to specify [a custom emoji for ticket creation](#custom-emoji-for-ticket-creation).
* [**Automatic Ticket Creation**](#auto-create) - Wrangle will automatically create a new ticket for messages posted to specific Slack channel(s). Read on below for details on how to set this up.

## Automatic Ticket Creation <a href="#auto-create" id="auto-create"></a>

When automatic ticket creation is enabled, Wrangle converts every message in your designated intake channels into a ticket.

<figure><img src="/files/pqG6i5CKcy0neDSHOXCF" alt=""><figcaption><p>When someone sends a message to the channel, Wrangle automatically creates a ticket.</p></figcaption></figure>

**To enable auto-creation**, go to **Ticket Lifecycle > Ticket Creation**. Under "How would you like to create tickets?", select "Turn new channel messages into tickets automatically."

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Once you enable auto-creation, you can then choose your intake channel(s) where all messages will be converted into tickets. Additionally, you'll have the options for auto-creation to include or ignore both bot messages and agent/admin messages.

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### Bypass ticket creation using Smart Replies

If you have [Smart Replies](/tickets/ai-powered-ticketing/smart-replies.md) enabled, you can select the "Bypass ticket creation using Smart Replies" option. With this automation, Wrangle will attempt to answer all incoming messages in the channel with a smart reply. If no match is found, Wrangle will *not* create a ticket. This is great for channels with discussions that don't necessarily result in tickets but still cover common topics.

**To enable Smart Replies bypass:**

1. Navigate to **Ticket Lifecycle > Ticket Creation**
2. Under "How would you like to create tickets?", select **"Bypass ticket creation using Smart Replies"**

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### Intake channels

Intake channels are Slack channels where Wrangle monitors for new tickets. How they behave depends on your ticket creation method:&#x20;

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**With manual ticket creation:** Any message you react to with 🎫 or 🎟️ in your intake channels becomes a ticket for this inbox.

**With automatic ticket creation or Smart Replies bypass:** Every message in intake channels either becomes a ticket or receives a Smart Reply attempt.&#x20;

### Custom Emoji for Ticket Creation

When manual ticket creation is enabled, tickets are created by reacting to Slack messages with any of these default emojis: 🎫 or 🎟️. You can also define a custom emoji for each inbox to personalize ticket creation or route tickets to specific inboxes based on the emoji used.

#### Setting Up Custom Emoji

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**To configure a custom emoji:**

1. Navigate to **Ticket Lifecycle > Ticket Creation**
2. Under "How would you like to create tickets?", select **"Create tickets manually"**
3. Find the field "What emoji should be used to create tickets?"
4. Enter your custom emoji using either:
   * The emoji itself: 🆘
   * The text format: :sos: or sos
5. Click **Save**

#### Perfect for: Custom routing and personalized workflows

**Personalized ticket creation:** Use a custom emoji that fits your team's style, like 🔧 for IT support or 💰 for billing requests.

**Custom routing by emoji:** Set different emojis for different inboxes to automatically route tickets to the right team:

* 🆘 → IT Security inbox
* 💼 → HR inbox
* 🎨 → Marketing requests inbox

When users react to a message with your custom emoji, a ticket is automatically created in that specific inbox.&#x20;