Managing Tickets

Open, claim, assign, close, reopen, transcribe, and safely delete ticket channels.

7 min readUpdated Sep 1, 2026

This page covers what members and staff do after a ticket panel is live.

Open a ticket

  1. Select a button or dropdown option on the public panel.
  2. Wait for Discortics to create the private channel.
  3. Open the channel link in the confirmation.
  4. Read the welcome message and provide the requested information.

Discortics pins a ticket information message with Claim and Close controls. If simultaneous tickets are disabled, close the existing ticket from that option before opening another one.

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A newly opened ticket with its pinned controls

Who can manage a ticket

Manager-role members can use the pinned ticket buttons without Manage Channels. Slash commands require Manage Channels. The assignee, server owner, and administrators can also manage tickets.

Claim or assign staff

  • Select Claim or run /ticket claim to assign the ticket to yourself.
  • Run /ticket assign user:@member to assign another staff member.
  • Run /ticket unclaim to remove the assignment.

A ticket has one assignee. Reassigning it replaces the previous assignee.

Add or remove a member

  • /ticket add user:@member gives a member access to the open ticket.
  • /ticket remove user:@member removes that member's channel access.

You cannot remove the current assignee. Unclaim or reassign the ticket first.

Rename or move a ticket

  • /ticket rename name:new-name changes the current channel name.
  • /ticket move category:Support moves the channel to another Discord category.

Channel names are limited to 100 characters.

Close a ticket

The creator can select Close on their own ticket. Staff can use the same button or run /ticket close.

Closing a ticket adds closed- to the channel name, removes creator access, keeps manager access, and shows Open, Transcript, and Delete controls. It does not delete the channel or its messages.

Reopen a ticket

Select Open or run /ticket open. Discortics removes the closed- prefix and restores access based on the option's claim settings.

Create a transcript

Select Transcript or run /ticket transcript in the ticket channel.

The text transcript contains the latest 100 messages. When those messages contain downloadable attachments, Discortics also creates a ZIP file unless it would exceed 8 MiB. Files are posted in the ticket and copied to the option log channel when one is configured.

Create and download the transcript before deleting the ticket.

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The generated transcript files in a closed ticket

Delete a ticket

Close the ticket, select Delete, and confirm. Discortics deletes the channel after five seconds.

Warning: Deleting the channel permanently removes its messages. There is no /ticket delete slash command.

Command reference

CommandPurposeRequired permission
/ticket add user:Add a user to an open ticketManage Channels
/ticket remove user:Remove a user from an open ticketManage Channels
/ticket rename name:Rename an open ticketManage Channels
/ticket move category:Move an open ticket to another categoryManage Channels
/ticket claimAssign the open ticket to yourselfManage Channels
/ticket unclaimRemove the current assignmentManage Channels
/ticket assign user:Assign the open ticket to another userManage Channels
/ticket closeClose the current ticketManage Channels
/ticket openReopen the current ticketManage Channels
/ticket transcriptExport recent messages and attachmentsManage Channels

Options ending in : are slash-command fields.

Troubleshooting

The creator cannot see a new ticket

The option probably has Require Claim Before Entry enabled. A manager must claim or assign the ticket first.

Other staff lost access after a claim

The option has Isolate on Claim enabled. Unclaim the ticket to restore manager roles, or assign it to the staff member who should handle it.

The attachment ZIP is missing

The latest 100 messages may not contain attachments, an attachment may no longer be downloadable, or the completed ZIP may exceed 8 MiB. The text transcript is still created.