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Will migrated tickets keep their ID numbers?

No, they won't. All migrated tickets will have new IDs.

Each help desk has its own way of assigning ticket IDs. For instance, Zendesk IDs have five digits in them while Help Scout IDs have four. Our tool must adhere to the settings of the target help desk in order to migrate your data.

However, there is a way to keep the IDs from your source platform for future reference:

  • Go to your target help desk and create a custom text field.
  • When you get to ticket field mapping, click the drop-down menu and find the ID option. Map the custom “Id” field with your custom text field.

Help Desk migration field mapping

Note: If you don't see the Id option, then there's a high chance that the custom field in the target help desk is not a text field. Therefore the Migration Wizard is pulling up different options.

  • Click Save mapping and continue your migration.

If you can't find the ID field, leave us a message. Our support team will help solve your issue.

Will the ticket ID order be preserved after the migration is done?

No, the ticket ID order won’t preserve after the Full Data Migration. As a matter of fact, the order of tickets depends on the source platform. And Migration Wizards transfers tickets from old ones to new ones or from new ones to old ones:

Platform nameTicket order
Assemblafrom old to new
Awesome Support (WP)from old to new
Boss Deskfrom old to new
ConnectWisefrom old to new
CSVfrom new to old
Deskprofrom old to new
Dixafrom new to old
eDeskfrom old to new
Freshdeskfrom old to new
Freshservicefrom new to old
Frontfrom old to new
FuseDeskfrom old to new
Geminifrom old to new
Gmailfrom new to old
Gorgiasfrom new to old
Groovefrom new to old
HappyFoxfrom new to old
Help Scoutfrom old to new
HelpDeskfrom old to new
HelpShiftfrom old to new
HelpSpotfrom old to new
HESKfrom old to new
HubSpot Service Hubfrom old to new
Intercomfrom old to new
Jira Service Managementfrom new to old
JitBit Helpdeskfrom new to old
Kayakofrom new to old
Kayako Classicfrom old to new
Kustomerfrom old to new
Lansweeperfrom old to new
Live Chatfrom old to new
LiveAgentfrom old to new
ManageEnginefrom old to new
OracleCloudfrom old to new
osTicketfrom old to new
OTRSfrom old to new
Outlookfrom new to old
Reamazefrom new to old
Salesforce Service Cloudfrom new to old
SolarWinds Service Deskfrom new to old
ServiceDeskPlusfrom old to new
ServiceNowfrom old to new
SherpaDeskfrom old to new
SmarterTrackfrom new to old
Spiceworksfrom old to new
Spiceworks Cloudfrom old to new
SupportBeefrom old to new
TeamSupportfrom new to old
Teamwork Deskfrom old to new
TOPdeskfrom old to new
Track-It!from old to new
UseDeskfrom new to old
UseResponsefrom new to old
UserVoicefrom new to old
UVdeskfrom old to new
Zendeskfrom old to new
Zoho Deskfrom old to new
Zoho Mailfrom old to new
WixAnswersfrom old to new
Note: Our tech team can change the ticket order for some platforms. Contact our support reps for more details on your source platform.

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