Cooper Copilot

PERMISSIONS  Security level with Admin Feature Access permission to Cooper Copilot.

NAVIGATION  Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Automation > Cooper Copilot

IMPORTANT  Cooper Copilot features are included with an Ultimate Autotask subscription. Refer to Upgrading to ultimate for more information.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN  This feature may be hidden in your Autotask instance because it is not activated. If so, you can activate it on the Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Activations page. Refer to Activations.

Cooper Copilot for Autotask introduces AI-powered tools—Smart Ticket Summary, Smart Writing Assistant, Smart Resolution Summary, and Smart Triage—to streamline documentation, enhance communication, and improve ticket triaging for greater team efficiency.

IMPORTANT  Selecting a form template is the equivalent of manually populating the form. Form template settings will override any previously populated field content, including notification settings, additional contacts, and secondary resources.

To enable or disable Cooper Copilot smart summary settings:

  1. Navigate to Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Automation > Cooper Copilot > Cooper Copilot Settings.

  2. Toggle the Enable Cooper Copilot button.

  3. Select the Smart Summaries tab.

  4. Select the checkbox next to the setting(s) you wish to enable or disable.

  5. Click Save Changes.

With Cooper Copilot:

  • Succinct, AI-powered analysis of an Autotask ticket surfaces key details, actions taken, and next steps. A 1-click solution to getting your team up-to-speed on ticket information.

Improve your Ticket Summaries:

  • Smart Ticket Summaries use key ticket information in order to provide quick, up-to-date information to help you get informed about an ongoing ticket. To improve the accuracy and consistency of this information, be sure you and your team provide key information in the Description, Ticket Notes and Time Entries. Internal Notes will not be utilized for these Ticket Summaries.

Additionally, be sure to include key ticket information such as the following:

  • Issue-Type

  • Sub-Issue Type

  • Any devices related to or impacted by the issue

With limited information available, a Smart Ticket Summary will be restricted on its ability to provide information:

  • "I checked all 79 AP are online and rebooted the closet AP and confirmed with Sandy that there were no more issues."

With additional information added to the ticket as described above, Smart Ticket Summary can become far more useful to your team:

  • "Tristan verified that all 79 Access Points (APs) at the Dover office are online. He rebooted the closet AP and confirmed with Sandy that the issue has been resolved. No further action is required at this time."

Smart Resolution Summary is available in the Resolution field when editing a Ticket. To show or hide the available options, click the icon. The Resolution field’s visibility is controlled by your Ticket Category. Refer to The General tab.

  1. From an existing ticket, click the Edit button and navigate to the Resolution field.

  2. Click Generate Resolution to create a new Resolution summary from the Ticket information, Notes, and Time Entries.

  3. Click Append to add the generated text to the Resolution field or Replace to replace any existing text.

  4. Click Save to confirm all changes.

  1. From an existing ticket, click the Edit button and navigate to the Resolution field.

  2. Click Refine Resolution to take the information from within the Resolution field and provide a summarized and refined version of this information.

  3. Click Append to add the generated text to the Resolution field or Replace to replace any existing text.

  4. Click Save to confirm all changes.

Smart Writing Assistant is available when creating or editing a Ticket Note, Time Entry. To show or hide the available options, click theicon.

  1. From an open ticket, click New Time Entry or New Note.

  2. Add your notes in the Summary Notes or Description and complete all other required fields.

  3. Click Summarize Notes (Client-Facing).

  4. Select if you want to Append or Replace your current notes with the new Smart Writing Assistant text.

  5. Click Save & Close to confirm all changes.

Cooper Copilot supports generating content in multiple languages.

To set a Default Language:

  1. Navigate to Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Automation > Cooper Copilot > Cooper Copilot Settings.

  2. In the Languages section, select a language from the Default Language drop-down list.

  3. Click Save Changes.

    NOTE  Only one Default Language can be selected at a time. This Default Language applies to all Cooper Copilot generated content, unless the user specifies another language.

To enable or disable other supported languages, check the boxes next to the desired languages. When multiple languages are selected, they will be available alongside the default language.

Supported Languages:

  • Arabic

  • Chinese (Simplified)

  • Chinese (Traditional)

  • Croatian

  • Danish

  • Dutch (Belgium)

  • Dutch (Netherlands)

  • English (UK)

  • English (US)

  • Spanish (Spain)

  • Spanish (Latin-America)

  • Faroese

  • Filipino

  • French (Canada)

  • French (France)

  • Greek

  • Hebrew

  • Hindi

  • Hungarian

  • Icelandic

  • Italiano (Italian)

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Latvian

  • Macedonian

  • Malay

  • Maltese

  • Māori

  • Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål)

  • Polish

  • Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Suomi (Finnish)

  • Svenska (Swedish)

  • Swedish

  • Thai

    NOTE  The default language is not available for selection.

Smart Ticket Triage is part of Cooper Copilot for Autotask. It uses AI and association algorithms to streamline ticket management by identifying missing or inconsistent information, suggesting ticket field values, and assisting with ticket assignment. Smart Ticket Triage analyzes a subset of your historical tickets to make suggestions on future tickets, using only the ticket data from the ticket’s organization.

ALERT  To prepare your Autotask environments for Smart Ticket Triage and to improve results, refer to Smart Ticket Triage assessment .

Smart Ticket Triage includes the following configuration areas:

  • Ticket Data Analysis
  • Triage Actions (Workflow Rules)
  • Assignment Eligibility

IMPORTANT  Smart Ticket Triage suggestions and assignments are controlled by Workflow Rules and your Smart Ticket Triage configuration. Refer to Triage Actions (Workflow Rules).

Configure Smart Ticket Triage

You configure Smart Ticket Triage from the Smart Ticket Triage tab on the Cooper Copilot page, and by creating Workflow Rules that use Smart Ticket Triage actions.

Open Smart Ticket Triage settings

  1. Navigate to Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Automation > Cooper Copilot.
  2. Click the Smart Ticket Triage tab.

The Smart Ticket Triage tab is divided into the following sections:

  • Ticket Data Analysis.
  • Triage Actions.
  • Assignment Eligibility.

Use the Ticket Data Analysis section to define which historical tickets Cooper Copilot will analyze to understand your Service Desk operations.

Configure Ticket Data Analysis

  1. In the Ticket Status field, select up to 15 statuses that represent your most reliable ticket data.

    NOTE  Include completed tickets, tickets nearing completion, or tickets that are unlikely to change further.

  2. In the Queues field, select up to 15 queues whose tickets you want to include in the analysis.
  3. In the Ticket Category field, select up to 15 categories to include.
    • By default, all categories are analyzed.
    • Selecting specific categories excludes any categories that are not selected.
  4. In the Analyze tickets created on or after section, select a date to have Cooper Copilot analyze only tickets created on or after that date.

    The page displays the active analysis window, for example: “Analyzing tickets from: March 10, 2024 to present.”

  5. In the Excluded Organizations section, select any organizations you want to exclude from triage analysis.
    • Tickets from excluded organizations will not be analyzed or used for Smart Ticket Triage suggestions.
    • There is no limit to the number of organizations that can be excluded.
  6. Click Save.

NOTE   For optimal ticket analysis results, use a date within the last 6–8 months to ensure the most accurate and relevant data set. If no date is selected, only tickets from the past 24 months will be analyzed.

Smart Ticket Triage uses Workflow Rules actions, called Triage Actions, to triage and optionally assign incoming tickets. Triage Actions define when Smart Ticket Triage runs and which fields it can suggest or auto‑update.

On the Smart Ticket Triage tab, the Triage Actions section displays a banner similar to the following:

Smart Ticket Triage requires Workflow Rules to function. Smart Ticket Triage uses Workflow Rules actions to triage incoming tickets. Set up Workflow Rules to begin taking advantage of the Smart Ticket Triage action.

Configure Triage Actions in Workflow Rules

  1. Click View Workflow Rules in the Triage Actions section, or navigate to Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Workflow Rules.
  2. Create a new Workflow Rule, or edit an existing Workflow Rule for Service Desk.

    Define the events and conditions that will trigger Smart Ticket Triage, such as when a ticket is created, when a specific field is changed, or when a ticket enters a particular status or queue. Refer to Adding, editing, and copying workflow rules.

  3. In the Actions section of the Workflow Rule, add a Smart Ticket Triage action.
  4. In the Smart Ticket Triage action, configure the fields that Smart Ticket Triage can manage, such as:
    • Issue Type
    • Primary Resource
    • Priority
    • Queue
    • Sub‑Issue Type
  5. Configure how Smart Ticket Triage behaves for this action:
    • Suggest – Smart Ticket Triage proposes values in the ticket UI, and users review and apply changes.
    • Auto‑apply – Smart Ticket Triage automatically updates selected fields when AI confidence is high enough, based on your thresholds.
  6. Where available, set the Auto-Apply Confidence Threshold to control when Smart Ticket Triage is allowed to automatically update fields.

    NOTE   If the AI confidence is below the threshold, the action will not auto‑update fields, but can still provide suggestions for users to review.

  7. Save and activate the Workflow Rule.

Once configured, Smart Ticket Triage will run according to your Workflow Rules and will surface suggestions or apply changes directly to tickets based on your settings.

Smart Ticket Triage evaluates all applicable workflow rules at the time of the triggering event (for example, Ticket Created). The results of those rules are combined into a single triage operation.

Evaluation order: Auto‑apply vs Suggest

If multiple rules affect the same field, Smart Ticket Triage resolves behavior in this order:

  1. Auto‑apply

  2. Suggest

  3. None

That means:

  • If one rule is set to Auto‑apply a field and another rule is set to Suggest that same field, the Auto‑apply behavior wins.

  • If no rule is set to Auto‑apply for a field, but one or more rules Suggest it, the field is suggested.

Multiple workflow rules at once

  • If several workflow rules qualify for the same event and meet the ticket conditions, all of them are evaluated.

  • Smart Ticket Triage does not run separate triages per rule. Instead, it merges the outcomes into one combined triage result.

  • Different rules can contribute different fields. For example:

    • Rule A: suggests Queue

    • Rule B: auto‑applies Resource and Priority

    • Rule C: suggests Sub‑issue

      • The final triage for that ticket can use all four fields (Queue, Resource, Priority, Sub‑issue), respecting the auto‑apply vs suggest hierarchy above.

Point‑in‑time evaluation

  • Workflow rules are evaluated for Smart Ticket Triage only at the exact moment a ticket event occurs, such as when a ticket is created or updated.

  • Smart Ticket Triage does not collect or pool rule results over time. Only the rules whose conditions are met at that specific event will influence the triage action for the ticket.

  • Smart Ticket Triage evaluates workflow rules only when the ticket event occurs and does not carry their results forward to future events.

Use the Assignment Eligibility section on the Smart Ticket Triage tab to define which queues and resources Cooper Copilot can use when suggesting or auto‑assigning tickets.

ALERT   Co‑Managed users may be used if they are included in your assignment eligibility selections.

Configure Assignment Eligibility

  1. On the Smart Ticket Triage tab, scroll to the Assignment Eligibility section.
  2. Under Queues, select the queues that will be available for Smart Ticket Triage suggestions or auto‑assignment.

    These queues define where Cooper Copilot is allowed to route tickets when assigning by queue.

  3. Under Resources, configure which resources may be assigned tickets by Smart Ticket Triage:
    • Workgroups – Select the workgroups whose members will be available for assignment. Refer to Managing workgroups.
    • Departments – Select the departments whose resources will be available for assignment. Refer to Departments.
    • Specific Resources – Select any individual resources who will be available for assignment.

    There is no limit to the number of resources you can include.

  4. Click Save.

Cooper Copilot will consider only resources and queues included in the Assignment Eligibility section when making suggestions or auto‑assigning tickets.

Using Smart Ticket Triage in tickets

After Ticket Data Analysis, Triage Actions, and Assignment Eligibility are configured, Smart Ticket Triage suggestions and assignments appear in the ticket UI according to your Workflow Rules and Ticket Category configuration.

Ticket Category requirements

  1. Navigate to Left Navigation Menu > Admin > Admin Categories > Features & Settings > Service Desk (Tickets) > Ticket Categories and open the Ticket Category used by the tickets you want to triage.
  2. On the Main Body configuration, verify that the Smart Ticket Triage Suggestions component is set to Visible.

    • If Smart Ticket Triage Suggestions is not set to Visible, the Smart Ticket Triage panel and triage details will not appear.

    For more information, refer to Main body .

  3. On the Insights tab of the same Ticket Category, move the Smart Triage insight into the Visible Insights section.
  4. Save & Close.

For more information, refer to Display or hide an insight for a category .

Analyze and apply Smart Ticket Triage suggestions

  1. Open a ticket that matches the conditions defined in your Smart Ticket Triage Workflow Rule.
  2. In the Smart Triage section on the ticket, review any suggested values for supported fields, such as:
    • Priority.
    • Issue Type and Sub‑Issue Type.
    • Primary Resource.
    • Queue.
  3. If your Workflow Rules are configured for suggestions only:
    • Select the suggestions you want to apply.
    • Click Apply.
    • The selected changes are applied to the ticket.
  4. If your Workflow Rules are configured for auto‑updates:
    • Review the fields that were changed by Smart Ticket Triage and any rationale provided.
    • You can manually adjust these fields if needed.
  5. View the Ticket History to see what changes were applied by Smart Ticket Triage.

    For more information, refer to Viewing the ticket history .

Overview

In some cases, you may notice that the number of suggestions displayed in the Smart Ticket Triage Suggestions section appears lower than expected. This can be confusing if you know more fields contain suggestions than what the section header indicates.

What's happening

The suggestions section header displays a count intended to summarize how many fields currently have suggestions. Under certain conditions, this count may not accurately reflect all available suggestions, even though those suggestions still exist and can be viewed. This most commonly occurs when issue type and sub‑issue type are involved.

As a result:

  • The suggestion count may appear lower than the actual number of fields with suggestions

  • The suggestions themselves are not missing—only the displayed count may be incorrect

How issue type can affect suggestion counts

In the system, a sub-issue type is treated as a child of an issue type. When a sub-issue type is set or suggested, the system infers that the issue type itself has effectively changed.

As a result:

  • A suggestion to set a sub‑issue type may implicitly represent a change to the issue type

  • Although this may appear as two separate suggestions when viewing ticket details, the system counts it as one logical suggestion

  • This can make it look like there are more suggestions visible than what the suggestion section count reflects

For example:

  • You may see five suggested fields on the ticket

  • The suggestion section header may show four suggestions

  • This happens because the issue type and sub‑issue type are evaluated together rather than as independent suggestions

How this affects the suggestion view

If you’re affected by this issue, you may notice:

  • A mismatch between the number shown in the suggestion section count and the suggestions visible when reviewing individual fields

  • The same lower‑than‑expected count reflected in related areas, such as dashboards that summarize suggestion totals

This is a display issue only and does not impact:

  • The accuracy of the suggestion data

  • The ability to review or act on suggestions

  • Saved settings or system behavior

What you should do

No action is required. We recommend continuing to review suggestions as usual, as all available suggestions are still present and accessible within the system.

Ticket fields eligible for analysis

Smart Ticket Triage analyzes patterns in historical tickets for the fields you have enabled in your Triage Actions and Ticket Data Analysis configuration. Examples of fields that can be updated based on triage patterns include:

  • Priority
  • Issue Type and Sub‑Issue Type
  • Primary Resource
  • Queue
  • Ticket Category
  • Contract
  • Device / Configuration Item / Asset
  • Additional Devices / Configuration Items / Assets
  • Location / Address
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  • Tags

NOTE   Ticket analysis uses only the historical data from the ticket’s organization.

Refer to Cooper Copilot History.

Refer to Cooper Copilot FAQs.