Custom ticket name

How new ticket channels are named. Covers variables, character limits, and Steam-aware naming.

When a member opens a ticket, Ticket King creates a channel (or thread) with a generated name. You control the format.

Where to configure

You can set it per ticket option, or set a panel-wide default that every option inherits.

• Per-panel default: Panel Defaults, Default Custom Ticket Name (placeholder ticket-{TICKET_NUMBER}).
• Per-option override: Per-option editor, Advanced tab, Custom Ticket Name.
• If you set neither, the default ticket-{TICKET_NUMBER} is used.

The format you type can be up to 100 characters. That is the length of the format itself, placeholders included — {TICKET_NUMBER} counts as 15 characters even though it usually renders as two. The final channel name is separately capped at 100 characters by Discord, and Ticket King trims it to fit.

Variables

Variable	Resolves to
{TICKET_NUMBER}	The ticket's number
{TYPE}	The panel option label
{USER}	The ticket author. In a channel name this resolves to their user ID.
{USER_ID}	The ticket author's Discord ID
{USER_NAME}	The ticket author's username
{GUILD_NAME}	Your server name
{CREATED_AT}	Ticket creation timestamp
{STEAM_ID}	Steam ID (only when Steam Linking is on, which is Premium)

Common patterns

Format	Result
ticket-{TICKET_NUMBER}	ticket-42
ticket-{TICKET_NUMBER}-{USER_NAME}	ticket-42-aspect
{TYPE}-{TICKET_NUMBER}	bug-report-42
{USER_NAME}-{TICKET_NUMBER}	aspect-42
support-{TICKET_NUMBER}	support-42

Whitespace and special characters

Discord channel names cannot contain spaces. Ticket King replaces spaces with hyphens automatically.

Discord channel names are also lowercased and have stricter character rules than display names, so special characters get normalized.

Blocked words on Community servers

If your server has Community enabled, Discord filters channel names against the list of words it does not allow for servers in Server Discovery. A ticket whose generated name contains one of those words is rejected by Discord, and the member is told the name isn't allowed instead of getting a ticket.

The word can come from the text you typed into the format or from a variable that resolves to member-controlled text, usually {USER_NAME}. Formats built from {TICKET_NUMBER}, {TYPE}, and {USER_ID} are not affected.

→ A ticket name isn't allowed

The Steam ID variable (Premium)

{STEAM_ID} only resolves when Steam Linking is on, which is a Premium feature. If Steam Linking is not enabled, the variable resolves to nothing.

What members see

The channel name is visible to:

• The ticket author.
• All staff who have access to the channel.
• Anyone with Discord's "Manage Channels" who can see the channels list.

So whatever you put in the custom ticket name will be visible. Do not put anything sensitive in the name itself. Put it in the description or welcome message instead.

Saving

Changes apply to future tickets. Tickets that are already open keep the name they were given when they opened.

Related

Per-option settingsTicket numbering