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title: Close Employee Case Action
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version: current
locale: en-us
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/service/264-0-0/hr_svc_close_emp_case.md
canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.hr_svc_close_emp_case.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5
source_site: help.salesforce.com
content_type: documentation
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description: Closes one of the logged-in employee's own cases, identified by its case number.
products:
  - Service Cloud
release: "264"
---
# Close Employee Case Action

Closes one of the logged-in employee's own cases, identified by its case number.

### Required Editions

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d89158e55">User Permissions Needed</th>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d89158e55 ">To build and manage Service Agents:</td>

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            <p dir="ltr">Manage Agentforce Service Agents AND Manage AI Agents</p>
            <p dir="ltr">OR</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;" dir="ltr">Customize Application</p>
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## Action Details

To use this action, customize it according to your business’s security standards. We recommend configuring your agent to confirm the requester's identity before completing this action on their behalf. See [Maintain Trust with Agentforce Actions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_agentforce_trusted_private_actions.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small "><colgroup><col> <col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">API Name</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">CloseEmployeeCase</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Action Type</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Standard</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Reference Action Type</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Flow</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Reference Action</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Close Employee Case</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Inputs</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Case Number</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Outputs</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Status, Is Success, Error Message</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Does this action execute one or more prompt templates?</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">No</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Examples of Utterances that Trigger This Action

- "Mark my case with <case number> as closed."