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title: Create Employee Case Action
collection: admin
version: current
locale: en-us
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/service/264-0-0/hr_svc_create_emp_case.md
canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.hr_svc_create_emp_case.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5
source_site: help.salesforce.com
content_type: documentation
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description: Creates a new support case for the logged-in employee. The running user is the contact and owner of the case.
products:
  - Service Cloud
release: "264"
---
# Create Employee Case Action

Creates a new support case for the logged-in employee. The running user is the contact and owner of the case.

### Required Editions

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d191218e55">User Permissions Needed</th>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d191218e55 ">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;">CreateEmployeeCase</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;">Create 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 Subject, Case Description, Case Priority, Case Origin</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Outputs</td><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Case Number, Case ID, Case URL, 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

- "Log a case for a benefits enrollment problem I ran into."
- "I need to file a case for a payroll issue I'm having."
- "I want to report an issue with my expense reimbursement — create a case for it."