# Teams

Create teams with assignment rules, then utilize them to set up targeted issue views and workflows, and analyze metrics relevant to different teams.

## Setup <a href="#create-teams" id="create-teams"></a>

### Team Creation <a href="#create-teams" id="create-teams"></a>

Create teams from the [teams page](https://app.usepylon.com/settings/teams/management) and add members.

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Teams can also contain other teams as subteams. For example, you may have a broad Support team with different subteams representing various geographic regions.

## Usage

Teams can be used across Pylon as a filter value in views, triggers, macros, and more. Issues can also be assigned to a team manually from the UI, via the API, or via triggers and macros with the "Set issue team" action.

You can also set up complex [assignment rules](https://docs.usepylon.com/pylon-docs/support-workflows/assignment-rules) to define behavior for what happens when an issue is assigned to a specific team.

## Staffing Heatmaps&#x20;

Forecast workload and optimize scheduling using live heatmaps of agent activity, handle time, and ticket volume.&#x20;

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