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  tags:
    - helpdesk
    - GET
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  description: >-
    Retrieves organization-specific helpdesk… Reference for the GET
    /helpdesk/organizations/{organizationId}/settings endpoint in the Leadtime
    Public API API.
sidebar:
  badge: GET
  label: Get organization helpdesk settings
title: Get organization helpdesk settings
type: openapi-operation
---
Retrieves organization-specific helpdesk settings for a given organization.

**What is Organization Helpdesk?**
Organizations can have their own helpdesk settings that override workspace defaults. This allows different organizations to have different task routing, priorities, and auto-reply configurations when emails are sent to the same helpdesk email account.

**Settings priority (highest to lowest):**
1. **Organization settings with mode='all'**: Override everything for all senders
2. **Organization settings for member**: Apply when sender is an organization member (mode='onlyMembers')
3. **Workspace email account settings**: Account-specific overrides at workspace level
4. **Workspace defaults**: Base configuration for all helpdesk operations

**What is returned:**
- **Organization settings**: Organization-level configuration including:
  - Organization ID and name
  - Email account settings with organization-specific overrides
  - Organization mode (`onlyMembers` or `all`)
  - Task defaults, auto-reply configuration, and assignment rules
- **Email account settings**: List of email accounts with organization-level settings:
  - Each account shows organization-specific overrides
  - Includes effective defaults (merged from workspace + organization settings)
  - Shows which settings override workspace defaults

**Organization modes:**
- **`onlyMembers`**: Settings apply only when the email sender is a member of this organization
- **`all`**: Settings apply to ALL emails sent to the account, regardless of sender

**Error handling:**
Returns 404 if the organization is not found or doesn't belong to the workspace.

**Note:** This endpoint requires the `Organizations.edit` permission.

<Operation source="api-reference" id="helpdeskcontroller-getorganizationhelpdesksettingsbyid" />
