Escalation Rules are specifically designed to ensure that cases do not violate a company ' s Service Level Agreements (SLAs). When a case meets predefined criteria and remains open for a specific duration—such as two hours or seven days—the escalation rule automatically triggers. A Platform Administrator can configure these rules to perform two primary actions: reassigning the case to a different user or queue (such as a Tier 2 support team) and sending notification emails to managers or the new owner to ensure the delay is addressed. While Milestones and Entitlements (Option A) are used to track and display SLA compliance on a record, Escalation Rules are the functional engine used to physically " route " or move the record based on time-based triggers. Omni-Channel (Option B) handles real-time routing based on agent availability rather than time-elapsed thresholds. Auto-Response Rules (Option C) are used only to send initial confirmation emails to customers upon case creation.