Zendesk integration overview

Overview

Zendesk is a customer service platform that empowers organizations to improve customer engagement and better understand their customers.

Zendesk is available as a Marketplace integration. The integration lets you easily create and update Zendesk tickets from within Persona.

A common way to use this integration is to create a Zendesk ticket automatically via a Workflow.

Prerequisites

To use this integration, you must have a Zendesk instance.

Authentication

The Zendesk integration authenticates using OAuth.

Steps

Before you begin

  • Sign in to Zendesk in the web browser you’re using.

Set up

To set up the Zendesk integration:

  1. In the dashboard, select Marketplace in the navigation sidebar.

  2. On the Marketplace page, select the Explore tab.

    • This may be the default page.
  3. In the list of integrations, select Zendesk.

  4. In the upper corner, click + Add Connection.
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  5. In the permissions modal, click Allow.
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Result

You’ll see the new connection on the Zendesk page.

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Using the integration

Once the integration is set up, you can trigger the following Zendesk actions inside your Workflows. Note: If there are multiple options for these actions, choose the one with "OAuth" in the name.

  • Create Zendesk Ticket
  • Update Zendesk Ticket
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Third-party integrations are available to Enterprise and managed Growth customers. If you're interested in third-party integrations, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager or contact the Persona support team.

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