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Configure Zendesk Integration in the Back-Office 

Oro applications support out of the box integration with Zendesk, enabling you to load data from your Zendesk account and process it in the Oro application. This article describes how to define and edit the integration and synchronization settings.

Hint

While Zendesk integration capabilities are pre-implemented, Oro application can be integrated with different third-party systems.

Generate API token in Zendesk 

To retrieve your API token on the Zendesk side:

  1. Open your account profile and go to the Admin page.

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  2. Navigate to the CHANNELS > API.

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  3. Make sure the Token Access is enabled.

  4. Copy an active API token.

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Create the Integration 

To create an integration with Zendesk:

  1. Navigate to System > Integrations > Manage Integrations in the main menu:

  2. Click Create Integration on the top right.

  3. On the Create Integration page, set the integration type to Zendesk

  4. In the General section, define the following mandatory details:

    Field

    Description

    Type*

    The integration type. Must be set to Zendesk

    Name*

    The integration name used to refer to the integration within the system.

    URL*

    A URL of your Zendesk account (e.g., https://username.zendesk.com).

    API Email*

    The email used to register your Zendesk account.

    API Token*

    The API token generated and/or copied in the Zendesk (as described above).

    Default Zendesk User Email

    User with this email will be assigned tickets that come from the Oro application and for which there are no Zendesk users with a matching email address.

    Owner

    Limits the list of users that can manage the integration, subject to the access and permission settings etc.) Used as an Oro application user for Zendesk tickets if there are no users with a matching email address.

  5. In the Synchronization Settings section, enable/disable the two-way synchronization.

    Select the Enable Two Way Sync checkbox, if you want to download data both from Zendesk to your Oro application and back.

    If the box is left unselected, data from Zendesk is loaded into the Oro application, but changes performed within it are not loaded back into Zendesk.

  6. If the two-way synchronization is enabled, define the priority used for the conflict resolution (e.g., if the same customer details were edited from both Oro application and Zendesk):

    • Remote wins — Zendesk data is applied to both Zendesk and the Oro application.

    • Local wins — Oro application data is applied to both Zendesk and the Oro application.

Manage the Integration 

As an illustration, we have created a sample Zendesk integration with two-way synchronization enabled and sync priority set to Remote Wins. This means that if the same data is changed from both Zendesk and Oro application, Zendesk changes take precedence.

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Initially the integration is inactive. In order to activate it, click Activate on the integration details page.

Note

To edit, deactivate, schedule sync or delete the integration, navigate to the page with all integrations System > Integrations > Manage Integrations.

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Synchronize Data 

Once integration has been created, the data is automatically synchronized.

To start the synchronization manually:

  1. Navigate to System > Integrations > Manage Integrations in the main menu.

  2. For the integraion with Zendesk, hover over the More Options menu to the right and click to schedule sync.

Note

Alternatively, open the integration details page and click Schedule Sync on the top right.

  1. Wait for data to synchronize. Click the Check progress link to see the synchronization status.

Sync from Zendesk to the Oro Application 

A new case is created in the Oro application for every Zendesk ticket. The ticket fields are mapped in the Oro application case fields as follows:

Zendesk Field

Oro application case field

Comments

Subject

Subject

Can be used to find the ticket/case in the grid

Description

Description

Is also added as the first public comment for both the Oro case and the Zendesk ticket

Assignee

Assigned to

The email address of the assignee is checked against primary emails of the Oro application User records:

  • If there is a matching email, the user is mapped to the Assignee field value.

  • If there is no matching email, the integration owner is mapped to the Assignee field value.

Priority

Priority

The values are mapped as follows:

Zendesk

Oro application

Low

Low

Normal

Normal

High

High

Urgent

High

Status

Status

The values are mapped as follows:

Zendesk

Oro application

New

Open

Open

Open

Pending

In progress

Solved

Closed

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For each case created as a result of synchronization with Zendesk, a ticket is created in the Oro application.

The following field values are defined as follows:

Oro Application Ticket Field

Description

Ticket Number

Zendesk ticket number. Used to determine if an existing case/ticket must be updated or if a new one must be created.

Recipients Email

Same as the Recipients Email field in the Zendesk ticket.

Status

Same as the Status field in the Zendesk ticket.(Does not map to the Oro application statuses).

Type

Same as the Type field in the Zendesk ticket.

Submitter

A contact or user. There are two possible cases:

  • If the ticket has been submitted to Zendesk by an end user (e.g., by email or from Facebook) an Oro application Contact record is tied to it, as follows:

    • The email address of the end user is checked against primary emails of Oro Contact records:

      • If there is a matching email, the contact is mapped to the Submitter field value.

      • If there is no matching email, a new contact is created and mapped to the Submitter field value.

    • The mapped Oro contact name and the link to it are displayed as a value for the Submitter field in the ticket created in the Oro application.

      (So, for example, if the ticket was submitted by user ‘DreamWorks Founder’ in Zendesk and the user’s email matches the email of the Oro application Contact ‘Steven Spielberg,’ the Submitter field in the ticket will be filled with the value ‘Steven Spielberg’).

  • If the ticket has been submitted to Zendesk by an agent or administrator, Oro User record is tied to it, as follows:

    • The email address of the submitter is checked against primary emails of the Oro application User records:

      • If there is a matching email, the user is mapped to the Submitter field value.

      • If there is no matching email, the integration owner is mapped to the Submitter field value.

Assignee

The email address of the assignee is checked against primary emails of the Oro application User records:

  • If there is a matching email, the user is mapped to the Assignee field value.

  • If there is no matching email, the integration owner is mapped to the Assignee field value.

Requester

An Oro application Contact record is tied to it, as follows:

  • The email address of the requester in Zendesk is checked against primary emails of the Oro application Contact records:

    • If there is a matching email, the contact is mapped to the Requester field value.

    • If there is no matching email, a new contact is created and mapped to the Requester field value.

Priority

Same as the Priority field of the Zendesk ticket (Does not map to the Oro priorities).

Problem

Same as the Problem field in the Zendesk ticket.

Collaborators

Same as the Collaborators field in the Zendesk ticket.

Sync from the Oro Application to Zendesk 

If two-way synchronization is enabled, the Publish to Zendesk button is available on the Case details page. Click the button to submit the case to Zendesk.

The case fields are mapped to the Zendesk ticket fields as follows:

Oro case field

Zendesk field

Comments

Subject

Subject

Can be used to find the ticket/case in the grid

Description

Description

Is also added as the first public comment for the both Oro case and Zendesk ticket

Assigned to

Assignee

The email address of the Assigned to user is checked against the emails of Zendesk users:

  • If there is a matching email, the ticket is assigned to the related user.

  • If there is no matching email, the ticket is assigned to the user with default Zendesk user email.

Priority

Priority

The values are mapped as follows:

Oro application

Zendesk

Low

Low

Normal

Normal

High

High

Status

Status

The values are mapped as follows:

Oro application

Zendesk

Open

Open

In progress

Pending

Resolved

Solved

Closed

Solved

  • After the ticket has been created in Zendesk, its details are saved in the Ticket related to the case in the Oro application.

Review Further Sync Rules 

  • If some ticket details of a Zendesk ticket have been changed after the initial synchronization, the corresponding Oro application case details will also be updated in the course of the nearest synchronization.

  • If some ticket details of an Oro application case have been changed after the initial synchronization, the corresponding Zendesk ticket details will also be updated automatically (if the two-way synchronization is enabled).

  • If the same details have been updated in a related Zendesk ticket and Oro application case, and the two-way synchronization is enabled, the synchronization priority settings will be applied.