Send data to Zendesk

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Send person data from PostHog into Zendesk. You can also send person properties to User fields in Zendesk.

Requirements

Using this requires either PostHog Cloud with the data pipelines add-on, or a self-hosted PostHog instance running a recent version of the Docker image.

You'll also need access to the relevant Zendesk account.

Installation

  1. In PostHog, click the "Data pipeline" tab in the left sidebar.
  2. Click the 'Destinations' tab.
  3. Search for 'Zendesk' and select the destination.
  4. Add your Zendesk subdomain, user email, and API token at the configuration step.
  5. Press 'Create & Enable' and watch your 'Customer' list get populated in Zendesk!

Configuration

OptionDescription
Zendesk subdomain
Type: string
Required: True
Generally, Your Zendesk URL has two parts: a subdomain name you chose when you set up your account, followed by zendesk.com (for example: mycompany.zendesk.com). Please share the subdomain name with us so we can set up your account.
API user email
Type: string
Required: True
Enter the email of an admin in Zendesk. Activity using the API key will be attributed to this user.
API token
Type: string
Required: True
User email
Type: string
Required: True
User name
Type: string
Required: True
Attribute mapping
Type: dictionary
Required: False
Map of Zendesk user fields and their values. You'll need to create User fields in Zendesk for these to work.

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