Automate Zendesk & Salesforce

Stop paying for mismatched spreadsheets. Sync data between Zendesk and Salesforce in real-time, so you can manage your operations without the busywork.

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How the Data Flows

graph LR
    subgraph Source ["Zendesk"]
        T1(["Fetch Custom Actions"])
    end
    
    subgraph Middleware ["Enterprise Integration Core"]
        W[CRON API
Poller] --> V{Validation
& Auth}
        V -->|Fail| DLQ[Dead Letter
Queue]
        V -->|Pass| Map[Data Mapping
& Transformation]
        Map --> Retry[Rate Limiting
& Retries]
    end
    
    subgraph Target ["Salesforce"]
        A1(["Add Contact to Campaign"])
    end

    T1 -->|JSON Payload| W
    Retry -->|Authenticated API POST| A1

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    style Target fill:transparent,stroke:#cbd5e1,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
    style Middleware fill:#f8fafc,stroke:#94a3b8,stroke-width:2px
    style T1 fill:#3b82f6,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
    style W fill:#1f2937,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style V fill:#1f2937,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style Map fill:#1f2937,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style Retry fill:#1f2937,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style DLQ fill:#ef4444,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:1px,color:#fff
    style A1 fill:#e11d48,stroke:#fff,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff

When Zendesk and Salesforce operate independently, customer support teams often face significant delays in ticket resolution. For instance, when a support agent updates a ticket in Zendesk with customer feedback, this information does not automatically sync with Salesforce. As a result, sales representatives may continue to pursue leads with outdated information, leading to miscommunication and lost sales opportunities. The support team spends valuable time manually entering data into Salesforce, which could be better spent addressing customer inquiries.

Top Ways to Automate Zendesk & Salesforce

Unified Customer Profiles: Automatically sync customer data between Zendesk and Salesforce, ensuring that support agents have real-time access to sales history and customer interactions, leading to more informed and effective service.
Streamlined Ticket Management: Create and update support tickets in Zendesk directly from Salesforce, allowing sales teams to escalate issues without leaving their primary workflow, thus enhancing collaboration and response times.
Comprehensive Reporting: Generate integrated reports that combine support and sales metrics, providing leadership with a holistic view of customer engagement and enabling data-driven decision-making.

How to Build the Zendesk → Salesforce Sync

In Zendesk, navigate to the Admin settings and configure a Standard Webhook. Set the endpoint URL to your Salesforce REST API endpoint for inserting records, typically formatted as https://yourinstance.salesforce.com/services/data/vXX.0/sobjects/YourObject/.
Set the trigger for the webhook to activate on ticket updates. Ensure the payload includes necessary fields such as ticket.id, ticket.status, and ticket.updated_at.
In Salesforce, create a new REST API resource to handle incoming POST requests. This should parse the incoming JSON payload and extract the relevant fields.
Map the extracted fields from the Zendesk payload to the appropriate Salesforce object fields, such as mapping ticket.id to Salesforce_Ticket_ID__c and ticket.status to Status__c.
Test the integration by updating a ticket in Zendesk and verifying that the corresponding record is created or updated in Salesforce.

Developer Warnings & API Gotchas

Ensure that the field types in Salesforce match the data types coming from Zendesk; for instance, a string field cannot accept a numeric value.
Be cautious with the ticket.updated_at field; if your logic does not account for time zone differences, it may lead to incorrect updates in Salesforce.
When mapping fields, double-check that required fields in Salesforce are populated; otherwise, the API will return an error and the data will not be inserted.

Supported API Operations

We leverage official, stable endpoints to ensure secure data transfer. No deprecated legacy routes.

When this happens in Zendesk... Fetch Custom Actions

Do this in Salesforce Add Contact to Campaign
When this happens in Zendesk... List Groups

Do this in Salesforce Add File to Record
When this happens in Zendesk... New Action on Ticket

Do this in Salesforce Add Lead to Campaign
When this happens in Zendesk... New Admin

Do this in Salesforce Call Apex REST
When this happens in Zendesk... New Agent

Do this in Salesforce Convert Lead to Contact

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