Set up Contact Synchronization from Zendesk

After integrating Yeastar P-Series Cloud Edition with Zendesk, you can enable a one-way contact synchronization to synchronize the Zendesk contacts to a specific PBX phonebook.

Prerequisites

You have integrated Yeastar P-Series Cloud Edition with Zendesk.

Procedure

  1. Log in to PBX web portal, go to Integrations > Helpdesk.
  2. On the Zendesk integration page, turn on Synchronize Contacts Automatically.
  3. In the Synchronize to Phonebook drop-down list, select an existing empty phonebook or create a new phonebook to store the contacts that will be synchronized from Zendesk.
    Note: The contacts can only be synchronized to an empty phonebook.

  4. On the Always Query Helpdesk option, decide whether to search contacts in the Helpdesk real-time.

    • If enabled, PBX will query Helpdesk in real time for contact information, and support real-time dial search for Helpdesk contacts in the Linkus clients of the associated extension users.
    • If disabled, PBX will only query Helpdesk when there is no matching information found in the PBX company contacts.
      Note:
      • Enabling this feature will increase API usage, so make sure to monitor your quota accordingly.
      • The real-time search is not supported when masked number is enabled.
  5. Click Save.

Result

On Contacts > Phonebooks, the associated phonebook comes with a label .

When the associated extension receives an inbound call from or places an outbound call to a Zendesk contact, the matched contact information will be synchronized to the phonebook in Yeastar P-Series Cloud Edition automatically.

Note: This is a one-way sync from Zendesk to Yeastar P-Series Cloud Edition, therefore the associated phonebook and the synced contacts are read-only.
Troubleshooting: Fail to synchronize certain contacts?
Incomplete information of contacts can lead to synchronization failure. Make sure the following fields are filled in for the contacts, then perform the directory synchronization again:
  • Either the First name or Last name field is filled in.
  • At least one phone number-related field is filled in.