Workflow templateTurn a Slack message into a Zendesk ticket
Opens a Zendesk ticket when someone reacts to a Slack message with the ticket emoji, and replies in the thread with the link.
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01Trigger
TriggerSomeone adds the ticket emoji reaction to a message in Slack, received by the Slackbot connection.
02
Custom stepRead the message and who wrote it.
03Ze
ZendeskCreate a Zendesk ticket with the message as the description and the author as the requester name.
04Sl
SlackbotUsing Slackbot, reply in the message's thread with the ticket number and link.
05
Custom stepSkip messages whose thread already has a ticket link, so one message never opens two tickets.
06
OutputFinish
How it runs
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When
Someone adds the ticket emoji reaction to a message in Slack, received by the Slackbot connection.
Then
- Read the message and who wrote it.
- Create a Zendesk ticket with the message as the description and the author as the requester name.
- Using Slackbot, reply in the message's thread with the ticket number and link.
- Skip messages whose thread already has a ticket link, so one message never opens two tickets.
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