Field Validation and Profile restrictions bypassed using Mass Actions
We have a Validation Rule that prevents ticket closure if the "Subcategory" field is blank. This has been working fine, but recently we noticed a few tickets per day somehow being closed without a "Subcategory". Upon further investigation we found the
How to let only account-bound products visible to users
Hello friends, I'm trying to leave only the Products linked to the accounts visible to Zoho Portal users. If the user clicks "All Products," they can open tickets incorrectly for products that do not belong to the account that are registered. Is it possible
Enable Full Theme Editor for Help Center (Disable Express Builder)
Dear Zoho Support, We are currently using the Elegant theme in Zoho Desk Help Center, but we only have access to the limited Express Builder. We would like to switch to the full Theme Editor to be able to: Access Language Strings Edit all pages (HTML/CSS/JS)
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Adding Coloured Picklist Based On Email Body Text
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Zoho Desk is extremely slow
Hi Team, We are facing extreme latency issue with Zoho Desk. It is currently unusable. I have submitted a ticket already could you please look into this asap. Regards, Priya Sharna
Zoho Desk is extremeley Slow
Hi, Zoho Desk seems to be extremely slow for the last 15 mins for everyone in our team (5 people). https://status.zohocloud.ca/ didn't show any status in this regard. Would it be possible to have an idea what is happening and when this should be resolved?
Help Centre - Widget or Tab for Customer Downloads
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Simplify ticket replies with intelligent writing and content analysis tools
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Discussions from Ask the Experts 19 : Inside Zoho Desk Spring Release 2025
Hello Everyone, We appreciate the engaging discussions during the Ask the Experts 19 session on the Spring Release. It was a pleasure connecting with you. Our team is actively working towards your requests to deliver an improved experience. In this post,
Have One Custom Function Run After Another Custom Function Finishes - ZoHo Desk
Hello, From what I'm seeing in ZoHo Desk. If there are multiple custom functions that run when a ticket is initially created, the custom functions seem to run simultaneously. Is there a way to have one custom function finish before starting another custom
Is A Coloured Picklist with Dynamic Automation possible?
Hey All, Just wondering if it is possible to setup a coloured dynamic picklist, Example below. Automating colour for ticket age based on creation date, So it is dynamic and changes as the ticket ages? 24 Hrs > Green 48 Hrs > Orange 72 Hrs > Red
How to add/remove tag to a ticket with function?
Hi, I have had to create a function in Zoho Desk. However, it appears that the syntax differs from that in CRM. I realized that it is necessary to add organization ID in some commands what is not necessary when you create a funciotn in CRM. Could you
Zoho Desk Onboarding Assistance - How to do bulk taging
Hi How to apply a particular tag to multiple tickets in one go.
Ability to Add Custom Favicon to Zoho Desk Survey Window
Dear Zoho Desk Team, Greetings! We would like to request the addition of a feature that allows users to add a favicon displayed in the Zoho Desk Survey window. Currently, there is no option to set a favicon. Customizing the favicon would allow businesses
Third Insight - The Importance of Data Segregation
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Fetching Comments From A Zoho Ticket Comment using Zoho Desk Api
Hi I've been integrating Zoho Desk API into our product however, I'm unable to fetch any ticket comments when using your API. I get the following response => { "data": [] } The URL I'm hitting is https://desk.zoho.com/api/v1/tickets/ticketIdHERE/comments.
What are the formulas behind the system default dashboards?
We want to know the exact formulas especially for the "time based dashboards". For example the "First Time Closure" logic for the "First Call Resolution" dashboard is not very clear. How does the system calculate that a ticket has been closed at the first time? Please elaborate with further details.
Collaborate without compromise, with Ticket Sharing.
We often hear that the ability to move tickets is a big benefit. That kind of flexibility is great to have when your tickets require expertise across departments. But there's often a price to pay: Moving tickets across departments could result in a (well-intentioned) battle for access. When tickets move between departments while agents are working on them, chaos ensues. To put an end to all these worries, Zoho Desk brings out a new ticket action: simply share. With ticket sharing, everyone gets
UI and other enhancements in Community module
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Move a ticket from one department to another without creating the product in both departments
Hello everyone, I am having serious problems with the products. When a customer creates a ticket in a department and selects a product by mistake and we move it to the corresponding department it automatically creates in both departments the product.
How do I setup product syncing between Desk and CRM?
How do I setup product syncing between Desk and CRM? I can see in Desk where to add products, but it doesn't show the existing products I imported into CRM. Where do I turn on the syncing? I assume there's an option somewhere similar to the option to
Zoho desk Instant messaging no notification
We are using whatsapp inside zoho desk instant messaging, however my agents are not notified if there is someone who send a message. We all miss messages because there is no indication there has been a message send. No notification badge, no notifications
Determine agent work hours and break timings with Desk's agent availability report
Hello everyone, We are excited to tell you about updates to the agent availability report, designed to enhance efficiency in tracking agents’ activities. What is the agent availability report? The agent availability report helps managers monitor team
Ticket closed, remove reopen ticket button
Hi Zoho team, Is there a way to remove the Reopen ticket button when ticket is closed?
Autotranslate only have 2 of my 3 languages
My HelpCenter has three languages, as you can see below: I chose to use Google Translate for my automatic translations: I can only see 2 languages: How do I add the Portuguese here? Is this a bug? Thank you.
how to do bulk delete for Zoho Desk tickets?
how to do bulk delete for Zoho Desk tickets? The old UI has this function and now i cannot find it on the new UI.
Workflows being applied and the Large unwanted popup
When a workflow is being applied do to an action, then the Agent is left with a large Window asking if they would like the see the changes this workflow did. Is there any way to disable this prompt from appearing?
Delete a lot of entries...
Hi!, I synchronized a lot of accounts from my CRM and now I would like to delete them all. How to delete more than 50 accounts at once? Thx
Automatically create support tickets on a recurring basis
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Merging 2 tickets
Hi I understand how to merge 2 tickets already but find the process quite cumbersome. It is not always simple to perform a search that causes the 2 tickets in question to show up on the Ticket Screen, and this is the only place a merge can be performed. Doing a search for the customer or contact linked to the ticket displays all of their tickets which could be hundreds to sort through, you could do a custom search that only shows open tickets but doing that every time is also time consuming. Not
Block certain emails from creating tickets
Hi there! We get a lot of tickets into Zoho desk from people emailing our support email that feeds into Zoho. We have created some 3rd party accounts using our support email and we get notification emails from these accounts. These emails create tickets.
Where to find org ID and department ID?
Hi there All the existing info on this seems to be incorrect or out of date. It's not in my URL, it's not in the developer space > APIs anymore like was suggested in some other forum posts. How do I find it?
Zoho desk not sending call reference to user
Hi, I am using zohone desk and have setup the call logging email address but sadly users are not getting a call reference notifying them that the call has been logged also can't see the updated call when it is going through faces. My question is, is there
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What is the difference between a template and a snippiet
Hi there, I am currently working on optimising our service desk and improving the consistency of our responses. I have come across two tools that appear to help do this, templates and snippets. I was wondering what the similarities and differences are
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Feature Request - Approval Processes
Hi Team, I think it would be really valuable to add the approval process feature like what is currently available in the CRM. The problem with the current approval support is it can't be automated to send the approval to set people based on the values of fields within the tickets. Is this something that could be considered for the roadmap? Thanks, Harry
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