How to connect Basecamp 3 + Zendesk
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New Account
Triggers when a new basecamp account is created.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Message Board
Filter by Message Board.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo Set
Filter by To-do set.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
TitleRequired
ContentRequired
Status
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Message BoardRequired
MessageRequired
ContentRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
NameRequired
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
ScheduleRequired
SummaryRequired
Starts AtRequired
Ends AtRequired
All Day
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo SetRequired
NameRequired
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
Search NameRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appAccountRequired
Search NameRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
Search NameRequired
TitleRequired
ContentRequired
Status
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo SetRequired
Search NameRequired
NameRequired
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundNew Organization
Triggers when a new organization is added to Zendesk.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planTicketRequired
Choose the ticket to watch for activity (audits). Shows recent tickets.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planNew User
Triggers when a new user is created.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planNameRequired
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate organizations with the same name.
Details
In this field you can store any details about the organization. e.g. the address
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the organization.
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new organization.
Domain Names
Comma-separated list of domain names to automatically associated with this organization (format: "zapier.com, google.com").
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Shared Tickets
End users in this organization are able to see each others tickets.
Shared Comments
End users in this organization are able to see each others comments on tickets.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.TicketRequired
CommentRequired
FileRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.TicketRequired
Choose which ticket to update.
TagsRequired
A list of tags to add to the ticket.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.TicketRequired
Choose which ticket to update.
Subject
Assignee
Note: the assignee must be in the default group (or specific group selected below) else an error will occur.
Group
Assign this ticket to a group.
New Status
New comment to add to the ticket.
Should the first comment be public?
Tags
A comma separated list of tags.
Type
Priority
Submitter
If selected, this person will be set as the submitter of the ticket. Defaults to the Requester.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.NameRequired
EmailRequired
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate users with the same email address.
Details
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the user.
Phone
Phone number for this user (format: +1 (555) 123-4567).
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new user.
Role
Can be one of the following: "end-user", "agent", or "admin". Defaults to "end-user" if set and not one of those values.
Organization
Assign this user to an organization.
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Verified
Specify if you know this user is who they say they are?
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.QueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the group in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the ticket in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the organization in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
NameRequired
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate organizations with the same name.
Details
In this field you can store any details about the organization. e.g. the address
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the organization.
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new organization.
Domain Names
Comma-separated list of domain names to automatically associated with this organization (format: "zapier.com, google.com").
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Shared Tickets
End users in this organization are able to see each others tickets.
Shared Comments
End users in this organization are able to see each others comments on tickets.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the user in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
NameRequired
EmailRequired
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate users with the same email address.
Details
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the user.
Phone
Phone number for this user (format: +1 (555) 123-4567).
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new user.
Role
Can be one of the following: "end-user", "agent", or "admin". Defaults to "end-user" if set and not one of those values.
Organization
Assign this user to an organization.
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Verified
Specify if you know this user is who they say they are?
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is found
AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Types
For what specific types should this trigger on? Nothing means "Any" or "All".
Events
What specific events should this trigger on? Nothing means "Any" or "All".
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Schedule
Filter by Schedule.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo Set
Choose to be able to filter by To-do list below.
Todo List
Filter by To-do list. Requires To-do set to be defined first.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapInstantThis event starts a Zap instantly.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
CampfireRequired
ContentRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
SubjectRequired
ContentRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Person
Choose an existing person or create a new one using the fields below.
Name
Email Address
Title
Company Name
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
TemplateRequired
NameRequired
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo SetRequired
Todo ListRequired
NameRequired
Description
Assignees
Notify Assignees
Due On
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
ProjectRequired
FolderRequired
Sub Folder
FileRequired
Name
A file name without an extension.
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.AccountRequired
Project
Name or Email to SearchRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appAccountRequired
ProjectRequired
Todo SetRequired
Search NameRequired
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appAccountRequired
Search NameRequired
NameRequired
Description
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is foundNew Group
Triggers when a new group is created.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planRecent Ticket
Triggers when a new ticket is added (Zendesk may take an hour to make tickets available via their API with this trigger).
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planViewRequired
You will need to create a descending by ID "view" in Zendesk with no grouping and select it here. Click here to learn more!
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planNew View
Triggers when a new view is created.
Try ItTriggerThis is the start of your ZapScheduledZapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free planSubjectRequired
Assignee
Note: the assignee must be in the default group (or specific group selected below) else an error will occur.
Collaborators
Collaborator Emails
You can add emails of non-Zendesk users here as Collaborators.
Group
Assign this ticket to a group.
Requester Name
To set the Requester, you must specify the Requester Name in this field AND the Requestor Email in the next field.
Requester Email
To set the Requester, you must specify the Requester Email in this field AND the Requestor Name in the previous field.
First Comment/Description Format
First Comment/DescriptionRequired
Should the first comment be public?
Tags
A comma separated list of tags.
Status
Type
Due At
Only available for tickets with a Type of "task."
Priority
Submitter
If selected, this person will be set as the submitter of the ticket. Defaults to the Requester.
Ticket form
If selected, this will set the form to render for this ticket. Note: this is only applicable for Zendesk enterprise accounts.
Sharing Agreements
Brand
Note: Only for Zendesk customers on plans with multi-brand support. More info here
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.TicketRequired
Choose which ticket to update.
New comment to add to the ticket.
Should the comment be public?
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.OrganizationRequired
Choose which organization to update. Looked up by ID.
Name
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate organizations with the same name.
Details
In this field you can store any details about the organization. e.g. the address
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the organization.
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new organization.
Domain Names
Comma-separated list of domain names to automatically associated with this organization (format: "zapier.com, google.com").
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Shared Tickets
Options: "true" or "false". End users in this organization are able to see each others tickets.
Shared Comments
Options: "true" or "false". End users in this organization are able to see each others comments on tickets.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.UserRequired
Choose which user to update. Looked up by ID.
Name
Email
Must be unique. Zendesk does not allow duplicate users with the same email address.
Details
Notes
In this field you can store any notes you have about the user.
Phone
Phone number for this user (format: +1 (555) 123-4567).
Tags
Comma-separated list of tags you want to apply to the new user.
Role
Can be one of the following: "end-user", "agent", or "admin". Defaults to "end-user" if set and not one of those values.
Organization
Assign this user to an organization.
External Id
A unique external id, you can use this to associate organizations to an external record.
Verified
Specify if you know this user is who they say they are?
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.WriteCreate a new record or update an existing record in your app.QueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the agent in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the organization in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the user in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.SearchFind existing data in your appQueryRequired
Write a search string to determine how we'll look up the ticket in Zendesk. For more information, visit the Zendesk docs.
SubjectRequired
Assignee
Note: the assignee must be in the default group (or specific group selected below) else an error will occur.
Collaborators
Collaborator Emails
You can add emails of non-Zendesk users here as Collaborators.
Group
Assign this ticket to a group.
Requester Name
To set the Requester, you must specify the Requester Name in this field AND the Requestor Email in the next field.
Requester Email
To set the Requester, you must specify the Requester Email in this field AND the Requestor Name in the previous field.
First Comment/Description Format
First Comment/DescriptionRequired
Should the first comment be public?
Tags
A comma separated list of tags.
Status
Type
Due At
Only available for tickets with a Type of "task."
Priority
Submitter
If selected, this person will be set as the submitter of the ticket. Defaults to the Requester.
Ticket form
If selected, this will set the form to render for this ticket. Note: this is only applicable for Zendesk enterprise accounts.
Sharing Agreements
Brand
Note: Only for Zendesk customers on plans with multi-brand support. More info here
ActionThis is an event a Zap performs.Search or writeFind existing data in your app, or create a new record if no data is found
How Basecamp 3 + Zendesk Integrations Work
- Step 1: Authenticate Basecamp 3 and Zendesk.30 seconds
- Step 2: Pick one of the apps as a trigger, which will kick off your automation.15 seconds
- Step 3: Choose a resulting action from the other app.15 seconds
- Step 4: Select the data you want to send from one app to the other.2 minutes
- That’s it! More time to work on other things.
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