Group permission to create Zendesk tickets and view ticket links

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lindsey announced an update to the Discourse Zendesk plugin (available on Business and Enterprise plans) that allows admins to grant specific groups—such as support teams—permission to create tickets and view ticket links. Previously, these actions were restricted to admins and moderators. Two new settings, Zendesk create ticket allowed groups and Zendesk view ticket allowed groups, enable separate control over these permissions. Admins and moderators retain default access to both functions. Notably, users can be granted permission to view links without being able to create tickets, or vice versa; those who can create but not view tickets will receive a submission confirmation but not the ticket ID or URL. In either case, users must still have access to the underlying Discourse topic. putty welcomed the change, appreciating the flexibility of separating view and create permissions.

For communities using Discourse Zendesk, we’ve made it possible for admins to grant any group — such as their support team — permission to create Zendesk tickets from Discourse topics and to view tickets links. Previously, this privilege required admin or moderator access.

:discourse: Discourse Zendesk is available on our Business and Enterprise plans.

To allow more users to create tickets and view ticket links, head to the Zendesk plugin settings and find the Zendesk create ticket allowed groups and Zendesk view ticket allowed groups settings:

Note: Admins and moderators will always be able to create and view ticket links.

As you can see, these are separate settings. Ticket creators who can’t view links will receive a confirmation that the ticket was submitted, but won’t see the ticket ID or URL. Please also note that users must still have permission to access to the Discourse topic to use either of these functions.

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I really appreciate the separate settings that allow viewing but not creating tickets. That flexibility hadn’t crossed my mind but makes total sense. :partying_face:

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