Create User (Zendesk) activity

An activity that creates a user in Zendesk.


Create User activity

Configure the Create User activity

To configure the Create User activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Zendesk tab.

    Open Zendesk tab
  3. On the Zendesk tab, drag the Create User activity onto your process.

    Drag Create User activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Create User activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

  • Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:
This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Create User Configuration > Basic tab

Specifies the information about the user to create from Zendesk.

Figure: Create User Configuration > Basic tab

Create User Configuration Basic tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Zendesk

Function:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Zendesk service.
Accepted Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Zendesk
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Zendesk.

Upload Profile Picture

Function:
Specifies an image to show in your Zendesk user profile.
Accepted Values:
  • Selected - Uses an image for Zendesk user profile.
  • Deselected - Does not use an image for Zendesk user profile.

The image file can be one of these types:

  • .jpg
  • .png
  • .jpeg
  • .gif
  • .bmp
Default Value:
Deselected

User Name

Function:
Specifies the name of the user to create in Zendesk.
Accepted Values:
A valid user name.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Email ID

Function:
Specifies the e-mail ID to create a user in Zendesk.
Accepted Values:
One line of text (a string) in email address format.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

User Role

Function:
Specifies the role of the user to create in Zendesk.
Accepted Values:
  • End-User
  • Agent
  • Admin
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

Organization ID

Function:
Specifies the organization ID for the Zendesk organization in which to create a user.
Accepted Values:
A valid Zendesk organization ID.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Create User Configuration > Request tab

Connects the request data from Zendesk to your process schema
Figure: Create User Configuration > Request tab

Create User Configuration Request tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Zendesk

Function:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Zendesk service.
Accepted Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Zendesk
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Zendesk.

Upload Profile Picture

Function:
Specifies an image to show in your Zendesk user profile.
Accepted Values:
  • Selected - Uses an image for Zendesk user profile.
  • Deselected - Does not use an image for Zendesk user profile.

The image file can be one of these types:

  • .jpg
  • .png
  • .jpeg
  • .gif
  • .bmp
Default Value:
Deselected

Request Mapping

Function:
Connects the Zendesk request to your process schema.
To Open this Field:
  1. Click the Request tab.
Accepted Values:
Click the Schema Mapping Schema Mapping icon button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

Use this screen to connect the request to the data model for your process.

Default Value:
None
Example:
Refer to:

Create User Configuration > Response tab

Specifies how to store the information about the user in process data variables.

Figure: Create User Configuration > Response tab

Create User Configuration Response tab

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Zendesk

Function:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Zendesk service.
Accepted Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Zendesk
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Zendesk.

Upload Profile Picture

Function:
Specifies an image to show in your Zendesk user profile.
Accepted Values:
  • Selected - Uses an image for Zendesk user profile.
  • Deselected - Does not use an image for Zendesk user profile.

The image file can be one of these types:

  • .jpg
  • .png
  • .jpeg
  • .gif
  • .bmp
Default Value:
Deselected

Map Response to AgilePoint Schema

Function:
Maps information about the user from the Zendesk data model to your process schema.
To Open this Field:
  1. Click the Response tab.
Accepted Values:
Click the Schema Mapping Schema Mapping icon button to open the Schema Mapper.

Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process.

Default Value:
None
Example:
Refer to:

Store the Response in this Variable

Function:
Specifies the process data variable that stores an information about the user from the Zendesk.
To Open this Field:
  1. Click the Response tab.
Accepted Values:
A process data variable that accepts an alphanumeric string in JSON format.
Note: In most cases, AgilePoint recommends the Map Response to AgilePoint Schema option. Only get the raw JSON string if you need this data for custom coding.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Example:
[{"Active":true,"Alias":null,"CustomFields":{},"CustomRoleId":null,"Email":"mrzentest5@gmail.com","ExternalId":null,"LastLoginAt":"\/Date(1529558303000)\/","LocaleId":1,"Moderator":true,"Name":"Mr Zen","Notes":null,"OnlyPrivateComments":false,"OrganizationId":360032614154,…}]

Source Repository

Specifies the original, or source, location type for your user profile image files.

Figure: Source Repository screen

Source Repository screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Amazon S3 Amazon S3 icon

Function:
Specifies that Amazon S3 is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > Amazon S3.

Box Box icon

Function:
Specifies that Box is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > Box.

Dropbox Dropbox icon

Function:
Specifies that Dropbox is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > Dropbox.

File System File System icon

Function:
Specifies that the file system on the AgilePoint Server machine is the data source for the file.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > File System.

FTP FTP icon

Function:
Specifies that FTP is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > FTP.

Google Drive Google Drive icon

Function:
Specifies that Google Drive is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > Google Drive.

NetSuite NetSuite icon

Function:
Specifies that NetSuite is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > NetSuite.

OneDrive OneDrive icon

Function:
Specifies that OneDrive is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > OneDrive.

OneDrive for Business OneDrive For Business icon

Function:
Specifies that OneDrive for Business is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > OneDrive For Business.

Salesforce Salesforce icon

Function:
Specifies that Salesforce is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > Salesforce.

SFTP SFTP icon

Function:
Specifies that SFTP is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > SFTP.

SharePoint SharePoint icon

Function:
Specifies that SharePoint is the source location for your files.

To select your file in the source location, complete the fields on Create User > Source Repository > SharePoint.