Integrations3 min readBeta

Connecting Zoho Desk

Connect Zoho Desk so your agents can manage tickets across your preferred Zoho datacenter.

Info

The Zoho Desk integration is currently in Beta. Core ticket flows work, but some edge cases (attachments, custom fields, multi-department setups) are still being refined. We welcome your feedback.

Prerequisites

  • A Zoho Desk account with admin access
  • Your Zoho datacenter region: US (.com), EU (.eu), India (.in), Australia (.com.au), or Japan (.jp)
  • Permission to create webhooks in Zoho Desk

Connect Your Account

  1. Open Settings → Connected Apps
  2. Find Zoho Desk and click Connect
  3. Choose your datacenter region — this determines which Zoho endpoints Symbi will use. Pick the region where your Zoho Desk data lives
  4. Click Connect with Zoho Desk — you'll be redirected to Zoho's OAuth consent screen for that region
  5. Review the scopes (ticket management, settings, basic org info) and approve
  6. You're returned to Symbi with the connection confirmed

Warning

Pick the right region before connecting — changing regions later requires disconnecting and reconnecting.

Webhook Setup

After OAuth, Symbi shows you a webhook URL and secret in a collapsible section on the Zoho Desk card. You'll need to add these to Zoho Desk manually:

  1. In Zoho Desk, go to Setup → Automation → Webhooks
  2. Create a new webhook and paste the URL from Symbi
  3. Add the secret Symbi provided
  4. Enable the events: ticket_created, ticket_updated, comment_created
  5. Save

Symbi also polls on a backup schedule, so if a webhook misses, the agent still sees the event shortly after.

What Your Agent Can Do

Once connected, a Zoho Desk agent can:

  • Reply to Ticket — send customer-facing responses
  • Add Note — internal staff-only notes
  • Update Ticket Status — move tickets through Open, On Hold, Escalated, Closed
  • Get Ticket — fetch ticket details
  • Get Conversations — read the full conversation history
  • List Tickets (opt-in)

Security

Zoho OAuth tokens expire every hour and are refreshed automatically. Tokens are AES-256 encrypted at rest. Each API call uses the datacenter-aware endpoint for your region and includes the required Zoho-oauthtoken header.

You can revoke Symbi's access any time from your Zoho account's connected apps page.

Limitations

  • Company-only — Zoho Desk is not available for the Personal Assistant
  • Attachments in beta — inline images and file attachments are supported but may behave inconsistently on certain ticket types
  • Custom fields — most custom fields are readable, but writing to some may require additional configuration

Tip

Start with Always Review for the first week. Zoho's workflow flexibility means each customer's setup is slightly different, and reviewing early actions helps you fine-tune the agent to your specific pipeline.

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