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Published inJan 2017
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Cedric F. Jacob
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Cedric F. Jacob, before starting his own business as a customer service consultant, writer, and Zendesk admin for international companies, began his career as a customer service representative, from where he progressed to senior, team leader, and management roles. Working for clients such as Runtastic and Lovoo, he focuses on creating highly customized, scalable structures, utilizing his acquired customer service experience and broader passion for IT, which ranges from software and game development all the way to cyber security and hardware.
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Groups


Groups, unlike organizations, are only meant for agents and each agent must be at least in one group. Groups play a major role when it comes to support workflows and they can be used in many different ways. How to use groups becomes apparent when planning your support workflow.

In our case, we have four types of support tickets:

  • Tier 1 Support

  • Tier 2 Support

  • VIP Support

  • Internal Support

Each type of ticket is supposed to be answered by specific agents only. In order to achieve this, we can create one group for each type of ticket and later assign these groups to our agents accordingly.

In order to review and edit already existing groups, simply follow these steps:

  1. Click on the Admin icon (gear symbol) located in Zendesk's sidebar.

  2. Click on People located under MANAGE within the admin menu.

  3. Click on groups located under the search bar within the main area:

As per our example, we will need four groups. In order to add a new group, simply follow these steps:

  1. Click on the Admin icon (gear symbol...

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Cedric F. Jacob

Cedric F. Jacob, before starting his own business as a customer service consultant, writer, and Zendesk admin for international companies, began his career as a customer service representative, from where he progressed to senior, team leader, and management roles. Working for clients such as Runtastic and Lovoo, he focuses on creating highly customized, scalable structures, utilizing his acquired customer service experience and broader passion for IT, which ranges from software and game development all the way to cyber security and hardware.
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