Installing the Talkdesk Callbar CTI Connector for Zendesk is an optional step that will give you the ability to click on a contact in Callbar and automatically open the associated contact in Zendesk.
Note: If you are using Callbar App, follow our Callbar App for Zendesk instructions instead.
Installing Callbar Chrome App CTI Connector for Zendesk
In order to install and configure Callbar Chrome App and integrate it with your Zendesk account, follow these steps (Note: you must have admin permissions):
If you have not done so yet, install Talkdesk Callbar Chrome App from the Chrome Webstore and make sure your agents do the same by following our Talkdesk Callbar (Agent Guide) instructions.
Follow these steps to install the Talkdesk Callbar CTI Connector for Zendesk:
- Click the 'Admin' gear icon [1] on the bottom left sidebar of your Zendesk account.
- Under 'Apps', click on 'Marketplace' [2].
- Search the Zendesk marketplace for "Callbar" [3] and select the app 'Talkdesk CTI Connector for Callbar ChromeOS' [4]:
- Press 'Install' and log in to your Zendesk account (or select it from the drop-down list, if available):
- Tick 'Enable Role restrictions' [5] if you wish to grant access permissions only to specific roles.
- Tick 'Enable group restrictions' [6] if you wish to grant access permissions only to specific groups.
- Press 'Install' [7]:
That’s it! You can now start making and receiving calls using Callbar Chrome App, while taking advantage of a 360 degree view of the incoming caller directly in Zendesk, to reduce agent’s time to resolution.
- Clicking on a contact's integration badge in the Callbar will now automatically open the associated contact in Zendesk [8].
- Once installed, while working in Zendesk you can launch the Callbar and initiate a call to one of your contacts who has a phone number associated, by simply clicking the name on that contact's profile page [9]:
If you wish to be able to call a contact through a single click in Zendesk, also please install Talkdesk's Click-to-Call extension by accessing Chrome's Web Store.