The Ticket Field Manager app allows an administrator to quickly hide, require, and disable certain ticket fields and drop-down options in the ticketing interface. This app only works with ticket fields.
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Installation
You need to install the Ticket Field Manager app from the Zendesk Marketplace.
To install the app
- Visit the Marketplace, then use the search bar to search for the Ticket Field Manager app.
- Click the app's icon to go to the app's info page.
- Click Install in the upper-right of the page.
- Select your account and click Install.
- Configure any app settings as needed and click Install.
Configuring the app
Once the app is installed, go to Admin Center > Apps and integrations > Apps > Zendesk Support apps, hover over the Ticket Field Manager, and click the arrow near the gear icon. Them, select Change settings.
In the settings, you can configure the ticket field behavior by updating the provided fields and adding a comma separated list of fields. For custom ticket fields, use the field ID except when specifying hidden drop-down field options which use the format full custom_field_
and ID
Note: The list of fields must have a space after each comma.
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Required form fields: Ticket fields that are required when creating or updating a ticket. For example:
field1, field2, field3, 360015591993
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Read-only form fields: Ticket fields that are shown to the user but are not editable. For example:
field1, field2, field3, 360015591993
- Allowed groups for read-only form fields: This is a list of IDs of groups that should not have the read-only restrictions applied.
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Hidden form fields: Ticket fields that should be hidden from the agent when creating or updating a ticket. For example:
field1, field2, field3, 360015591993
- Allowed groups for hidden form fields: This is a list of IDs of groups that should not have the hidden field restrictions applied.
- Allowed groups for hidden drop-down options: A comma separated list of group IDs that do not have any hidden options in drop-down applied.
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Hide drop-down form options: Hide options for a given drop-down field. The format is
[{"name": "type", "value": "problem"}]
, or, for custom fields[{"name": "custom_field_3600152073", "value": "brushed_silver"}]
To hide multiple drop-down values including those in the same field, use the format as shown in the example below.
[{"name": "type", "value": "problem"},
{"name": "custom_field_360015592073", "value": "diamond"},
{"name": "custom_field_360015592073", "value": "nickel_plated"},
The name must be listed with the name and value for each option to be hidden, even for options in the same drop-down field. It's not possible to hide the assignee field with the Ticket Field Manager app, but you can do that with the Assignment Control app.
Available ticket fields
- requester
- collaborator
- sharedWith
- status
- ticket_form_id (the ticket form drop-down)
- tags
- type
- priority
- problem
- custom field
For a complete listing of available fields for use in the form settings, see Zendesk Support placeholders reference.
Restricting app functionality
The functionality of the app is restricted to agents and admins who have been granted access through the Enable role restrictions and Enable group restrictions settings. For more information, see Restricting app access.
Using the app
After creating a ticket or opening an existing ticket, you will see that the fields are now required based on the list defined in the Required form fields. The example below includes Assignee and Tags.
Release notes:
Version 2.2.0 - 2020-08-05
- Created allow list for hidden drop-down options
97 comments
Jagan
Has there been any changes to the SDK that impacts this app? We are seeing the following issue starting Monday.
Issue 1: The app takes a long time to reflect when the Form is updated. If Form A has multiple mandatory fields and Form B has none, the app shows an error for Form A after changing to Form B.
Issue 2: Throws an error around null and map frequently.
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Mike
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408893441818/comments/4488958657690
Does anybod know the solution for this error?
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Jagan
Hi Mike,
This is one of the issues I reported earlier. This is annoying. We have raised a support case no progress yet.
Can someone from Zendesk prioritize this? This is very annoying.
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Shaun Murray
I would like to hide specific groups in the Assignee field from some groups.
We have two brands and have some brand-specific groups set up. We have some agents (usually new agents still learning things) in one brand that do need to work with the second brand and would like to hide those brand-specific groups so tickets do not get sent to the wrong group on accident. I have attempted to use this app to hide the groups from the assignee field, it seems like it should work because that field is a drop-down and not a multi-select. What I don't know what are the tags for the different groups? I have tried several things similar to the group names with no success. Is what I am trying to do even possible?
I have put this under the "Hide dropdown form options" section:
[{"name": "assignee", "value": "group_name"}]
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Thomas Lang
Dane did you ever figure out the error that states cannot read properties of null (reading 'map')
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Jamie Noell
Could we get an update on the message that Bill raised?
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408893441818/comments/4488958657690
We have started facing the same issue:
"Cannot read properties of null (reading 'map')"
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Bill Reed
The issue only occurred for us so far in one very specific circumstance and eventually went away on its own. Never did determine why it occurred.
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Thomas Lang
Hello
We are still experiencing this.
Dane is there a root cause, fix for this?
Very annoying issue.
Thank you
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Ronald Suplido Jr
Thanks for your inquiry! I will be creating a separate ticket to address your concern with the Ticket Field manager app. You can expect a follow-up email from me the soonest. Thanks!
Best,
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Permanently deleted user
what if i just want to hide field only for 1 group?
while the group that I have is 100 groups.
do I have to do a list for "allow hide group for" 99 groups?
is it not possible if only to hide the field for 1 group? not to grant access to 99 groups
thanks
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Gab
While I know it's not the best course of action to list the 99 groups who has access to the field, I'm afraid a Hide group field is not available at this time. However, I do agree that it would be a nice feature to have, and I'm happy to pass your feedback to our Voice of the Customer team for further discussion. Please feel free to let me know if I can help with anything else!
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Ian Hawkins
Hi,
We only want to show a custom field when the ticket status is Solved. Is this possible to configure using this app?
Thanks, Ian
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Gab
That can be configured natively with the use of the conditional ticket fields feature.
You can create conditional ticket fields to control the appearance and behavior of ticket fields in ticket forms. For example, you can limit the number of ticket fields that appear in ticket forms, and control the sequence in which ticket fields are presented to end users.
More information can be found here: Creating conditional ticket fields
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Ian Hawkins
Hi @... - thanks for your reply. We already knew about this feature, but unfortunately "ticket status" is not available in the list of fields within the conditional ticket field feature. This is why we are trying to find alternative ways to do this.
I have also reached out to Zendesk support and they have suggested a workaround, but it involves a lot of effort for something that seems quite straight-forward so we're still deciding if we want to implement it
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Gab
I created a ticket on your behalf and will send it to you via email so we can discuss your use-case.
Thank you!
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qiang huang
Is it possible to control the fields seen by the end user? I want a drop-down box to be read-only in the end user's view. Can it be controlled
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Paolo
The app is used for administrators to quickly hide, require, or make read-only certain ticket fields in the agent interface. Meaning, this would only affect agents and won't be an available feature for end-users. Reference in the app description here.
We do have a native feature that can set a specific field as read-only for end-users. Please refer to the instructions here, specifically item number 5.
Best,
Paolo | Technical Support Engineer | Zendesk
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Regina Giuliani
Has anyone run into an issue where certain users do not see the Ticket Field Manger settings? We're running into an issue where some of our agents are not see the fields as read-only or are seeing fields defined as hidden fields, while others are working correctly. What complicates the issue is this is only happening on our Sandbox. Everyone is working fine in the Production environment. I deleted the App from Sandbox and reinstalled it, but still spotty for some agents. Thoughts?
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Christine
I see that you already raised a support ticket related to this, our team will continue to assist you on the ticket.
Kindly check your email for updates. Thank you!
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Sonny Mei
Is there a way to hide the 'Unshare ticket' option? I tried this JSON code but it does not work.
Thank you!
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Arianne Batiles
Hi Sonny Mei
We cannot remove this option from the ticket sharing drop-down field.
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Axel Mora
Is it only possible to hide the problem dropdown option from the type field?
When I use
The value problem goes away but when I use;
The JSON does not work as i would expect it to.
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Permanently deleted user
Hi Axel Mora
try this code:
1. When you have more than 1 value to hide:
2. When you only want to hide one value:
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Marleen de Smet
Neil Gloudemans did you ever find a solution for this problem?
We have the same issue over here and I can't seem to fix it.
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Axel Mora
@...
That JSON worked. Thanks!!
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Jay K
Paxton Cooper Idea to move this app into the core product. This functionality should be built into the field manager functions in the Admin panel
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jvon
Does this app support custom ticket statuses?
I'm trying to hide a specific status from humans selecting, under the "Hide dropdown form options" I'm using:
But the custom ticket status is still showing.
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Arianne Batiles
Hi jvon,
May I confirm if you are trying to hide a value in a custom drop-down status field you created?
At present, it's not possible to hide a system ticket status (found in Admin Center > Tickets > Status) via the ticket field manager app. An option is to create a custom app that would either hide or disable the status using our apps framework using the following logic:
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Afabio Junior
The app is still working. After installing the app, you can access its settings to configure which fields should be hidden, set to read-only, and required.
You will have options such as: Required Form Fields, Read-Only Form Fields, Allowed Groups for Read-Only Fields, etc.
After setting everything up according to your business needs, you can click 'Update'.
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
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Krasto Milchev
Hey there,
I want to make these two custom fields required, entered their ID's but it doesn't work. You can submit a ticket to any status without filling in a value in both
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