Add categories (subviews, dropdown view) function to Views
PLEASE VOTE IF YOU NEED CATEGORIES (SUBVIEWS, DROPDOWN VIEW IN VIEWS
Currently, the first 12 shared views are accessible in the Views list. Which might not be enough if you need more subviews/categories.
I will provide examples of the categorized Views and then explain the benefits of it.
Examples of the categorized Views
In our case, we have multiple brands added to Zendesk.
Each brand has different categorized Views, based on:
- Channels
- Language
- Topic (usually filtered by tags which work on particular keywords)
- Help Center submit forms
These first-level categories can be also categorised in their subcategories. For instance, Topic can be categorized in:
- Access issues
- Subscriptions
- Refunds
This is how our Views look in one of the apps from the marketplace (14 brands are connected here):
Depending on the product, the brand View might have multiple subfolders within it.
This is how our View of the categorized brand looks like:
So, here one brand View has multiple categories with 4 depth category levels.
Why is it beneficial to categorize?
- It helps to onboard agents faster when you allow them to start familiarizing with the product by topic;
- Some products have agents who work only with one topic, thus helping to improve efficiency.
- It helps to analyze tickets from the help centre easier when we can dedicate agents to work only with the tickets from the help centre.
- It helps to categorize tickets by issues, which require special attention from more experienced agents.
- Categorization by language also allows choosing the agents with skills needed for the language or the specification of the market.
- Agents can migrate to provide help to other products based on category.
Since Zendesk has a categorization option for macros with :: which allows creating multiple category depth levels, the same functionality could be implemented for subviews option.
Additional to it, the same function of ordering (as trigger categories) could be used in Views too. 
p.s.
We, of course, could use the third-party app but currently, it lags, has quite many glitches and not everything gets along with Zendesk (has not enough consistency).
Let's see how many of us need it, give a vote if you feel a lack of it.
Thank you!
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hi Jan Urban! What ticketing system you are using now for support?
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To be honest. We sticked with the aging Kayako... It has a wonderful tree structure. It works for us. You need to do some workarounds and stuff, but its ok. The downside: Its far away from beeing a modern ticketsystem. It lacks in terms of: reports, macros, flexibility and other channels like Facebook, Whatsapp etc.
An other option is "intercom" we looked into this, but it lacks some features we need. So maybe in 2023 we switch to "intercom".
Bye
Jan -
+1 This should be a basic function within the tool.
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Yes, we need this!
When we can expect this feature in production? -
Hi! Zendesk team.
Is there any progress on this work?
I think it is a very, very necessary function, and I hope it will be applied soon.
I look forward to your feedback on the progress.
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Salvador Vazquez can we have an update please?
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Waiting for an update on this?
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+1
When will this be available?
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Is this ever going to show up on the roadmap? We're paying for a third party app for a feature that SHOULD have been native in ZD from day one. We have 100+ views that are all necessary (especially when you have multiple assignee groups). This has been one of the most frustrating limitations in ZD. People have been asking for this for YEARS. Put it on the road map already.
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There isn't an update to this specifically but the views limitation thread has an update: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/4409217537050-Views-limitation
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