Freshdesk is a service provided by Freshworks for handling the entire spectrum of customer engagement. A customer support software based in the Cloud, Freshdesk provides a scalable solution for managing customer support simply and efficiently. Freshdesk enables teams to track incoming tickets from a variety of channels; provide support across multiple platforms including phone, chat, and other messaging apps; categorize, prioritize, and assign tickets; prepare preformatted answer to common customer support questions; and much more.
An AWS Data Lake is a centralized repository that allows you to store all your structured and unstructured data at any scale. It is designed to handle massive amounts of data from various sources, such as databases, applications, IoT devices, and more. With AWS Data Lake, you can easily ingest, store, catalog, process, and analyze data using a wide range of AWS services like Amazon S3, Amazon Athena, AWS Glue, and Amazon EMR. This allows you to build data lakes for machine learning, big data analytics, and data warehousing workloads. AWS Data Lake provides a secure, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing your organization's data.
1. Open the Airbyte dashboard and click on "Sources" on the left-hand side of the screen.
2. Click on the "Add Source" button and select "Freshdesk" from the list of available connectors.
3. Enter a name for the connector and click on "Next".
4. Enter your Freshdesk credentials, including your Freshdesk domain, API key, and password.
5. Click on "Test Connection" to ensure that the credentials are correct and the connection is successful.
6. Once the connection is successful, select the data you want to replicate from Freshdesk, including tickets, contacts, and companies.
7. Choose the replication frequency and the destination where you want to store the data.
8. Click on "Create Source" to save the configuration and start the replication process.
9. Monitor the replication process on the Airbyte dashboard and troubleshoot any errors that may occur.
10. Once the replication is complete, you can use the data in your destination of choice for analysis and reporting.
1. Log in to your AWS account and navigate to the AWS Management Console.
2. Click on the S3 service and create a new bucket where you will store your data.
3. Create an IAM user with the necessary permissions to access the S3 bucket. Make sure to save the access key and secret key.
4. Open Airbyte and navigate to the Destinations tab.
5. Select the AWS Datalake destination connector and click on "Create new connection".
6. Enter a name for your connection and paste the access key and secret key you saved earlier.
7. Enter the name of the S3 bucket you created in step 2 and select the region where it is located.
8. Choose the format in which you want your data to be stored in the S3 bucket (e.g. CSV, JSON, Parquet).
9. Configure any additional settings, such as compression or encryption, if necessary.
10. Test the connection to make sure it is working properly.
11. Save the connection and start syncing your data to the AWS Datalake.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Freshdesk's API provides access to a wide range of data related to customer support and service management. The following are the categories of data that can be accessed through Freshdesk's API:
1. Tickets: Information related to customer support tickets, including ticket ID, status, priority, and requester details.
2. Contacts: Data related to customer contacts, including contact ID, name, email address, and phone number.
3. Agents: Information about support agents, including agent ID, name, email address, and role.
4. Companies: Data related to companies that use Freshdesk for customer support, including company ID, name, and domain.
5. Conversations: Information related to customer conversations, including conversation ID, status, and participants.
6. Knowledge base: Data related to the knowledge base, including articles, categories, and folders.
7. Surveys: Information related to customer satisfaction surveys, including survey ID, status, and responses.
8. Time entries: Data related to time entries for support agents, including time spent on tickets and activities.
9. Custom fields: Information related to custom fields created in Freshdesk, including field ID, name, and value.
Overall, Freshdesk's API provides access to a comprehensive set of data that can be used to improve customer support and service management.