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# Zoho Desk Inbound Integration
Create alerts in ilert from Zoho Desk tickets — with ilert's Zoho Desk inbound integration
[Zoho Desk](https://www.zoho.com/desk/) is a cloud-based help desk platform that helps companies of all sizes manage their customer service across multiple channels — email, live chat, social media, telephony and web forms. It converts customer interactions into tickets, organizes them in a single place, and uses its AI assistant (Zia) to tag and prioritize tickets before agents pick them up. With this integration, tickets raised in Zoho Desk automatically create alerts in ilert, so the right responders are notified and escalations happen reliably.
## In ilert: Create a Zoho Desk alert source
1. Go to **Alerting** → **Alert sources** and click **Create new alert source**.
2. Search for **Zoho Desk**, click its tile, and click **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams, and click **Next**.
4. Choose who gets notified: select **Use existing escalation policy** and pick a policy, or **Generate new escalation policy** to start with a basic one that notifies you first. Click **Next**.
Pick an existing escalation policy, or generate a basic one without leaving the wizard.
5. Select **Default grouping** and click **Continue setup**. It groups events by the alert key the integration sets; the other [grouping options](/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources.md#event-grouping) are easier to judge once events are arriving.
6. The next page shows more settings, such as notification priority and alert templates. Click **Finish setup** for now; you can change them later.
7. On the final page, ilert generates a **Zoho Desk URL** for your alert source. Copy it — you will need it in the next section.
## In Zoho Desk: Create a Webhook
1. In Zoho Desk, click on **Setup**.
2. Scroll down to the **Developer Space** section and click on **Webhooks**.
3. Click on **New Webhook**.
4. Give the webhook a name of your choice.
5. In the **URL** field, paste the **Zoho Desk URL** that you copied from ilert.
6. Under the module selection, choose **Tickets** — this is the only module supported by the integration.
7. Select the ticket events that should trigger the webhook, for example **Add** (ticket created), **Update** (ticket updated), or both.
8. Save the webhook.
That's it — new and updated tickets in Zoho Desk will now create and update alerts in ilert.
## FAQ
#### **Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?**
Yes. As soon as the corresponding Zoho Desk ticket is closed or resolved, the alert in ilert is resolved automatically. A newly created ticket (Add event) creates an alert, and updates to an open ticket update the corresponding alert.
#### **Can I connect Zoho Desk with multiple alert sources in ilert?**
Yes. Simply create an additional webhook in Zoho Desk for each alert source and point it at that alert source's Zoho Desk URL.
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