Search Zendesk
Overview
The Search Zendesk Snap searches content across your Zendesk instance, including tickets, users, organizations, Help Center articles, and community posts, using a unified search query or scope-specific filters.
Use the Search Scope field to choose which Zendesk search endpoint to target. Each scope exposes a different set of filter fields. The Query field supports Zendesk search syntax for all scopes. Each matching result is emitted as a separate document on the output view.
- Tickets / Users / Organizations: Calls the unified
/api/v2/searchendpoint. Use the Result Types field to restrict results to specific object types such as tickets, users, organizations, or groups. - Help Center Articles: Searches Help Center articles with optional filtering by category, section, label, and brand.
- Community Posts: Searches community posts with optional topic and date filters.
- Help Center (Articles + Posts): Calls the unified Guide search endpoint to return both articles and community posts in a single query, with optional category, section, and brand filters.

- This is a Read-type Snap.
Does not support Ultra Tasks
Supported Accounts
Prerequisites
None.
Snap views
| Type | Description | Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps |
|---|---|---|
| Input |
This Snap has at most one document input view. When connected, field values from the incoming document can be referenced
in expression-enabled fields using the |
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| Output |
This Snap has one document output view. Each search result is emitted as a separate document. The structure of the output document varies depending on the object type returned (ticket, user, article, post, and so on). |
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Snap settings
The following fields apply to all search scopes. Scope-specific fields follow each scope screenshot below.
| Field/Field set | Description |
|---|---|
Label String |
Required. Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if more than one of the same Snaps is in the pipeline. Default value: Search Zendesk |
Search Scope*
Dropdown list |
Select which Zendesk search endpoint to call.
The selection determines which additional filter fields are displayed. Valid
values:
Default value: Tickets / Users / Organizations |
Result Types
String/Expression |
Appears when Search Scope is Tickets / Users / Organizations. Enter a comma-separated list of Zendesk object types to restrict search
results to. Equivalent to adding Default value: None Example: |
Query
String/Expression |
Enter the search query string. Supports Zendesk search syntax. Maps to the
Default value: None Example: |
Sort by
Dropdown list |
Select the field to sort results by. Valid values:
Default value: Relevance Example: Updated At |
Sort order
Dropdown list |
Select the direction in which to sort results.
Default value: Descending Example: Ascending |
Locale
String/Expression |
Specify a locale to restrict results to that locale. Leave empty to return results in all locales. Default value: None Example: |
Max results
Integer/Expression |
Specify the maximum number of search results to emit per execution. Enter
Default value: 0 Example: |
Retry attempts
Integer/Expression |
Enter the number of times the Snap should retry the API call on connection
errors or 5xx responses. On a 429 response, the Snap automatically retries
after the interval specified in the server's Default value: 5 Example: |
Retry interval (seconds)
Integer/Expression |
Enter the number of seconds to wait between retry attempts. Default value: 3 Example: |
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Snap execution Dropdown list
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Choose one of the three modes in
which the Snap executes. Available options are:
Default value: Validate & execute |
Search for Help Center Articles

The following fields appear when Search Scope is Help Center Articles.
| Field/Field set | Description |
|---|---|
Query
String/Expression |
Enter the search query string. Supports Zendesk Help Center search syntax.
Maps to the Default value: None Example: |
| Categories |
A table of Help Center categories to restrict the search to. Add one row per category. |
Category
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
The Help Center category to filter by. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
| Sections |
A table of Help Center sections to restrict the search to. Add one row per section. |
Section
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
The Help Center section to filter by. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
Label Names
String/Expression |
Enter a comma-separated list of article label names to filter by. Only articles that match all specified labels are returned. Default value: None Example: |
Multi-brand
Checkbox |
When selected, the search spans articles across all brands in your Zendesk instance. When not selected, the Brand field appears to restrict the search to a single brand. Default value: Selected |
Brand
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
Appears when Multi-brand is not selected. Specify the single brand to restrict the article search to. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
Include attachments
Checkbox |
When selected, the Snap makes an additional API call per article to retrieve attachment metadata, which is included in each article output document. Default value: Not selected |
| Advanced Filters |
A table of date-based filters to apply to the search. Add one row per filter. |
Name
Dropdown list |
The date filter to apply. Valid values:
Default value: None Example: Created After |
Value
String/Expression |
The date value for the filter, in Default value: None Example: |
Sort by
Dropdown list |
Select the field to sort results by. Valid values:
Default value: Relevance Example: Created At |
Sort order
Dropdown list |
Select the direction in which to sort results.
Default value: Descending Example: Ascending |
Search for Community Posts

The following fields appear when Search Scope is Community Posts.
| Field/Field set | Description |
|---|---|
Query
String/Expression |
Enter the search query string. Supports Zendesk community search syntax.
Maps to the Default value: None Example: |
Topic ID
String/Expression |
Enter the numeric Zendesk topic ID to restrict the search to community posts within that topic. Default value: None Example: |
| Advanced Filters |
A table of date-based filters to apply to the search. Add one row per filter. |
Name
Dropdown list |
The date filter to apply. Valid values:
Default value: None Example: Created After |
Value
String/Expression |
The date value for the filter, in Default value: None Example: |
Sort by
Dropdown list |
Select the field to sort results by. Valid values:
Default value: Relevance Example: Created At |
Sort order
Dropdown list |
Select the direction in which to sort results.
Default value: Descending Example: Ascending |
Search for Help Center Articles and Community Posts

The following fields appear when Search Scope is Help Center (Articles + Posts).
| Field/Field set | Description |
|---|---|
Query
String/Expression |
Enter the search query string. Supports Zendesk Guide search syntax. Maps to
the Default value: None Example: |
| Categories |
A table of Help Center categories to restrict the search to. Add one row per category. |
Category
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
The Help Center category to filter by. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
| Sections |
A table of Help Center sections to restrict the search to. Add one row per section. |
Section
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
The Help Center section to filter by. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
| Brands |
A table of brands to restrict the unified Help Center search to. Add one row per brand. |
Brand
String/Expression/ Suggestion |
The brand to filter by. Suggestions are populated from your Zendesk instance when the account is configured. Default value: None Example: |
Sort by
Dropdown list |
Select the field to sort results by. Valid values:
Default value: Relevance Example: Created At |
Sort order
Dropdown list |
Select the direction in which to sort results.
Default value: Descending Example: Ascending |