Custom object resources

This topic provides a list of documents and other resources you need to help you learn about custom objects and use them in your Zendesk account.
Getting started


Understanding custom objects

Planning your custom objects workflow
Activating custom objects

Creating and using custom objects (admin experience)

Creating custom objects to integrate with custom data
Configuring agent access to custom object records
Managing custom objects
Using custom objects in triggers
Bulk importing custom object records
Creating and using object triggers
Creating many-to-many relationships in Zendesk using custom objects

Reporting with custom fields (see lookup relationship fields)
Workflow: Using custom objects to manage assets in Zendesk
Workflow recipe: Building a product catalog with custom objects for customers to use

Adding and interacting with custom object records (agent experience)

About the custom object records page
Adding custom object records to capture custom data
Managing custom object records
Interacting with related object records in tickets

Migrating legacy objects to the new experience


Migrating legacy custom objects to the new custom object experience (API-based)
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