Adding and removing users from multiple workstreams in bulk in Zendesk WFM

Workstreamsare part of your organization structure and a building block of Zendesk Workforce management (WFM). Many features are based on workstreams, so accurately maintaining which users are in each workstream is essential. To make this easier, WFM admins can add and remove users from multiple workstreams at once.


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As a WFM admin, you can manage user assignments to multiple workstreams in bulk. This allows you to quickly add or remove users from workstreams using the User Management page. This feature streamlines user management by letting you select multiple users and assign them to one or more workstreams or remove them as needed, enhancing your team's organizational structure.




Workstreams are part of your organization
structure and a building block of Zendesk Workforce management (WFM). Many features are based on workstreams, so accurately maintaining which users are in each workstream is essential. To make this easier, WFM admins
can add and remove users from multiple workstreams at once.
You must be a WFM admin to add or remove users from workstreams using the Team
members page.
This article contains the following topics:
Adding users to
workstreams in bulk
Removing users from
workstreams in bulk


Related articles:

About Zendesk WFM workstreams
Accessing and viewing the WFM Team members
page



Adding users to workstreams in bulk

You can add users to one or more workstreams from the Team members page.
To add users to workstreams in bulk

In Workforce management, click
People in the sidebar, then select Team members.
Select the users you want to add to a specific workstream.
In the toolbar that appears at the bottom of the page, click
Workstreams and select Add to workstream.


Select one or more workstreams to add the selected users to.
Enter the beginning of a workstream's name to autocomplete or select from the
list.


Click Add.




Removing users from workstreams in bulk

You can also remove users from one or more workstreams using the Team
members page.
To remove users from workstreams in bulk

In Workforce management, click
People in the sidebar, then select Team members.
Select the users you want to remove from workstreams.
In the toolbar that appears at the bottom of the page, click
Workstreams and select Remove from workstream.


Select one or more workstreams to remove the selected users from. Enter the
beginning of a workstream’s name to autocomplete or select from the
list.


Click Remove.



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