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HOW TO EXPORT
DATA FROM
HELP SCOUT TO
ZENDESK

2. Help Desk Migration
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SUMMARY
› What data can be
exported
› Preparing for the
migration
› How to migrate data to
Zendesk
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DATA YOU CAN
EXPORT FROM
HELP SCOUT

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With our Migration Wizard you can automatically
export:
› Tickets along with Attachments, Public/Private Notes
and Tags
› Customers and Agents
› Organizations
› Knowledge base articles
› Custom Fields
But you cannot export:
› Groups
› Inline Images
› Help Scout settings
› Macros, reports, automation rules
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MIGRATION
CHECKLIST
Essential steps you should take before
the migration
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Make sure you have admin privileges on both
accounts.
Make sure that in Zendesk all agents have full
permissions. We can’t assign tickets to Light Agents
because of limited rights.
Create necessary custom fields in Zendesk of the same
type as in Help Scout to be able to match them.
If you’re migrating the knowledge base, make sure to
activate Guide in your Zendesk

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HOW TO USE
MIGRATION
WIZARD TO
EXPORT DATA

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Link your
Help Scout account
To export data from Help Scout
you need to provide the ID of the
Mailbox you want to migrate;
Docs API key and the ID of the
Docs site you want to migrate.
Input those values in Migration
Wizard.
Then click Continue.
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Log into your
Zendesk account
Next you need to specify where to
import the tickets. Provide the
URL of your Zendesk instance and
log into your account.
Then click Continue.
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Choose the records you
need to migrate
Check the boxes to select the data
you want to export. Click Map
Fields to match up ticket fields and
statuses of knowledge base
articles.
Once you’re done matching the
fields, click Save mapping to save
your settings.
Click Continue to start the trial
migration.
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Test the migration
Once you’ve mapped ticket fields, start your
Free Demo Migration. This will import 20
tickets to Zendesk for you to check the quality
of the export and see if there are any issues
with the data.
You can restart the Demo Migration as many
times as you need.
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Decide what
your NEXT
STEP IS

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WHEN YOU’RE READY
If you’re ready to export all data from
Help Scout, then proceed to the
payment.
Once the payment is complete, you can
start the Full Migration*.
*You need to manually initiate the migration in your
Help Desk Migration account.
HAVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS?
Is there something that our tool doesn’t offer
out-of-the-box? We’d be happy to develop a
custom migration to meet your needs.
Drop us a line specifying your requirements**.
**The cost of the custom work is charged on top of the price of
the automatic data migration.
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Happy with the result?

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Should you have any
questions?
Contact sales