How to send SMS

Prerequisite

Need to Install the plugin in your Zoho Desk Portal. If you haven't installed it please complete the installation first. Please browse our installation guide here.

SMS Sending Procedure

Step 1: Go inside the “TICKETS” page if any other page is being selected. On this page all available tickets will be present.

Step 2: Open a ticket. From inside any ticket, the plugin widget can be accessed.

Step 3: On the right top corner, a widget icon can be found. By default the widget page will be hidden. Widgets will appear once the widget icon is clicked.

All installed widgets can be found through a sliding sub-window.

Our desired “Desk 2 Direct SMS” widget also can be found in the list. The widget body can be expanded or collapsed using the indicated icon.

Step 4: On the extension page, clients’ mobile number will be pre-filled in the “Send To” text field. Contact number can be edited if required before sending a message.

Step 5: You can fill in some details using “Merge Field” selection. In the dropdown there are some fixed fields. If we select those fields, that information will be embedded in our message description. We don’t need to search for that information and type down manually.

For example, If you select “Ticket Id”, Click on the “Select” button, the Id of the ticket will be added to the description.

Step 6: Custom messages can be written in the Description field.

Step 7: After writing the message, a message can be sent by clicking on the “Send” button. Messages will be sent to customer mobile phones and will be noted as “Outbound SMS” in the Conversation section for the ticket.