# Integrate Freshdesk | OpManager Help

## Integrating with Freshdesk

Integrating [OpManager with Freshdesk](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/integrate-freshdesk.html) enhances IT service management by enabling automatic ticket creation for network issues. When OpManager detects a fault, it can trigger Freshdesk tickets with detailed alerts, allowing IT teams to quickly address incidents. By centralizing incident tracking and management within Freshdesk, this integration not only improves response efficiency but also helps reduce downtime and improve key performance indicators such as **MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)** and **MTTR (Mean Time to Repair)**, ensuring faster resolution times and better overall network reliability. This results in improved system availability, user satisfaction, and streamlined communication between IT and support teams.

This help document covers the following:

- [Configuring Freshdesk settings in OpManager](#configuring-freshdesk-settings)
- [Configuring Notification Profiles](#configuring-notification-profiles)
- [Configuring Notification Templates](#configuring-notification-templates)

## Configuring Freshdesk settings in OpManager

Following are the steps to integrate the Freshdesk and OpManager Server settings:

- Go to **Settings → General Settings → Integrations → Freshdesk** and configure the following values:

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-1.PNG)

- **Freshdesk Instance URL:** Freshdesk instance URL.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-3.PNG)

- **API Key:** The API key is a unique authentication token used to securely connect OpManager with Freshdesk. It allows OpManager to create and manage tickets in Freshdesk. You can find this key in Freshdesk under **Profile Settings → API Key**.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-01.png)

- **Ticket Settings:**
  - **Create new ticket:** Creates a new ticket when an alert re-occurs.
  - **Re-open closed ticket:** Re-opens the closed ticket when an alert re-occurs within a set number of days.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-3.PNG)

Please check the privacy agreement box and click "Save" to integrate OpManager with Freshdesk.

## Configuring Notification Profiles

After configuring the Freshdesk details in OpManager, proceed with configuring notification profiles to log tickets from OpManager to Freshdesk. Configuring Notification Profiles in OpManager enables users to automate incident creation in Freshdesk.

1. Go to **Settings → Notifications → Add Profile**.
2. Click on the **"Log a Ticket"** option.
3. Select the **"Freshdesk"** tab on the left side.
4. Enter the ticket details, then click **Next**.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-6.PNG)

5. Choose the criteria, associate devices, and click **Next**.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/fresh-desk-5.PNG)

6. Select the required devices, apply the **Time window**, **Delayed trigger**, and **Recurring trigger** if necessary, then click **Next**.
7. Enter a name for the Notification profile, then click **Save**.

[Click here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/configuring-notifications.html#criteria-notifications) to know more steps to be taken to configure a notification profile for Freshdesk.

## Configuring Notification Templates

To configure Notification templates for Freshdesk integration:

- Go to **Settings → Notifications → Notification templates**.
- Select the **"Log a Ticket"** option from the dropdown.
- Select **Freshdesk** from the list of available tools, and enter the ticket details.

![Freshdesk Configuration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/images/freshdesk-9.png)

- Enter the name for the Template and **Save**.

**Note:** The following Freshdesk field types are supported in OpManager:

- Single-line text
- Multi-line text
- Checkbox
- Dropdown
- Date
- Number
- Decimal