Create, update, delete, and query Categories in Zendesk.

Table Specific Information

Select

The following queries are processed server side while other filters are processed client side within the connector.

SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE Id = '13625378761117'
SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE Locale = 'en-us'
SELECT * FROM Categories WHERE Locale = 'en-us' AND Id = '13625378761117'

Insert

The Name field is required to insert. Allowed for Help Center managers.

INSERT INTO Categories (Name, Locale) VALUES ('Test CData', 'en-us')

Update

You must specify the Id of the Category to update. It only updates the category-level metadata such as Position, etc. It does not update category translation properties such as Name, Description, etc. All fields that are not readonly (readonly="false" in the table) are optional. Allowed for Help Center managers.

UPDATE Categories SET Position = 2 WHERE Id = '13626563785373'

Delete

You must specify the Id of the Category to delete it. Allowed for Help Center managers.

DELETE FROM Categories WHERE Id = '13626686793885'
DELETE FROM Categories WHERE Id = '13626686793885' AND Locale = 'en-us'

Columns

Name	Type	ReadOnly	References	Description
Id [KEY]	Long	True		Automatically assigned when creating categories.
Name	String	False		The name of the category.
Description	String	False		The description of the category.
Locale	String	False		The locale where the category is displayed.
CreatedAt	Datetime	True		The time at which the category was created.
UpdatedAt	Datetime	True		The time at which the category was last updated.
Url	String	True		The API url of this category.
HtmlUrl	String	True		The url of this category in Help Center.
Outdated	Boolean	True		Whether the category is out of date.
Position	Integer	False		The position of this category relative to other categories.
SourceLocale	String	True		The source (default) locale of the category.