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Retrieve Chat ID from History Tab in Zendesk

Learn how to retrieve the chat ID from the History tab in Zendesk. Follow these steps to find the unique chat session identifier.

How can I retrieve the chat ID from the History tab?

To retrieve the chat ID from the History tab, you need to export the chat session. The chat ID is a unique identifier for each chat session, which is particularly useful when multiple agents are involved.

To get the chat ID, first, export the chat session by following the steps in the article on browsing past chats in History. Once you have the exported chat transcript, click on the 'View Link'. The chat ID will be the last part of the URL. Alternatively, you can extract chat details in History and open the file using the link:https://yoursubdomain.zendesk.com/chat/transcripts/chatID. You can then copy the chat ID from the table displayed.


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