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Carsten11
Newcomer
April 28, 2026
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Easily add attachment from side conversation to main ticket.

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  • April 28, 2026
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Please give a quick overview of your product feature request or feedback and note who in your organization is affected by this issue. We are requesting a native button or "one-click" action to move attachments directly from a Side Conversation into the main Zendesk ticket interface. This issue primarily affects Agents who must coordinate with external vendors or internal departments and then relay those specific files back to the Customer.

What problem do you see this solving? This solves the friction of siloed information by allowing agents to seamlessly bridge the gap between internal collaboration and external customer support. It eliminates the risk of human error and data loss that occurs when manually handling files between interfaces.

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool? What happened? How often does this problem occur and how does this impact your business? This issue affects our team daily, most recently this morning when an agent had to download a dozen technical logs from a developer via Side Conversation just to re-upload them to the end user. Because this happens dozens of times a week across the department, it creates a significant "click-tax" that slows down our Resolution Time (MTTR). This inefficiency prevents us from maintaining a lean workflow and creates unnecessary storage clutter on agent local machines.

Are you currently using a workaround to solve this problem? Yes, agents currently have to download the file from the Side Conversation to their local computer and then manually drag-and-drop it back into the main ticket comment.

What would be your ideal solution to this problem? How would it work or function? The ideal solution would be a "Copy to Ticket" option within the attachment dropdown menu in a Side Conversation. When clicked, the file would automatically appear in the main ticket's attachment composer or be added to the ticket's "Events" log for easy selection.

 

 

2 replies

Newcomer
July 10, 2026

Hi,

I’m validating a small Zendesk app idea around this exact workflow.

I built a working prototype that helps agents move attachments between the main ticket and side conversations without manual download/re-upload.

Current prototype supports both directions:

- main ticket attachment -> side conversation
- side conversation attachment -> main ticket internal note

I’m not selling anything yet - I’m trying to understand if this is a real workflow problem for Zendesk teams.

Would this kind of tool be useful in your use case?
Happy to share a short demo if helpful.

July 13, 2026

Up!