Root Cause Analysis: QuickBooks + Zendesk
Why did this number change? askotter reads QuickBooks and Zendesk together and answers it for your business, by text.
How does root cause analysis with QuickBooks and Zendesk work for a small business?
askotter reads QuickBooks and Zendesk side by side so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause. A ranked list of likely causes, each with the evidence behind it.
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The owner asks follow-up questions by text.
- From QuickBooks
- Income and expense data, Accounts receivable/payable, Cash flow statements.
- From Zendesk
- Ticket volume and resolution, CSAT scores, Agent performance.
- Status
- QuickBooks and Zendesk are on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
- Not for
- Replacing QuickBooks or Zendesk. Both keep working exactly as they do now.
Why did this number change?
Bookings dropped 23%. The ad, the website and the weather all get blamed. Without your accounts side by side, it stays a guess.
How askotter handles it
askotter reads QuickBooks and Zendesk side by side, so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause.
A person checks the result before it reaches you. This is part of our digital marketing services work.
How QuickBooks and Zendesk records line up
QuickBooks and Zendesk both store the customer's email address. askotter lowercases and trims it on both sides before matching, so the same person shows up as one customer across the two tools.
Both tools can hold a phone number. Numbers are normalised to one international format before matching, which catches customers who never gave an email.
Shared between the two: the customer email address, the phone number and the company or account.
What root cause analysis uses from each
Root cause analysis needs timestamps precise enough to put events in order.
From QuickBooks that means credit memos and write-offs by date. From Zendesk it means ticket tags and first-reply times around an incident.
QuickBooks and Zendesk are on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
What each tool sees on its ownShow less
QuickBooks on its own
QuickBooks sees what was billed and paid. It has no idea which marketing produced the customer.
Timing. QuickBooks shows revenue when invoices and sales receipts are entered, which can trail the sale in a busy month.
Access. The QuickBooks Online Accounting API with read-only OAuth access.
Zendesk on its own
Zendesk sees the complaint and how it was handled. It cannot see what the customer is worth or whether they bought again.
Timing. Zendesk timestamps every ticket, reply and status change.
Access. The Zendesk Support API with a read-only token.
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Questions about QuickBooks + Zendesk
Do I need a developer to connect QuickBooks and Zendesk?
How is askotter's Root Cause Analysis different from what QuickBooks shows on its own?
QuickBooks + Zendesk is coming soon
Talk to us about your timeline, and we will confirm the launch date before you commit.
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