--- title: "Connect Jitbit Helpdesk to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Ticket\" fires in Jitbit Helpdesk, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/jitbit-helpdesk-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer" --- # Connect Jitbit Helpdesk to BBC iPlayer Business Layer When **New Ticket** fires in [Jitbit Helpdesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/jitbit-helpdesk), your agent runs **Get channel schedule** in [BBC iPlayer Business Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Jitbit Helpdesk **1** trigger Jitbit Helpdesk **19** actions BBC iPlayer Business Layer **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Jitbit Helpdesk and BBC iPlayer Business Layer to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Jitbit Helpdesk can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New Ticket** in Jitbit Helpdesk then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New Ticket** in Jitbit Helpdesk then **List channels** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Jitbit Helpdesk and BBC iPlayer Business Layer ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 26 actions - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new ticket is created in Jitbit Helpdesk, optionally limited to a category, section, status, submitter, company, technician or tag. - Action **Add article** Creates a new knowledge base article in a category. - Action **Add asset** Creates a new asset in Jitbit Helpdesk with its model, manufacturer, type and supplier. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in Jitbit Helpdesk, or returns the existing company's id if the name is taken. - Action **Add tag to ticket** Adds a tag to a ticket. The tag is created if it does not already exist. - Action **Add time spent** Logs a time spent entry on a ticket under the connected user. Requires technician permissions. - Action **Create New Reply** Posts a new reply (comment) to an existing helpdesk ticket. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a new helpdesk ticket in a category, with a subject, body and priority. - Action **Create User** Creates a new helpdesk user. Requires administrator permissions. - Action **Find Ticket** Searches tickets by text, optionally narrowed by submitter, category, status, assignee and creation date, and returns the matching tickets. - Action **Find User** Finds a helpdesk user by their email address and returns their profile. - Action **Get Article** Returns a knowledge base article with its full content, category, tags and attachments. - Action **Get ticket** Returns a helpdesk ticket's details, including its status, category, submitter, assignee, tags, attachments and custom field values. - Action **List Companies** Returns every company in your Jitbit helpdesk with its name, email domain and notes. Requires an administrator account. - Action **List Ticket Comments** Returns all comments (replies) posted on a Jitbit Helpdesk ticket. - Action **List tickets** Returns the helpdesk tickets the connected user can see, optionally filtered by mode, category, status, submitter, company, assignee, tag and dates. - Action **List Time Spent Entries** Returns every time spent entry logged against a ticket, including who logged it, the seconds spent and when. Requires technician permissions. - Action **Update company** Updates a company's name, notes and email domains in Jitbit Helpdesk. - Action **Update ticket** Updates one or more properties of an existing helpdesk ticket, such as its status, priority, category, assignee, due date, tags, subject or body. - Action **Update user** Updates an existing helpdesk user's profile, such as name, email, contact details, company, department, password and account status. Requires administrator permissions. - Action **Get channel schedule** Returns the broadcast schedule of a BBC iPlayer channel for a given day. - Action **Get episode** Returns the BBC iPlayer episode for a given episode identifier. - Action **Get programme** Returns a BBC iPlayer programme (brand or series) by its PID, including its initial child episodes. - Action **List categories** Returns the list of all categories in BBC TV & iPlayer. - Action **List channels** Returns all BBC TV and iPlayer channels, optionally for a specific region. - Action **List episodes of a programme** Returns the child episodes of a BBC iPlayer programme. - Action **List programmes by category** Returns the iPlayer programmes (brands and series) in a given category. ## Each app on its own - [ **Jitbit Helpdesk** A great help desk app for small and medium sized companies.](https://apiant.ai/connections/jitbit-helpdesk) - [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Jitbit Helpdesk - [ **Jitbit Helpdesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jitbit-helpdesk-to-salesforce) - [ **Jitbit Helpdesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer when something happens in Jitbit Helpdesk? Any of BBC iPlayer Business Layer's 7 actions, including Get channel schedule, Get episode, Get programme and List categories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from BBC iPlayer Business Layer to Jitbit Helpdesk? BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Jitbit Helpdesk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BBC iPlayer Business Layer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Jitbit Helpdesk or BBC iPlayer Business Layer? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Jitbit Helpdesk and BBC iPlayer Business Layer without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.