The customer initiates a conversation from the website front end - through the widget.

For example: Customer types in 'Help'

Automated response set in channel greeting message will immediately be displayed on the screen as a reply. 

Pre Chat Forms

If we have enabled pre chat in Inbox, as soon as the customer clicks on chat widget, the message requesting for name and e-mail id will appear on screen as below.

Now let us look at how this message is captured in the Agent Dashboard.

Conversations

Go to the home screen of OMNI Agent Dashboard. Click on Conversations. Then click on All. The conversation which the customer has initiated can be seen here.

The details of the conversation open up in the right-hand side panel.

Assign Agent

If the inbox has been created with 'auto assign' not clicked, the conversation will not be automatically assigned to any agent. Click on the drop-box below Assigned Agent and select the Agent name. You can change the agents assigned here at any time.

Assign Team

Click on the drop-box below Assigned Team and select the team to which this conversation belongs.

Assign Labels

Click on Add Labels below Conversation Labels and select the category to which this conversation belongs.

You can see in the below screenshot that all actions done by you are seen in the chat window in Agent Dashboard.

Reply for the Conversation

You can reply to the customer's conversation by typing in the Reply area. Shift+enter will enable you to start typing in a new line.

Click on the Send button to send your message to the customer.

Various options are there in the Reply area to enhance the messages.

 This Button is to select and include Emoji in the message. This Button is to select and include attachments in the message. This Button enables to use the Rich Text Editor. Additional options appear on the Reply screen as shown below.

Once the message is typed and edited, you need to tick the checkbox to send the message to the customer. Below is an example of how the message will look like when a Rich text editor is used. If you want to go back to normal text, click on the rich text editor button again.

How to Send Canned Responses

Suppose you wish to include already prepared canned responses as reply, type '/' and give the short name of the message. An example is given below. Once you type '/', available canned responses will be listed, and you can select from these.

Private Chat with Agents

There is an option to discuss the customer's conversation with another fellow agent if you need some more clarification. This option is available just beside the Reply tab, named Private Note.

Type '@' in the Private Note Window and all agents who have been added to this team will be listed. Select the agent and type in the message that you want to consult with this agent.

Click on Add Note to send the message. You can see a locked sign on the message that you sent. This message will not be visible to the customer.

The second agent to whom the private chat is addressed, will recieve a notification in his account. Replies sent by second agent will be visible in your private chat window.

Delete Message

There is an option to delete the message which you have already sent. Click on the 3 dots(...) beside the sent message. Option is available to copy or delete the message. Click on Delete. The message will be deleted.

Sending E-mails

Once the End user has provided their e-mail id through the conversation, Agent can send the chat conversation in email to the customer. The email ID will be listed against the name of the Customer in the details window. The email ID will be automatically added to the Contacts also.

Click on the 3 dots on the top right-hand side of the screen. There is an option to send transcript. Click on it. A screen opens with first option as 'Send the transcript to assigned agent' and second option as 'Send the transcript to the customer'.

An email can be send to agents in the team by selecting the second option. By selecting third option, and giving the email Id, the chat transcript can be sent to about anyone, including your support/ticketing system.

Click on Submit. A message will be displayed "The chat transcript was sent successfully". The End user will receive the chat transcript in his email inbox.

Transferring Agents

You can transfer the ticket/issue to another agent by selecting a different agent from Assign Agent option. The whole conversation will be visible to the newly selected agent.

Setting Reminders and Status

The status can be changed to 'Resolved' once the solution is conveyed to the customer.

The options are given below

The Conversations can be selected and viewed as per their status on the Conversation section as below.

Previous Conversations

Once the conversation has been marked as resolved and CSAT has already been obtained - next time the same customer starts a new conversation, the Previous conversation associated with the customer will be shown on the screen. This will help the agent to understand the history of the customer's issue.

Click on the name below the Previous Conversation and detail of the past conversation opens up as below. This can be used as reference for the agent. If there has been more than one conversation from the same customer, all will be listed under Previous Conversations. Agent can select which ones to view.