Adding a Skill with Message Templates

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Use message templates in skills to easily manage customer interactions.

Prerequisites

Before you start:

  • Make sure you have permissions to use the Contact Center and Analytics Studio (CCAS).

  • Log in as a Group Supervisor or Manager.

  • Log in to CCAS.

  • Activate the chat skill type for your team.

  • Set up your Facebook business account.

  • Request customer support to connect your webcare to your Facebook business account.

  • Get message templates approved by Meta or a Meta partner.

TIP: Open the CCAS while following this how to guide.

Steps

1. Open the Teams app

  1. Click icon-app in the bottom left corner of the CCAS desktop.

  2. Scroll down to the Management section.

  3. Select Teams to open the Teams app.

  4. Click the team you want to edit. For example, CoreMedia [Demo].

2. Create the skill

  1. Select Skills at the top of the Teams app window.

  2. Click Create new skill in the top right corner.

  3. Enter the skill information:

    • NAME: Enter a name for the skill. For example, Customer SUPPORT - EN.

    • TYPE: Select Chat as the skill type.

  4. Click Save in the top right corner.

3. Allow operators to send messages

  1. Scroll down to the OPERATOR CAN SEND MESSAGES section.

  2. Click Team settings.

  3. Select Yes from the dropdown menu.
    The PHONE NUMBER field appears.

  4. Select the phone number associated with your Facebook business account from the dropdown menu. For example, COREMEDIA - DEMO HUNTERS.
    The Add HSM button appears below Yes.

4. Add message templates

  1. Click Add HSM.

  2. Enter the message template information:

    • HSM: Select the message template. For example, coremedia_msd_test.

    • Description: Enter a description for the message template. For example, Missing documents.

    • Skill: Select the skill you are creating. For example, Customer SUPPORT - EN.

  3. Click Save in the top right corner.

5. Configure the message template parameters

  1. Click Configurable parameters.
    A preview of the message template text and parameters appears.

  2. For each parameter, enter the following information:

    • Data source: Select the data source for the parameter. For example, Name. The Teams app fills the parameter with the visitor name.

    • Editable: Choose whether the operator can edit the parameter.

  3. Click Save.

Result

When you click Save, the Teams app adds the message template to the skill.

In this example, we added the following message template to the Customer SUPPORT - EN skill:

message-template-preview

Field {{1}} is the name of the visitor and is retrieved from a contact list. Fields {{2}} and {{3}} are the name of the document and the number of the process, respectively, and the operator has to fill them manually.

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