Get to Know Response Types: Adapters

The category Adapters offers four response types in Connect to Live Agent and one in SU Adapter. Connect to Live Agent can be set up on a Salesforce search client or a Khoros search client.

On a Salesforce Console or Zendesk Console search client, Connect to Live Agent allows end-users to communicate with support reps straight from the virtual agent chat window. On a Salesforce search client, Connect to Live Agent, allows users to create cases. On a Khoros search client, an end-user can start a discussion on the community.

SU Adapter isn't search client specific. It works for all search clients.

Connect to Live Agent

Connect to Live Agent allows an end user to connect with an agent in your support team through the virtual agent chat window. Using this response type makes sense where queries are complex for artificial intelligence or need an emphatic human touch.

1. Click Add Response Type and select Connect to Live Agent.

   

2. If your support team uses, Zendesk or if your search client is connected to a Website search client, check Zendesk. In all other scenarios, click Salesforce Embedded.

   

3. Next, in Wait Message, enter the text the end user will see while the virtual agent is making a connection with the selected adapter.

   

4. To avoid an abrupt end to a conversation, in End Chat Message, enter the text that the end user will see after they have conversed with a support rep.

   

5. Write a contingency message for those occasions when a support rep is busy. The text goes into Agent Unavailable Message.

   

6. To cover scenarios when a agent cannot be connected for any reason, write a message in Fail Message.

   

7. Expand Manage Live Agent Configurations.

   

8. In API URL, enter the endpoint of the support agent. Then proceed to fill Button ID, Deployment ID, Org ID, and Site URL. The Site URL is webpage where APEX classes are hosted. The information to fill other fields can be obtained from Get Chat Settings for Your Org.

   

9. Click Save Configurations.

   

NOTE. Purchase a separate license to connect Zendesk with an SU Adapter.

SU Adapter

When all else fails, SU Adapter can be invoked to save the day and achieve fallback from Bot Memory and/or last User Input, transforms the input into a search query, and returns between one and 10 relevant results followed by an introduction message, such as "Here are the top related results:". The exact number of results returned is configurable, but the default is set at five.

When input is empty, SU Adapter works on the latest response received, which can be latest selected option or prompt response.

1. Click Add Response Type and select Fallback.

   

2. Write a text to accompany the search results in Introduction Message.

   

3. Configure the total results to be displayed in No. of Results.

   

4. From Select Field, pick the value to be used as query. It can either be Bot Memory or User Input.

   

As with other configurations, SU Adapter fallback can be deleted. In case, multiple fallback are used, admins can set up their order.

Add or Delete a Response on a Node

An admin can insert multiple responses into a node. When business requirements change, the admin can add or delete a response. To add a response to an existing node, click Add a Response and remove an existing response, click . The function is at the extreme right of each response.

Once you have made the changes, scroll up and Save them.

Change Response Order

A node can house two or more responses. In the default set-up, the latest response ends up on top. But you can change the default order. Use to drag responses up and down.

Once you have made the changes, scroll up and Save them.