Inbox Overview
View your messaging history and respond to conversations.
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View your messaging history and respond to conversations.
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This module can be accessed from the side navigation menu under the menu item, Messages.
The Messages Module has 7 components:
Messaging Module has 6 main sections
Inbox Sidebar
Contact Search, Sort & Filter
Contact List
Messaging Console
Conversation Action
Contact Details
The Inbox Sidebar is where you can select your preferred inbox view.
There are 3 possible inboxes to choose from:
There are 3 displays within the Standard Inbox:
All: Shows all conversations on the platform
Mine: Shows Contacts and conversations assigned to the User only
Unassigned: Shows conversations that haven’t been assigned
Agents with restricted Contact Visibility can only see the Mine Inbox. Owners, Managers and Agents with unrestricted access are able to view all Standard Inboxes.
This displays the inboxes of the various Teams in your Workspace, such as Sales, Marketing and Support.
Access to the Team Inbox is granted as below:
Agents with the “View Contacts assigned to User only” restriction are not able to view any Team Inbox
Agents with unrestricted access or with the “View Contacts assigned to User’s team” restriction are able to view their own Team Inbox
Owners and Managers are able to view all Team Inboxes
This section shows all the Custom Inboxes created by the User or shared by other Users. There are three sub-sections:
All: Shows all Custom Inboxes created and shared with the Users.
By me: Shows all Custom Inboxes created by the User.
By others: Shows all Custom Inboxes shared with the User.
Only the inbox creator can make changes to the settings. Learn how to create a Custom inbox here.
Learn about Custom inbox share settings here.
This displays the conversations of Contacts that have been blocked.
Access to this inbox is granted to Agents, Owners and Managers. This inbox will be displayed only if you have access to view conversations of blocked Contacts and there is at least 1 blocked Contact in the Workspace.
The blue dot indicator indicates a new incoming message in the relevant inbox. It disappears when the inbox is opened.
This feature only applies to Standard and Team inboxes.
The blue dot indicator prioritizes inboxes as below for specificity:
Mine > Team > Unassigned > All
When a new message arrives in the Mine inbox, the blue dot will mark it accordingly without alerting the Team or All inboxes. The same principle applies throughout using this hierarchy.
The Open Conversation Count indicates the number of open conversations in an inbox.
This feature only applies to Standard and Team inboxes.
By default, the Contact List is filtered by All Status and sorted by Newest Message first.
The filter options are:
All Status: Shows all conversations in the Contact List of the selected inbox.
Open: Only shows conversations that are open in the Contact List of the selected inbox.
Closed: Only shows conversations that are closed in the Contact List of the selected inbox.
Snoozed: Only shows conversations that are snoozed in the Contact List of the selected inbox.
The sorting options are:
Newest: Sorts Contacts by newest messages to oldest messages. This sorting does not take broadcast messages into account. Where a Contact receives a broadcast message and it is the newest message, this will not move the conversation to the top of the list.
Oldest: Sorts Contacts by oldest messages to newest messages. This sorting does not take broadcast messages into account.
Longest (Open/Closed/Snoozed): Depending on which filter is chosen, conversations are sorted from the longest to the shortest conversation duration that were opened, closed or snoozed.
For conversations that have been unsnoozed, the conversation status time before the snooze occurred will be applied.
Contacts without conversation closed data will be displayed on top of the list.
Shortest (Open/Close/Snoozed): Depending on which filter is chosen, conversations are sorted from the shortest to the longest duration that were opened, closed or snoozed.
For conversations that have been unsnoozed, the conversation status time before the snooze occurred will be applied.
Contacts without conversation closed data will be displayed at the bottom of the list.
- The All Status filter option is not applicable to the Longest or Shortest sorting options. - The filter option will be defaulted to All Status and disabled for Blocked Contacts inbox. - Conversations for blocked Contacts will only be displayed in the Blocked Contacts inbox, regardless of the filter option selected.
Use the search bar at the top of the Contact List to search your Contacts, Messages and Comments. Your recent searches are listed in the same dropdown.
You cannot search Broadcasted Messages.
The search results are not case sensitive. For example, the search result for SAMANTHA include samantha, SAmaand SAM
To search for a particular Contact, click the Contacts button in the search dropdown.
You can only search for First Name, Last Name, Phone Number and Email.
Partial or wild-card search: The search results include Contacts that are a partial match to the search query. Example: The search result for car includes Carlos, Scarlet and Oscar. Here are the Contact details that are included in the search:
First Name
Last Name
Phone Number
Strict-searching: Only Contacts that are an exact match of the search query will be included in the search result.
Custom fields, except for checkbox type, date type and time type.
Contact fields that cannot be searched:
Country
Language
Gender
Assignee
Conversation Status
Checkbox type (custom field)
Date type (custom field)
Time type (custom field)
Tags
For unsearchable contact fields, use filters to find the desired Contacts.
To search for a Message or Comment, click the Messages or Comments button, respectively, on the search bar. The search automatically begins once 3 characters are provided in the search bar with the recent messages/comments listed first.
The messages in text format that can be searched, include WhatsApp Templates, quick replies, and story replies.
Basic match: Search for 1 keyword. Example: the search results for “fox” returns all messages with the word “fox” in them.
Multi-word match: Searching for multiple words. Example: the search result for “quick brown” returns all messages with “quick” and/or “brown” in them
Emoji: Search for any emoji. However, 1 emoji is considered one character, therefore, search begins after 3 emojis are entered.
Email address: When searching for email addresses, messages/comments that have the exact match, partial match, or domain-specific match are included in the search results. Example: the search for the domain “@gmail” returns all email addresses of the specified domain.
Number: When searching for numbers, messages/comments that have the exact match or multi-number match will be included in the search results. Example: the search result for “016 014”, includes “…your number start with 016…” and/or “…your number starts with 014…”.
Message/Comment search is not filtered based on inbox, sorting, or conversation status.
You can also search for a message or comment inside a Contact’s conversation. Select the Contact and click the search icon on top to open the search bar. Enter the keyword that you want to search.
You can use the arrows or the search results dropdown to navigate through the search results in the Contact’s conversation.
The Contact List shown is based on the selected inbox. Standard and Team Inboxes refresh in real-time when a new inbox is selected or a new message is received. Custom Inboxes have to be manually refreshed by clicking the refresh button on the “Last updated X time ago” banner at the top of the Contact List.
Any action related to Contacts starts with Contact selection. By default, the Contact List is filtered by Open Contacts and sorted by Newest Message first.
Indicator
Description
Conversation Status
The small round logo located at the bottom right of the avatar indicates the status of the Contact. If the Contact does not have an open conversation, a green checked logo will show. Otherwise, it will not show anything.
Channel
The small round logo located at the bottom right of the Contact List item indicates which messaging channel the Contact originated from.
Unread Count
If there are unread messages, there will be a count highlighted in a blue box besides the Contact's name.
Last Message
The date on the top right of the Contact record shows the last message sent or received. The arrow indicates if the most recent message was outgoing or incoming.
Assignee
The initial or User avatar on the bottom right indicates which User this contact is assigned to.
If you need a find a specific Contact or conversation quickly, use the search bar at the top. Learn more here.
Quick actions
You can use quick actions to manage and organize conversations more efficiently.
With quick actions, you can:
Close a conversation
Open a conversation
Snooze ongoing conversations
Select predefined Shortcuts
Assign conversations to team members
Agents can add individual Contacts from the Messages Module. To add a new Contact, click on the +Add Contact icon next to the Contact Sort, Search & Filter search bar.
This is where you can view, draft and compose messagefs to communicate with Contacts. When a Contact is selected from the Contact List, their conversation history, inclusive of Message Metadata and Conversation Events, will load here.
When you hover over a message, the message metadata will be shown in a callout. The metadata consists of the message's sender and its status with a timestamp.
Refer to Message Status for more information on the different message statuses.
The message sender indicates how the message was sent.
Category
Sender
Platform
Workflows
Integration
Dialogflow
Provider
Facebook Inbox
WhatsApp Echo
Facebook Messenger Message Tag
Human
User Name (Regular Outgoing Message)
API
API
Reply-To Context
When a Contact replies to one of your messages, the Messages Module will indicate the exact message they are referring to for context. It's important to note that the Reply-To Context feature is available for both incoming and outgoing messages.
This feature is only available for selected Channels such as: - WhatsApp Business Platform (API) - WhatsApp Cloud API - Telegram
When you send a message to a Contact, you can check its delivery status by hovering your mouse over the message.
For each message sent to the Contact, there will be an indicator that indicates the status of the message. The statuses are described as followed:
Status
Icon
Description
Sent
The message has been successfully sent.
Delivered
The message has been successfully delivered.
Read
The message has been read.
Failed
There was a failure in sending the message.
- Message Status is only applicable to messages sent within a Channel's messaging window. - If a message fails to be sent to a Contact, hover over the message to view the error message from the platform or the Channel source.
Some messaging channels have limited coverage of message statuses. Refer to the overview page of the respective channel to learn more about the availability of message statuses for the channel.
Message History will also keep track of important events, such as when a conversation was closed and by which source.
Event Category
Event
Assignment
User Assigned
User Assigned by Workflow Automation
User Assigned by Bot
Failed to Assign
Unassignment
User Unassigned by Close Conversation (Legacy)
User Unassigned
User Unnassigned by Workflow Automation
Conversation Closed
Conversation Closed (User)
Conversation Closed (Workflow)
Conversation Closed (Bot)
Conversation Closed (Contact Merge)
Conversation Opened
Conversation Opened (User)
Conversation Opened (Workflow)
Conversation Opened (Contact)
Conversation Opened (Welcome Event)
Conversation Opened (Get Started Event)
Conversation Opened (Click-to-Chat)
Snooze
User Snoozed the Contact
Contact Unsnoozed
Broadcasts
Broadcast Sent
Workflows
Automation Workflow Started
Automation Workflow Ended
Bot Status Update
Bot Status Off
Bot Status Off by Bot
Bot Status Off by Automation Workflow
Bot Status On
Bot Status On by Bot
Bot Status On by Automation Workflow
Channel
Event coming from Channel
Page Change
Event when a visitor navigates to a different page (Web Chat)
Contact
Contact Merged
Contact Unmerged
New Channel Added
It is possible to trigger an event with a reference on supported Channels (Facebook, WhatsApp). References include tracking different links placed in different Channels or tying a Channel user to a session or account in an external app. A Conversation Opened or a Channel event can be triggered with a reference and the reference code will be stored with the event. For events that contain URLs as sources, the URL will also be stored and shown in the Messages Module.
Events will belong to a conversation if they are triggered during an open conversation.
Here is a quick guide on how to send messages to your Contacts.
Responding to messagesImportant: Some messaging channels have a limited messaging window. Be sure to plan your replies ahead of time to ensure your message is delivered. Refer to the overview page of the respective channel to learn more about the channel's messaging window.
You can use Respond AI prompts to help enhance your messages before sending them to customers.
Use shortcuts in the messaging composer to quickly access emojis, snippets and variables
New messages will appear in the contact list of the Messages Module. New Contacts will be unassigned by default.
The Link Preview feature involves displaying link previews in messages, enabling users to remove these previews from the message composer.
Link Previews are available for the following Channels: All WhatsApp Channels (except Vonage), Instagram, Telegram and LINE.
The Link Preview content includes image, title, description, and the website link associated with the URL.
You can remove link previews from the message composer when entering a URL. To remove a link preview, click on the "remove" button.
Link previews will be displayed for incoming messages that contain URLs.
If you sent a message with a link preview, the Contact will receive the message along with the link preview, provided the Channel supports it.
If you have removed the link preview in the message composer, it should not be displayed in the conversation window.
The Contact will receive the message without the preview if it was removed by the sender.
Only one link preview will be shown per message. When multiple URL links are present in a message, the preview of the first URL will be displayed.
Connect with Contacts across multiple Channels. Use the Channel switcher in the messaging console to switch between Channels to maintain your interactions with Contacts.
Messages that are not supported will have a fallback display with Unsupported Message or Custom Payload text and Type (if available). Click Show More to view the JSON payload of this message.
Examples of Unsupported Messages are:
Contacts
Ads Events
Line Flex Message
Instagram Profile
Instagram Avatar
Telegram Poll
This composer only applies to emails and will not be shown if you switch to other channels.
For email channels, we provide additional functionalities in the message composer and console to assist you in properly formatting and sending messages to your Contacts. These include:
Rich Text Editor: You can utilize the rich text editor in the message composer to format your message by making text bold, underlining it, embedding links, adjusting alignment, changing color, and more.
Subject: In the message console, you can view the subject of each email you send via email channels. Additionally, when composing a new outgoing email in the message composer, you have the ability to specify the subject. Please note that a subject is required for new outgoing emails, but you can receive and reply to emails from your contacts that do not contain a subject.
CC and BCC: Similar to regular email functionality, you can add additional email addresses to the CC and BCC fields when composing your outgoing email in the message composer." Note that if the emails that are copied are contacts on the platform, it will not start a new conversation for them.
Reply: In addition, you have the ability to reply to specific emails that you have previously sent out. To do this, navigate to the specific message in the message console and click on the reply icon to initiate your reply to the email.
If you edit the subject of the message you are replying to, it becomes a new email.
Conversation History: Customers can see their conversation history when they click on the email open icon on the message called “Show email content”. Note that the history only shows for emails coming from your Contacts.
Assigning a Contact and closing a conversation work in tandem to help your team stay organized when dealing with an influx of conversations. Assign Contacts to specific agents and archive resolved conversations by closing them.
Contact Assignment and Closing a Conversation are designed to work together to reduce the workload of the agent and manager. There are a few key actions that happen automatically to achieve this:
Anytime the platform receives a new message from a Contact with no open conversation, a new conversation will be opened for this Contact.
Any Agent who responds to an unassigned Contact will automatically assign the Contact to themselves.
The Agent will remain assigned to the Contact after the conversation is closed.
Refer to the below page for more information.
Assignment and closing a conversationsA Contact can be snoozed to temporarily exclude them from the Contact List. This can be done by clicking the alarm icon at the top right of the Messages Module and selecting the duration of the snooze.
Once the snoozed time is up, the Contact will reappear in the list again.
When you snooze a Contact, they will not appear in the Mine list until the specified time.
To un-snooze a Contact ahead of the specified time, click on the timer-off icon. They will immediately reappear in your Contact List.
Use the shortcut icon to trigger workflows for a Contact or view the ongoing workflows for a Contact.
View and search the available shortcuts for the Contact
You can trigger the shortcuts to start the Workflow for the Contact
View and search the ongoing Workflows for the Contact
Choose and stop a Workflow for the Contact
Stop all workflows for the Contact
Workflows that cannot be stopped for contacts, even though they remain visible (with the stop button disabled) are: - Workflows that are published but disabled in the workflow settings. - Workflows that are not triggered or in a non-ongoing state.
In the rightmost column of the Messages Module, you can access the Contact Drawer of a selected Contact by clicking on any tabs in the vertical sidebar.
The vertical sidebar has 4 tabs:
Contact Details
Merge Suggestions
Channels
Activities
The Contact Drawer will display the Contact’s information relevant to the tab you selected.
In this tab, you can access key information about the selected Contact such as their phone number, email, country and language. This information can be updated when necessary.
Read more about Contact Details here:
Contact DetailsIn this tab, you can find potential duplicate Contacts. All Contacts with the same phone number or email address as the selected Contact will be listed here.
Read more about Merge Suggestions here:
Merge SuggestionsIn this tab, you can find a list of channels connected to the Workspace with different indications.
Read more about Channels here:
Contact ChannelsIn this tab, you can find all the internal comments and conversation events related to the selected Contact.
Read more about Activities here:
Contact ActivityHow do I turn off the Dialogflow Bot?
You can turn off the Dialogflow Bot manually from the Messages module by clicking the bot button at the conversation action bar for each Contact.
The Bot button is visible only when the Dialogflow is connected.
Choose this method to turn off your Dialogflow Bot in any of the following cases:
If you want to talk to a Contact directly
If your automated conversation is not going in the correct direction or
Your automated conversation has gone wrong
Check out the alternate ways to turn off the Dialogflow Bot from the Workflows module and by using the Bot Status Parameter.
