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Capture variables for channels (WhatsApp, Facebook, SMS) in omnichannel

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Posted on by Jide Bantale 107

Hello everyone,

For a chat channel, I am able to use the value (email) captured from a pre-chat survey to automatically search CRM and look for the contact within the CRM system.

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An application tab (Search) was created to use the email from the pre-chat survey to search the contact.

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Also, the system automatically identifies the contact (an OOB feature).

But the same does not apply to Facebook, WhatsApp, SMS, and Twitter channel.  

How can I capture the values/variables from these channels? 

For Facebook and Twitter, it will be ideal to capture the email address and search CRM

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For Whatsapp & SMS, it will be ideal to capture the phone number and search CRM. 

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    Community Member on at

    Hi Jide Bantale,

    Unfortunately, there is no way to do this. You could post an idea here https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/ to progress the feature.

  • Jide Bantale Profile Picture
    Jide Bantale 107 on at

    Thanks Steve,

    So I tried capturing Phone Number value for WhatsApp.

    I was able to use slugs {customerName} to capture the Phone number value

    I created an application tab and passed the slug  {customerName} to search the CRM contact table. It worked as expected.

    But I realized the slugs are limited right now and the context variable can't be used. (correct me if I am wrong here)

  • Estanislao Profile Picture
    Estanislao 5 on at 
    Any solution? I have the same query
     
     

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