Canned Responses Omnichannel Manager's Guide

If you are using canned responses for the first time, see the or contact your workspace administrator to enable canned responses on your workspace.

Create Canned Responses

To create a Canned Response,

Go to Administration > Omnichannel > Canned Responses. A list of Canned Responses in the workspace is displayed.
Click on + New
Update the required information and Hit Save. A new Canned Response is ready to be used by typing ! in the message box.
- Shortcut: The shortcut of your new canned response.
- Message: Enter your message snippet. You can use any available placeholders to personalize your message. You can also preview the message anytime by switching between the Editor and Preview tab. The available placeholders include: {{contact.name}}, {{contact.email}}, {{contact.phone}}, {{agent.name}}, {{agent.email}}.
- Tags: Set the tags for your canned response. This helps agents find canned responses specific to a particular topic
- Sharing: Lets you set the usage level of your Canned Response
  - Public: Anyone across your workspace can access your canned response. It requires the save-all-canned-responses .
  - Department: Anyone in the selected department can access your canned response. It requires the save-department-canned-responses .
  - Private: Only you and Omnichannel managers can access your canned response.

Canned Response Message Example

Hi {{contact.name}},

My name is {{agent.name}} from the special service team. How can I help you today? Our products are back in stock and eagerly waiting to be part of your collection. You can claim your treasure on our website or at your nearest store.

Got any more questions? I am here to guide you on this shopping journey.

Create canned response from within a chatroom

You can create a canned response on the go from within a conversation.

To create a canned response in a conversation,

Filtering Canned Responses

You can filter canned responses from the main page by:

Search: Searching the Canned Message shortcut or message text.
Sharing: You can filter by sharing.
Created By: You can filter by name of the user who created the canned responses.

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Create Canned Responses

To create a Canned Response,

Go to Administration > Omnichannel > Canned Responses. A list of Canned Responses in the workspace is displayed.

Click on + New

Update the required information and Hit Save. A new Canned Response is ready to be used by typing ! in the message box.

Shortcut: The shortcut of your new canned response.
Message: Enter your message snippet. You can use any available placeholders to personalize your message. You can also preview the message anytime by switching between the Editor and Preview tab. The available placeholders include: {{contact.name}}, {{contact.email}}, {{contact.phone}}, {{agent.name}}, {{agent.email}}.
Tags: Set the tags for your canned response. This helps agents find canned responses specific to a particular topic
Sharing: Lets you set the usage level of your Canned Response
- Public: Anyone across your workspace can access your canned response. It requires the save-all-canned-responses .
- Department: Anyone in the selected department can access your canned response. It requires the save-department-canned-responses .
- Private: Only you and Omnichannel managers can access your canned response.