How to dynamically launch Virtual Agent in Service Portal?

Heiko Bllr
Tera Guru

We intend to be using the virtual agent widget on the portal.

I would like to launch the virtual agent chat with a pre-defined conversation topic. I know this can be hard coded using the instance options. But is there a way that I can launch that same agent using a "dynamic" URL? And then open that same chat box widget?

Use case: On the service portal the enduser is searching for "how to escalate incident". I want that a result shows up (could be from a catalog content item) with the name "Escalate Incident" and when user clicks on that link the virtual agent should launch using the conversation topic "Escalate Incident". this way we could seemlessly integrate VA into the search.

To lauch the agent first and then do a full search in that tiny window simply does not make any sense from a user experience point of view.

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Quick correction, the parameter should be sysparm_topic=<sys_id> 

Follow-up question: does anyone else get the error “I'm having technical issues and won't be able to continue this conversation.”  when opening up the VA window/session?

When the topic is saved and published and then I test again, it tends to work. However, soon after I start to receive the error again.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Darren

Hi Jeff, is there a way to use this sysparam_topic in awa_queue, work item routing condition? I have a requirement to have different queue for different topics.

 

Any help will be appreciated.

benm3
Mega Guru

Did you manage to get this working Heiko?

 

Thanks,

Ben

Eric Merkle
ServiceNow Employee
ServiceNow Employee

Hi, all looking into the different use case you all have around opening the VA web client. We launched proactove triggers in Utah and we are starting to get feedback that you would like to be able to also just directly launch the web client without a proactive message first. 

I've shared something on this 2 years ago. Maybe it helps.
- 2021-02-24 - Article - Toggling Virtual Agent chat client (using Agent Chat configuration!), manually, automatically, using...

 

Kind regards,
Mark

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark Roethof

Independent ServiceNow Consultant

10x ServiceNow MVP

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