Legacy - Conversations tab

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated November 7, 2024
  • 3 minutes to read
  • Use the Conversations tab to view the list of Virtual Agent conversations and details of each conversation that occurred during the selected date range.

    Important:

    Conversational Analytics dashboard is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be supported until deprecation but will no longer be available for installation. A new Conversational Analytics dashboard in Platform Analytics experience, which meets the compliance requirements of Government Community Cloud (GCC), and thus FedRAMP authorized, is available. See Conversational Analytics dashboard in Platform Analytics experience.

    For details on the deprecation process, see the Deprecation Process [KB0867184] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

    If you are an existing user of this dashboard and want to migrate analytics data to the new dashboard, see Migrate data to Conversational Analytics dashboard in Platform Analytics experience [KB1651556].

    All conversations from the Conversation table [sys_cs_conversation], that run on the Virtual Agent Designer are listed on the Conversations page, except for notifications, open (ongoing) conversations, and previews.

    Virtual Agent conversations data is retained for a period of 90 days. The analytics data extracted from the conversations is retained for a period of two years.

    To access the Conversations tab, you must have the Chat Analytics Viewer (chat_analytics_viewer) role. Conversation dates and times are in UTC.

    Figure 1. Conversations page
    Virtual Agent Analytics conversations page set to all conversations, with first conversation in list highlighted.

    Conversations tab benefits

    The Conversations tab enables you to do the following:

    Get conversation details

    To get more information about a conversation, select one of the conversations in the list. The information appears on the side panel.

    Figure 2. Conversation details
    Virtual Agent conversation details panel.

    To view and download the conversation transcript, select the Transcript tab.

    Figure 3. Conversation transcript
    Virtual Agent Conversation transcript tab showing record of conversation.

    To view the conversation timeline, select the Timeline tab.

    Figure 4. Conversation timeline
    Virtual Agent conversation Timeline tab, showing timestamps for Greetings and Anything Else Topic nodes.

    To tag a conversation as a favorite, you can select the star icon on the side panel. On the Conversations page, you can easily list the conversations that are marked as favorite using the Filter Editor.

    Export the conversations list

    To export the conversations list on the Conversations page to a file, select Export. In the Export pop-up window, specify the format for the file such as Excel, CSV, JSON, or PDF, and the delivery type such as email or download.

    Note:
    You can export up to 1000 records only from the list on the page. This limit is not configurable.

    Conversation information

    The following table describes the summarized Virtual Agent conversation information on the Conversations tab.

    Table 1. User information
    Column Description
    Date Date of the conversation.
    Duration Duration of the conversation.
    User index Link to go to the User Details page. It's a unique number that the system creates and permanently assigns to a Virtual Agent user. This number becomes a part of conversation records.

    This number is not the same as the system user ID.

    Channel Client software that the user used to chat.
    Language Language used for the conversation.
    End state How the conversation ended. For more information on various conversation end states, see Virtual Agent interaction records.
    Topics Virtual Agent topics that were invoked during the chat conversation.
    Favorites Indicates whether the user is tagged as favorite.

    Download the conversation transcript

    To download the conversation transcript, select a conversation from the conversations list and select Download.

    The conversation transcript .txt file includes various data elements such as user input, Virtual Agent response, Flow Designer Integration Hub, flow action, custom controls, and topic block information for the selected conversation. This information helps Virtual Agent administrators to troubleshoot conversations, for example, conversations where there were errors or transfers to a live agent. For more information on the .txt file, see Legacy - Conversation transcript template.