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Give Users Access to Enhanced Chat
To let service reps message with customers, create and assign a permission set for Enhanced Chat service reps.
Required Editions
| View supported editions. | |
This article applies to:
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Enhanced In-App Chat and Enhanced Web Chat channels |
This article doesn’t apply to:
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Enhanced WhatsApp, Standard and Enhanced Facebook Messenger, Standard and Enhanced SMS, Enhanced Apple Messages for Business, Enhanced LINE, and Bring Your Own Channel |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To assign permission set licenses: | Manage Users |
| To create permission sets: | Manage Profiles and Permission Sets |
| To edit users: | Manage Internal Users |
| To assign permission sets: | Assign Permission Sets |
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Assign the Enhanced Chat User permission set license.
- From Setup, enter Users in the Quick Find box, and select Users.
- Select the user you want to assign the permission set license to.
- In the Permission Set License Assignments related list, click Edit Assignments.
- Enable the Enhanced Chat User permission set license.
- Click Save.
- Repeat this process for all users that require Enhanced Chat.
- Create a presence status for Enhanced Chat.
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Create a custom permission set for your chat reps.
While you may see an existing standard permission set called Messaging for In-App and Web
user, it doesn't apply to service reps using Enhanced Chat.
- Select None from the License dropdown menu.
- Click the name of your permission set from the related list, and select App Permissions. Click Edit, and select Enhanced Chat Rep.
- Save your changes.
- Edit the permission set to give users appropriate access to the Messaging Session object. We recommend giving them read and edit access.
- Edit the permission set to give users access to presence statuses.
- Assign the permission set.
- To allow service reps to transfer Enhanced Chat sessions, select Enable Skills-Based and Direct-to-Agent Routing on the Omni-Channel Settings page in Setup.
- Give Non-Reps Access to Enhanced Chat Transcripts
To let users who aren't service reps view Enhanced Chat transcripts, give them access to the Messaging Session record and assign them the Access Conversation Entries app permission.
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