Action Blocks | Codeless Bot - Zoho SalesIQ

Action Block

Action blocks are used to perform actions based on the visitor's needs and information collected so far in the flow.

Channel compatibility and limitations

    
All action blocks are supported in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.


Criteria Router

The criteria router splits the conversation flow into various flows based on custom rules defined with the visitor's information. 

  • To add a Criteria router block to the bot's flow, click on the card holder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Criteria router block under the action blocks section.

  • Now, give your block a name and click on Add a rule.

  • Now, define a rule by entering the conditions in the search field or choose a rule based on the section header.

  • You can add multiple rules to perform multiple complex routing based on your business requirements. 
  • After adding all the required rules, click Save.

  • Once the block is configured, you can view all the flows based on the conditions specified in the criteria router block. In case if the visitors don't match any condition, then they will be diverted to the ' Not matched ' flow.


Example -  Displaying offers based on different location criteria, in this case (Output), the visitor comes under  Not matched flow



Forward

The forward block can be used to hand over the bot conversations to an operator seamlessly. 

  • To forward the bot chats to operators, click on the card holder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Forward block under the action blocks section.

  • Add name, message, and image for the block.
  • Now, choose how to associate the department with the forwarded chat.
  • You can assign a department or allow the visitors to choose the departments. Uncheck ' Allow visitors to pick the department ' to assign a department to the forwarded chat.
  • Now, you have to assign operators to take over the chat. You either transfer the chat to all available operators in the department or select specific operators.
    • Transfer to all available operators in the department: This option will route the chat to all the operators of the department who are online.
    • Transfer to selected operators: This option will route the chats to the specified operators.
  • Finally, click Save

  • Once you have added the flow block, you have three possible flows
    • Offline hours (OF) - This flow is used when the block is activated outside the company's business hours.
    • Operator not available (ONA) - This flow is used when the mapped operators are busy or not available at the time of forward.
    • Invalid operator (IO) - This flow is used when the mapped operators are disabled/deleted from the portal. And, On forwarding the chat to other department operators & fails due to their unavailability.

Example - Forwarding visitors to a sales department named Zylker to an operator Patricia.

 

Go to

This block can be used to jump from one flow to another. You can either re-use/restart a flow from there. There are two types of Go To blocks that you can add inside the Codeless Bot builder:

  1. Individual Card - to show the flow jump as a separate block
  2. Wire Connect   - to show the flow jump by wire
  • Click on the cardholder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Go To block under the action blocks section.

  • Choose the type of Go To block - Individual Card or Wire Connect

  • Specify the block name you want to go to. Once this block is activated, the flow will continue from the specified block. 
  • Click Save.

  • The above is a reference for individual Card.

  • The above is a reference for Wire Connect .

Note:  The type of Go To block cannot be changed once the configuration is saved.
Example - When the visitor clicks on "Just browsing" the flow is redirected to another block (Block name: [Flow 1 - flow 2] to [Flow 2 - Suggestion])




Associate tags

The associate tags block can be used to add tags to the ongoing conversation. 
  1. To add tags, click on the card holder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Associate tags block under the action blocks section.

  1. Give a name to the card and choose the tags to add, and click on Save.

Note: Only conversational tags are listed here. 

 
There are three possible flows upon the execution of the associate tags block: 
  1. Success: To add blocks after the tag is associated successfully. 
  2. Failure: To add blocks in case of tag association failure due to technical reasons.
  3. Misconfiguration: To add blocks if the associated tag is deleted. 

Example -  Adding a tag named "Lead" to the ongoing conversation. 


  1. If the tag association is successfull, the respective tag ("Leads") can be seen in the conversations.

 

Plugs

Plugs in the codeless bot builder help to perform customized action/third-party integrations. To build plugs, navigate to Settings > Developers > Plugs . Once the plug is built and published, you can use those in the codeless bot builder. 

  • Click on the card holder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Plugs block under the action blocks section. 

  • Give your block a name, and select the Plug you want to associate from the drop-down.
Note: Only published Plugs will be listed here


  • Then, provide the context variables for plug's Input and Output fields
  •  Click Save.

There are two possible flows upon the plug block is triggered. The flows can be used to:

  • Success: To add blocks upon successful execution of the plug.
  • Failure: To add blocks in case of plug failure. This can happen due to wrong usage/values or technical issues.

Example: Scheduling an appointment using Zoho Bookings. 


Here, the name, email, phone, date & time are stored in the bot context and given as plug input. The output of the plug is stored in the bot context ( bookingid ), which can be used to display the booking ID to the visitor for their further reference. 

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Send Email

The send email block allows the bot to send emails during the bot conversation. This can be used to send details of the ongoing bot conversation. 

  • To send emails during bot conversation, click on the card holder (+) icon to view the blocks gallery and select the Send Email block under the action blocks section.

  • Enter the name, to address, and CC to send the mail to the required email address. 
  • Now, add the Subject and the mail body content . You can use dynamic text to notify the receiver about the ongoing conversation. Finally, click Save.


Attachements:

If files blocks are used to get files from the visitors, those files can be added as attachments to the email.  For that, use the files block, save them in the bot context and choose that context variable here. 



Note: Currently, custom files cannot be added as attachments. 

There are two possible flows upon the execution of the Send email block: 

  1. Success: To add blocks after the mail is sent successfully. 
  2. Failure: To add blocks in case of failure due to technical reasons.
  3. Misconfiguration: To add blocks in case of the company email address is not available in the portal's email configuration. 


Example -  Sending an Order Confirmation mail to the customers who order using the Zobot. 

 




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