What are Canned Replies?

Benefits

1. Canned responses are beneficial for both support representatives and customers in a business. 
   
2. This means support requests will be handled in less time and more efficiently. Instead of continually typing out the same steps, instructions or links to help your customers handle common issues, you can build an organized repository of the answers you need, and with them always right at your fingertips you are a few clicks away from deploying the perfect solution, without all the typing. As a result, your support team's performance improves drastically.
   
3. Customers are never a fan of waiting. Ultimately they want the quickest solution to their queries. In this case, customers will also receive the answers that they require without having to wait for it and this in turn will increase the trust they have on your support team and your business. 
   

How can I add a Canned Reply?

• In your SalesIQ dashboard, navigate to Resources > Canned Replies. You will land on the Canned Replies dahsboard.
  
• Click on Add. 

• Type the desired content in the Compose Message box. You can add dynamic text in the canned reply. When you type '%', you will be able to see all the different dynamic text that can be used in the reply and you can choose one from the list.
  
• Choose the type of the canned reply - Private or Public.
  

1. Public - Canned response can be accessed by all the operators of the department.
   
2. Private - Canned response can be accessed only by you.
   

1. Select the department you want to associate the message with. 
   

Note: Admins has  All Departments option to associate the canned reply to all the departments. Wherein the Supervisor and Associates can only associate to only one departments.

1. Choose the tag in which you want to store the canned response.
   
2. Click Save.
   

Categorizing your Canned Replies:

1. Tags were previously called Categories in SalesIQ and they are used to group canned replies and make searches easier from the operator console.
   
2. You can choose a tag from the existing list or create a new one by clicking on Manage Tag. Each canned reply can be mapped to a maximum of 3 tags.
   

1. The default tag is always set to General. 
2. You can also edit/delete the tags inside the Manage Tag section.
   

1. You can also search for a tag in the search bar.
   
2. There are two ways of adding new tags:
   
1. You can click on Manage Tag and then on Add Tag and add a new one.
   

1. Or you if you don't find a tag when you search, you can directly add it to the list by clicking on Add.
   

How do I edit/delete an existing canned reply?

1. Hover over the canned reply that you want to edit and click on it.
2. You can edit the message, the departments, type, and tags the reply is associated with.
3. Click Save.
   

1. Hover over the canned reply that you would like to delete. 
2. Then click on the delete icon on the right end.
   

1. A pop-up will be displayed asking if you are sure you want to delete, click Delete.
   

1. You can also multi-select and delete canned replies in your dashboard.
   

How do I Enable/Disable an existing canned reply?

1. Navigate to Resources -> Canned Replies.
2. To enable/disable the canned replies, click the toggle button that appears on the right end of each article.
   

How do I effectively use canned replies during a chat?

1. Click the Canned Replies button in the chat window, and start typing the subject that you want to find a canned message for. Click the desired message to populate it in the text box, and hit Enter to send it to your customer.
2. You can also type "/" followed by your text in the chat window, or also use "/" followed by the category name. You will then see the system suggested canned messages. Hit Enter to select or press Esc to ignore the system suggestion.
3. You cannot manually sort the canned replies since they appear contextually and get auto-completed when you type "/" followed by the desired text. But, they are automatically sorted either by the 'Number of chats in which the particular canned response was used' or 'Last Used response' (Ascending or Descending).
   

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