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Request to Change Dropped Chats Logic
Posted Dec 03, 2018
Zendesk is counting ANY chat where the agent doesn't respond to a message from the visitor as "dropped", and advises their customers to use a shortcut to to send a message before closing the chat to prevent it from being counted as dropped.
As others have pointed out (see posts linked below) this logic is inaccurate, and, creates "noise" in the reporting as it's counting chats we consider to be complete as dropped. Sometimes, it is unnecessary for an agent to "have the last word" in the chat as others have mentioned. It also makes for an awkward exchange with the visitor. And messaging the visitor again may just cause the visitor to respond again (with a thank you or a goodbye).
https://chat.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212016748/comments/115002136647
https://chat.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212016748/comments/360000452247
Zendesk should not require the agent to reply to every message from the visitor. If the agent doesn't reply BUT physically clicks the end chat button, the chat should be counted as complete. If the agent doesn't respond after initially interacting with the customer AND doesn't click the end chat button then this should be counted as dropped.
Please consider changing this logic!
-Lila
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5 comments
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Ramin Shokrizadeh
Hi everyone,
Although there is no update to the classification of dropped chats since my last post, we have launched Messaging since then which does have different classifications of conversation types and the dropped chat type no longer really applies because the conversation is no longer tied to the visitor's browsing session.
If you haven't done so already, I would suggest trying out agent workspace and Messaging in your sandbox or trial account and see if transitioning to Messaging makes sense for your business.
We have no plans in the next 9 months to change or add a new classification for dropped chats in Chat.
Thanks,
Ramin
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Ramin Shokrizadeh
Hi Lila,
Thanks for sharing your feedback on the current definition of dropped chats. Although we do not have short term plans to change the definition, we have longer plans on changing how the chat session behaves and it could include things like what is considered a dropped chat.
If and when we have something more concrete to share with you, we will let you know via a community post announcement.
Thanks,
Ramin
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Pedro Rodrigues
+1
This could probably be brainstormed and improved. Dropped does sound the alarm across the whole operations... just like Lila mentions, one has to clarify that this is just about who had the last word in a chat session...
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Joel Koh
+1
Found this article and its comments section while trying to understand the "Non-completed chats" analytics metric. It does sound like chat completion is a meaningless metric for now. My customers are prone to ending chats with a friendly greeting. Forcing agents to have the last word doesn't seem like a good solution.
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Ryan Hsiung
+1
We are in the same situation as echoed in this thread. Joel hit the nail on the head here. Many of our customers reply after our agents give the final sign off on chats before ending them causing at times alarming dropped metrics for our executive team.
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