Auswählen der Team-Ansicht
Die Ansicht ‘Team’ zeigt standardmäßig alle Mitglieder der Gruppen an, zu denen Sie gehören. Sollen Kontakte nach unterschiedlichen Gruppen geordnet angezeigt werden, klicken Sie rechts oben auf die Drop-Down-Liste ‘Ansicht’. Wählen Sie unter den verschiedenen Gruppen aus, z. B. Marketing und Vertrieb. Ebenso können Sie rechts neben einem Kontakt auf das Sternsymbol klicken, um Team-Mitglieder Ihren Favoriten hinzuzufügen.
Klicken Sie auf das Symbol ‘Kontakte’, um Ihre persönlichen Kontakte unterhalb Ihrer Team-Mitglieder anzuzeigen.
Chatten mit Kunden und Kollegen
Klicken Sie im 3CX Webclient auf ‘Chat’, um mit Kollegen zu chatten oder um Nachrichten mit Kunden per 3CX Live Chat, WhatsApp, Facebook und SMS/MMS auszutauschen.
Chat-Vorlagen für Schnellantworten können von Gruppen-Managern erstellt und bearbeitet werden. Diese ermöglichen es Nutzern, per vordefinierter Nachricht zu antworten und so die Reaktionszeiten zu verkürzen. Die Vorlagen können in verschiedene Kategorien und Sprachen unterteilt werden.
Weitere Detailinformationen sind derzeit nur in Englisch möglich.
Receiving customer chat messages
Incoming chat messages will be routed to specific queues or extensions. The type of chat conversation is highlighted by a specific icon; Website live chat , WhatsApp , Facebookand SMS/MMS . Internal chat messages are not specified by any icon.
Chats are visible to all agents who are in the assigned queue. The administrator can configure the polling strategy of the queue (e.g. the first agent to answer a chat, the top 3 agents, etc).
Any agent can respond and see the ongoing conversation until one agent takes ownership. To do this:
- Click on the chat conversation, then click on the “Take” icon in the top right corner.
- You will now be the sole owner of this conversation; other agents no longer have access to it.
Use quick response message templates
Respond to any chat message including live chat, WhatsApp, Facebook & SMS even quicker with message templates.
- Click on the templates icon in the conversation reply panel to expand the templates.
- Use the categories tabs or language drop-down option to filter the templates as desired.
- Click on a template. The text will automatically populate your reply panel so that you can amend it before sending it if needed.
Transferring a chat
At any point during the conversation, you may decide that the issue should be handed off to another agent to resolve.
- On the conversation preview, click the “Transfer” button in the top right of the conversation window.
- Search by name or extension number for the agent you want to transfer to.
- Click on the extension and the chat will be transferred. You will no longer be able to view the conversation.
Additional chat actions
There are various chat actions available to help you efficiently manage your conversations and gather additional details about customers.
View user information
Depending on the type of chat, you can view additional information such as conversation history.
- Click on the menu button in the top right corner.
- Select “Information”.
Email or add live chat user as a contact
You can send an email to or add a live chat user as a contact during or after your conversation.
- In the chat window, click on the menu button.
- Select “Information”.
- Click the “Email” or “Add” button to perform the desired action.
Send images and files
You can send files to the user by either drag and drop or by clicking the “Attach document” icon in the lower right corner. The following files are supported:
- Documents: Acrobat (PDF), MS Office (DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX), plain and rich text (TXT, RTF).
- Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, TIFF, and HEIF.
Note: in the 3CX Apps the images will be automatically compressed.
Elevate the chat to a call (internal chat and website live chat only)
There may be instances where a voice or video call is needed in order to assist a website visitor or colleague.
- Internal Chat: click the call or video icon at the top of the chat
- Live Chat: take ownership of the chat by clicking the “Take” button. You can then request the customer to initiate a call by clicking the call or video icon at the top of the chat box. Note: This option must be enabled by your administrator.
Mark a chat as ‘Dealt with’
Once a chat conversation (excluding internal) has come to an end, click on the “Dealt with” tick button which will close and archive the chat session.
If the chat is not marked as ‘Dealt with’, the next time the customer sends a message, if the previous conversation had been “Taken”, the new message will be delivered to the previous agent rather than following the configured routing to a group or queue.
End chat session
Only available for website live chat, this function closes the chat session and notifies the customer that the chat has ended but keeps the conversation in the main or “Recents” tab.
- Click on the menu button in the top right of the main chat window.
- Select “End chat session”.
Block anonymous user
This option is only available for website live chat. This feature is useful for weeding out troublesome, abusive or time-wasting chat messages.
- Click on the menu button in the top right corner.
- Select “Block anonymous user”.
- The user’s IP will be blocked and they will no longer be able to access website live chat.
Resolve/Archive a chat
Archiving a chat removes the conversation from the main or “Recents” view. You may wish to do this if a customer becomes unresponsive or you wish to refer back to the chat at a later date.
On the chat preview or in the chat window, click the menu icon and select “Archive”. The conversation will be removed from the main chat window.
Once a conversation is archived
You can access archived chats from the drop-down menu in the top right corner.
Once a conversation is archived you can use the chat window options to:
- Call the contact
- “Take” the conversation
- Transfer the chat
- Use the menu icon to
- Select ‘Information’ to view the chat participants and interaction history.
- Unarchive the chat.
- Permanently delete the chat conversation.
Chat settings
Go to “Settings > Chat” to configure:
- “Notifications” – select to show chat toaster and/or web notifications
- “Play chat notification” – enable and select a personalized notification sound.
Note: Custom chat notifications are available only for the 3CX Web Client/ Desktop app and the 3CX iOS app.
Managing phone numbers in iOS & Android mobile apps
Phone numbers sent via the chat feature will appear as hyperlinks. Tap on the number to choose between:
- Call
- Send an SMS
- Add to Contacts
- Copy the message