Supported chat and messaging features by channel

Updated on December 3, 2021

The following table shows the supported chat and messaging features of Pega Customer Service by each conversation channel.

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Note:

In the following table, the column values are as follows:

Capabilities								API
Pre-chat questions	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Concurrency management (global, queue, or by CSR)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Initiate a co-browsing session	•
Channel switching	•	•	•	•	•	•
Wait time calculations	•
Deferred queuing and routing (when CSRs are not available)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Post-chat surveys	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Content linking (knowledge article sharing)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Dynamic common phrases	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Page push (takes the customer to a different web page)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Transfer to queue or agent	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
CSR availability (presence) management	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
CSR notifications (audio, visual)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Attachment / image support	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Emoji support	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Share transcript	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Usage reporting	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Skills-based routing	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Third-party routing (routing decision made external to Pega)	•	•	•	•	•	•		•

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