Apple Messages for Business (AMB) Channel

As an administrative user, you can create an AMB asset only from the Webex Engage React application. Webex Engage supports AMB as a channel, allowing customers to seamlessly interact with businesses using the Apple Messages app on Apple devices. This is a powerful new way for businesses to connect directly with customers. Additionally, you can share the AMB channel assets across different teams. You can transfer conversations within or across teams and assign them to team queues, individual assignees, or skills, just like the behaviour of the channels on the Webex Engage application.

Add an AMB asset

To create an AMB asset, follow these steps:

  1. Login to Webex Engage.

  2. Click the Try new version button on the top-right corner of the application.

The Webex Engage React application will launch.

  1. Navigate to Assets> Channel assets.
  2. Click the Apple Messages for Business channel tab.

  1. Click the + Apple Messages for Business asset on the top-right corner of the Channel assets screen.

The following screen appears.

  1. Enter the Asset name, Asset ID, Consumer service key, and AMB Account ID in the respective fields.
  2. Select a Default team and Shared across team from respective drop-down lists.

  1. Turn On the Send auto-responses and system messages when using APIs toggle to process the messages received via APIs against the configured auto-responses, Out-of-Office (OOO) messages, Right to be Forgotten (RTF) messages, unresponsive messages, regex validation, auto-assign to the last agent, and auto-response message for existing chats settings.
  2. Click Save to create an AMB asset.

Edit an AMB asset

To edit an AMB asset, follow these steps:

  1. Login to Webex Engage.

  2. Click the Try new version button on the top-right corner of the application.
    The Webex Engage React application will launch.

  3. Navigate to Assets> Channel assets.

  4. Click the Apple Messages for Business channel tab.

  1. Click the Edit icon in the Actions column of a specific asset.

The following screen appears on the screen.

  1. Edit the required fields and click Save changes.

A success message appears on the screen.

Update priority

To update an AMB asset's priority, follow these steps:

  1. Login to Webex Engage.
  2. Click the Try new version button on the top-right corner of the application.
    The Webex Engage React application will launch.
  3. Navigate to Assets > Channel assets.
  4. Click the Apple Messages for Business channel tab.

  1. Click the Update priority icon in the Actions column of a specific asset.

The following pop-up window will appear on the screen.

  1. Select a Priority from the Priority level drop-down and click Apply.
  2. If you select a priority other than P1, the Auto escalation rule(s) toggle appears.

  1. If you turn ON the Auto escalation rules(s) toggle, the auto escalation configuration options will appear.

  1. Select the escalation time from the Auto escalate priority after drop-down in minutes and click Apply.

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Note

  • As per the chosen priority, you can add number of escalation rules.
    Example: If you select priority as P2 then you can add one escalation rule. If you select priority as P3 then you can add two escalation rules, etc.
  • If you select priority as P1 then the Auto escalation toggle will be greyed and you cannot select it.

Search an AMB asset

To search for an AMB asset, follow these steps:

  1. Login to Webex Engage.
  2. Click the Try new version button on the top-right corner of the application.
    The Webex Engage React application will launch.
  3. Navigate to Assets > Channel assets.
  4. Click the Apple Messages for Business channel tab.

  1. Enter the search criterion in the Search input field above the table results.

The respective results will appear on the screen.

Customise display of table

The Customise Display helps you select a list of columns you want to preview in the table results.

To view customise table results, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Customise display drop-down on the top-right corner of the results table.

  1. Choose the required columns from the list by selecting the checkboxes adjacent to each column name.

You can instantly view the results on the screen by checking and unchecking the checkboxes.

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Note

By default, Asset name and Actions columns are preselected and cannot be disabled.