Virtual Assistant usage

Virtual Assistant usage

Provisioned feature

The feature described on this page may not be enabled for all accounts. Access depends on your current license level or specific account configuration.

Overview

The Virtual Assistant usage dashboard provides insights into when and how customers interact with your Virtual Assistant (VA). Use this dashboard to understand customer behavior patterns and plan resources more effectively by monitoring:

  • Session volumes and total time spent in VA sessions.

  • Usage trends over time.

  • Session-level details for individual interactions.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite

Details

Prerequisite

Details

Virtual Assistant feature

The Virtual Assistant feature must be enabled on your account.

Historical Analytics license

Users need either a Viewer license (to view dashboards) or a Creator license (to create custom dashboards).

Virtual Assistant applet

The Voice API applet must be configured in the interaction plan. Data is sourced from the Interaction Events dataset.

Limitations

Limitation

Details

Limitation

Details

No real-time data

Data is uploaded approximately every 15 minutes. Real-time performance tracking and automated threshold alerts are not available.

Session outcomes

VA sessions end in one of three outcomes:

Outcome

Description

Outcome

Description

Resolved

The VA successfully addressed the contact's issue without a live agent’s assistance.

Escalated

The session was transferred to a live agent.

Abandoned

The contact disconnected before resolution or escalation.

Session results depend on the tag configuration in your VA flows in AI Studio. For details, see the Session outcomes section on the Virtual Assistant Historical Analytics page.

Filters

At the top of the dashboard, you can set global filters that apply to all tiles:

Name

Description

Default

Name

Description

Default

Date range

The period of time you want to analyze data for. You can choose different preset ranges or specify your custom date range

Last 30 Days

Session time

The duration of VA sessions you want to analyze. You can narrow down sessions by removing those that are too short or too long.

is any value

Time unit

The unit of VA session durations you want to analyze. Choose from different duration units:

  • Milliseconds.

  • Seconds.

  • Minutes.

  • Hours.

  • Days.

Providing a Time unit is mandatory to display the dashboard.

Seconds

Tiles

Total number of sessions tile

Displays the total number of VA sessions in the selected time range.

Total time in virtual agents tile

Displays the combined duration of all VA sessions in the selected time range.

Number of sessions and total time in virtual agents over time tile

Displays virtual assistant usage trends over the selected time period. The chart contains the following elements:

Chart element

Type

Description

Chart element

Type

Description

Number of sessions

Line

The total number of VA sessions per day. Shown on the right axis.

Total time in virtual assistance (hh:mm:ss)

Line

The combined duration of all VA sessions per day. Shown on the left axis in hh:mm:ss format.

Number of sessions and total time in virtual agents (per month) tile

Displays a monthly summary of VA session volumes and durations. The tile contains the following columns:

Column

Description

Column

Description

Start month

The month during which the session started.

Format: YYYY-MM.

Example: 2024-01.

Number of sessions

The total number of VA sessions for that month.

Sessions time

The combined duration of all VA sessions for that month.

Format: hh:mm:ss.

Totals

The aggregate number of sessions and combined session duration across all months in the selected time range.

Interaction details tile

Displays details about each VA session. The tile contains the following columns:

Column

Description

Column

Description

Interaction ID

The unique identifier for the session.

Start time

The date and time the session started.

Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.

Example: 2024-01-31 19:36:45.

Connect from

The address of the party that initiated the interaction.

  • For telephony, this is the caller's phone number.

  • For WhatsApp and SMS, this is the contact's phone number.

  • For webchat, this is the contact's identifier.

Connect to

The address that the contact used to reach the VA.

  • For telephony, this is a phone number.

  • For WhatsApp and SMS, this is the VA's phone number.

  • For webchat, this is the VA's address.

Session result

The outcome of the VA session:

  • Resolved: successfully completed by the VA.

  • Escalated: transferred to a live agent.

  • Abandoned: contact disconnected.

Session time

The duration of the VA session.

Format: hh:mm:ss.

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