Actions and Metadata

Session Parameters

Ultimate’s systems use conversation session parameters to store information about the visitor, the conversation, or any other topic that might be useful to you. They can be used to personalize a dialog as well as in the scope of Actions. Sessions parameters are distinct per conversation with the bot.

What are Actions?

Actions are a way for your application to interact with our platform. They are a generic piece of communication that is able to encapsulate any custom functionality required.

Some examples:

• Action can be a way for a bot to fetch specific user-related data in your application.
• Actions can be used to send information from the conversation session into your application.
• Actions can also be used to trigger any sort of actions or macros within your application.

Where can we use them?

You can trigger actions using the conversation design tools of Ultimate’s dashboard. The different scenarios to trigger an actions are the following:

1. In specific conversation-related events: “Chat Started” or “Chat Escalated.”
2. When an intent is detected
3. On a node level in the conversation flow

What is the output of it?

The outcome of the action is dependent on the implementation of the functionality on your side. The action will only provide the necessary timing and data the implementation needs. Let’s now cover how to set up an action.

How it works

Define Actions

Actions can be defined in the Custom CRMs section of the Ultimate’s dashboard. We can then select the actions to be used.

{
  "results": [
    {
      "key": "newBalance",
      "value": "1000"
    },
    {
      "key": "status",
      "value": "active"
    },
    {
      "key": "userEmail",
      "value": "user@mail.com",
      "sanitize": true
    }
  ]
}