Turning on automatic conversation acceptance for agents

Admins can configure messaging and live chat conversation routing so agents are
served new, incoming messaging and live chat requests without needing to click the
Conversations or Accept buttons. Automating this part of the agent’s process can
significantly boost efficiency, ensuring optimal use of available agent
capacity.
Auto-accept is available for messaging and live chat users. If you're using standard
routing for messaging and live chat conversations, auto-accept is activated and managed
in the Chat dashboard. However, if you are using omnichannel routing, your configuration
options are managed in Admin Center.
Note: Turning on auto-accept may remove chat
acceptance data from Chat analytics and activity
monitor.

For information on automatic conversation acceptance for agents, see Automatically accepting live chat and messaging conversations in
the Agent Workspace.
This article covers the following topics:


About the auto-accept feature
Turning on auto-accept for messaging and live chat
Turning on auto-accept for messaging users with omnichannel routing




About the auto-accept feature

Auto-accept is available for messaging and live chat customers on all plans with
accounts that meet the following requirements:


Agent Workspace is activated. See Activating and deactivating the Zendesk
Agent Workspace.
Assigned routing is activated. Hybrid mode can be activated if
needed. See Setting up notification routing for
messaging.


The following limitations currently apply to the auto-accept
functionality:

It is not compatible with the Broadcast mode of routing.
Reassignment capability is not supported.




Turning on auto-accept for messaging and live chat

The auto-accept option for messaging and live chat users is managed in the
Chat dashboard.
Note that if Hybrid mode is activated for notification routing, the agent experience
will be impacted. See Configuring hybrid assignment mode.


To turn on auto-accept for messaging and live chat users

In your Chat dashboard, select Settings > Routing.
Click the Settings tab, and make sure Assigned
is selected for chat routing. Auto-accept options are only displayed if
Assigned is selected.

In the Auto-accept section, select On.
Click Save changes at the bottom of the page.






Turning on auto-accept for messaging users with omnichannel routing

If you have activated omnichannel routing, auto-accept is managed in Admin
Center as part of the omnichannel configuration. Note that even with omnichannel
routing activated, currently the auto-accept feature only works with messaging
conversations.
Auto-accept functionality is not compatible with reassignment timing, which
must be turned off before activation.
To turn on auto-accept for omnichannel users


In Admin Center, click Objects and rules
in the sidebar, then select Omnichannel routing > Routing
configuration.
On the Routing Configuration page, click Edit next to the
configuration you are using.
In Messaging routing section, select the following options:

Wait until an agent accepts.

Auto-accept for an agent.


Click Save at the bottom of the page.




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