SMS Notification - Copied

SBO_SMS

Use Cases

  • Notify staff - This feature allows you to notify your staff of important events like a missed call, emergency call, after-hours support.
    Example: Emergency after-hours call from John Doe 999-555-1212

  • Auto-reply to a caller - This will also allow you to auto-reply to your customers to engage them through text messaging.
    Example: Thank you for calling MangoVoice. A ticket has been created and a customer experience agent will contact you shortly You can also reply to start a support chat

Options

  • Message Type: select from Predefined messages or select custom to create your own.
  • Message: Create your own message, embed Mango values.
    Example: An incoming call from 888-555-1212 with a caller ID of John Doe would be entered as: 

Missed call from {CALLER_ID}-{CALLER_NUMBER}

This would send an SMS message to the SMS Recipient that would appear like this

Missed call from John Doe-8885551212

Variables
CALLER_ID - The caller id name of the person calling
CALLER_NUMBER - The number of the person calling
NUMBER_DIALED - The number that was dialed
CALL_UID - The unique id of the call that can be used to look up the call record at a later time.
DIALED_NUMBER_NAME - The name in mango of the number being called
TIME_UTC - The time of the Call in UTC time zone

  • SMS Recipient: Enter a ten-digit number of the recipient you would like to send the SMS message to. You may enter multiple recipients by separating each number with a comma.
    Example: 9995551212,8885551212 
  • Auto Reply to Caller: This will send the message to the caller. 
  • Send From: Select from any of your SMS activated numbers to show which number will appear when sending a text message. If your number does not appear in the list, please contact Mango support to activate that number.

Note: Make sure the number is not being used with any other texting service as activating the number with Mango may disrupt other texting services using this number.

FAQs

Q: Can this send texts to our customers?

A: Yes! Just check the box that says “Auto-Reply to Caller” and type in what you would like the text to say.