AWS Contact Center

Category: Technical How-to

Visualizing Amazon Connect instance metrics with Amazon CloudWatch

Introduction Organizations want the ability to monitor operational and system level metrics of their Amazon Connect instances. Right sizing Service Quotas is important to deliver satisfactory contact experiences, meet service level targets, and optimize AWS resources. Amazon Connect provides operational metrics at the instance level. Amazon Connect automatically sends instance and queue metrics to Amazon […]

Route inbound Salesforce email using Apex triggers and Amazon Connect Tasks

Several organizations today integrate Amazon Connect with Salesforce within their contact centers for voice and chat interactions. They also use Salesforce to handle inbound email communications. While Amazon Connect Salesforce CTI adapter provides a seamless integration between the two, some companies prefer a single routing mechanism for all channels and a unified reporting view for […]

Displaying position in queue for chat customers

When customers reach out for support using chat they will often need support from an agent. Setting expectations on when an agent will be available to assist helps keep customers engaged. Contact centers can inform customers about their position in queue to keep the customer informed. Using this solution, you can keep your Amazon Connect […]

Create, update, and check the status of Amazon Connect Cases using Amazon Connect Contact Flows

Often, contact center agents need to handle complex issues that require multiple interactions, research, and detailed tracking and notation of next steps and status. For example, IT organizations need to be able to track troubleshooting steps, milestones, actions taken, and results of actions. Case management tools provide a solution that consolidates history of a specific […]

Leverage conversational analytics for chat interactions using Contact Lens for Amazon Connect

In many contact centers, a large amount of invaluable communication resides in chat interactions that can dictate the image of an organization. Deriving conversational analytics from these chat interactions can help identify crucial product feedback, improve agent enablement, and boost overall customer experience for a business. Contact Lens for Amazon Connect recently announced general availability […]

Build a multi-region resilient contact center with Amazon Connect global resiliency

Overview Businesses and enterprises that offer customer service are often required to support their customers 24/7. This makes it possible for businesses to handle urgent and important calls, and provides customers the option to call in at their convenience.  When support services aren’t available or they fall offline, businesses are at risk of customers getting disconnected, or […]

Use Alexa devices to initiate customer service with Amazon Connect

Introduction Customers expect multiple channel options when contacting customer service departments. Amazon Alexa smart speakers have become increasingly popular in households globally. Contact center innovators can exceed customer expectations by enabling Alexa as an additional channel with Amazon Connect. Adding Alexa as a channel will provide customers with additional choice and convenience, resulting in a […]

Create Custom Reports for Amazon Connect Cases

Introduction Amazon Connect Cases allows your agents to track and manage customer issues that require multiple interactions, follow-up tasks, and teams in your contact center. As an organization, it becomes important to define performance metrics for resolving cases and identifying any bottlenecks. Amazon Connect supports Cases events streams which provide you with near real-time updates […]

Redacting sensitive data in the chat message streaming API for Amazon Connect

Introduction Organizations today strive to provide increasingly personalized customer journeys. For example, up-selling new products based on history of interest in related products. Data collection drives the ability for businesses to personalize – data is valuable and the more collected, the more impact a personalized experience can have. Businesses must be able however to balance […]

Configure single sign-on using OneLogin for Amazon Connect

Single sign-on (SSO) enables users to access multiple applications securely via a single ID and password. This reduces the headache of remembering multiple username and passwords for users in an organization. Contact Centers are no different and the ability to utilize SSO for contact center applications is a common requirement. Amazon Connect support’s identity federation […]