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Odoo **Live Chat ** allows users to communicate with website visitors in real-time. With **Live
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- Chat **, leads can be qualified for their sales potential, support questions can be answered quickly,
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- and issues can be directed to the appropriate team for further investigation or follow up. ** Live
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- Chat ** also provides the opportunity for instant feedback from customers.
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+ Chat **, leads can be qualified for their sales potential, support questions can be answered in real
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+ time, and issues can be directed to the appropriate team for further investigation or follow up.
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+ ** Live Chat ** also provides the opportunity for instant feedback from customers.
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Enable Live Chat
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The **Live Chat ** application can be installed multiple ways:
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- - Go to :menuselection: `Apps application `, search `Live Chat `, and click :guilabel: `Install `.
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+ - Go to the :menuselection: `Apps application `, search `Live Chat `, and click :guilabel: `Install `.
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- Go to the :menuselection: `Helpdesk app --> Configuration --> Helpdesk Teams ` list view, select a
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team, and on the team's settings page, click the checkbox next to :guilabel: `Live Chat `, under the
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:guilabel: `Channels ` section.
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:guilabel: `Save `.
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.. image :: livechat/enable-setting.png
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- :align: center
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:alt: View of the settings page and the live chat feature for Odoo Live Chat.
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.. note ::
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Create live chat channels
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- To create a new live chat *Channel *, go to :menuselection: `Main Odoo Dashboard --> Live Chat app -->
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- New `. This opens a blank channel detail form. Enter the name of the new channel in the
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+ To create a new live chat *Channel *, go to the :menuselection: `Live Chat app `. Then, click
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+ :guilabel: ` New ` to open a blank channel detail form. Enter the name of the new channel in the
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:guilabel: `Channel Name ` field.
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- .. image :: livechat/open-channel.png
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- :align: center
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- :alt: View of a live chat channel form for Odoo Live Chat.
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To configure the remaining tabs on the channel detail form (:ref: `Operators
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<livechat/operators-tab>`, :ref: `Options <livechat/options-tab >`, :ref: `Channel Rules
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<livechat/channel-rules-tab>`, and :ref: `Widget <livechat/widget-tab >`), follow the steps below.
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+ .. image :: livechat/open-channel.png
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+ :alt: View of a live chat channel form for Odoo Live Chat.
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.. tip ::
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The channel detail form for any channel can be accessed by navigating back to the
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:guilabel: `Website Live Chat Channels ` dashboard, via the breadcrumbs. Find the Kanban card for
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wherever they are in the database. Chat windows open in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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.. image :: livechat/pop-up.png
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- :align: center
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- :alt: View of a live chat pop up window in an Odoo database.
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+ :alt: A live chat pop-up window in an Odoo database.
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On the channel detail form, click the :guilabel: `Operators ` tab. The user who originally created the
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live chat channel has been added as an operator by default.
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.. note ::
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Current operators can be edited, or removed, by clicking on their respective boxes in the
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- :guilabel: `Operators ` tab, which reveals a separate :guilabel: `Open: Operators ` modal . In that
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- modal , adjust any information, as needed. Then, click :guilabel: `Save `, or click
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+ :guilabel: `Operators ` tab, which reveals a separate :guilabel: `Open: Operators ` pop-up . In that
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+ pop-up , adjust any information, as needed. Then, click :guilabel: `Save `, or click
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:guilabel: `Remove ` to remove that operator from the channel.
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Click :guilabel: `Add ` to reveal an :guilabel: `Add: Operators ` pop-up window.
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The *Livechat Button * is the icon that appears in the bottom-right corner of the website.
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- .. image :: livechat/chat-button.png
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- :align: center
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- :alt: View of an Odoo website emphasizing the livechat button.
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Change the text in the :guilabel: `Notification text ` field to update the greeting displayed in the
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text bubble when the live chat button appears on the website.
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the color bubbles are clicked. Different options are available, depending on the operating
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system.
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- Livechat Window
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+ .. example ::
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+ With the following settings, the live chat button appears on the website as shown:
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+ - :guilabel: `Notification text `: "Have a Question? Chat with us."
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+ - :guilabel: `Livechat Button Color `: set to purple
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+ .. image :: livechat/chat-button.png
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+ :alt: View of an Odoo website emphasizing the livechat button.
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+ Livechat window
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- The * Livechat Window * is the space where the live chat conversation with website visitors takes
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- place.
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+ The :guilabel: ` Livechat Window ` is the space where the live chat conversation with website visitors
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+ takes place.
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Edit the :guilabel: `Welcome Message ` to change the message a visitor sees when they open a new chat
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session. This message appears as though it is sent by a live chat operator, and acts as both a
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<livechat/livechat-button>`.
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.. figure :: livechat/chat-window.png
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- :align: center
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+ :alt: The live chat window with a purple channel header and placeholder text.
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The live chat window with a purple channel header and placeholder text that reads, "Say
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Something..."
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pop-up window.
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.. image :: livechat/create-rules.png
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:alt: View of a channel's rules form for Odoo Live Chat.
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Create new rules
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:guilabel: `URL Regex ` field, input the relative URL of the page where the chat button should
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appear.
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- For example, to apply the rule to the URL, `https://mydatabse.odoo.com/shop `, enter `/shop `
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- to the :guilabel: `URL Regex ` field.
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+ For example, to apply the rule to the URL, `https://mydatabse.odoo.com/shop `, enter `/shop ` to
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+ the :guilabel: `URL Regex ` field.
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To apply the rule to *all * pages on the database, enter `/ ` in the :guilabel: `URL Regex `
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field.
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Widget tab
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- The :guilabel: `Widget ` tab on the live chat channel detail form provides the code for a website
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- widget. This code can be added to a website to provide access to a live chat window.
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+ The :guilabel: `Widget ` tab on the live chat channel detail form provides an embeddable code snippet
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+ for external, non-Odoo websites. This code can be added to a website to provide access to a live
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+ chat window.
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.. tip ::
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The live chat widget can be added to websites created through Odoo by navigating to
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:menuselection: `Website app --> Configuration --> Settings `. Then, scroll to the
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:menuselection: `Email & Marketing ` section. In the :guilabel: `Channel ` field, select the channel
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to add to the site. Click :guilabel: `Save ` to apply.
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- To add the widget to a website created on a third-party platform, click the first :guilabel: `COPY `
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- button on the :guilabel: `Widget ` tab, and paste the code into the `<head> ` tag on the site.
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+ To add the widget to a website created on a third-party platform, click the first
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+ :icon: `fa-clipboard ` :guilabel: `(copy) ` icon on the :guilabel: `Widget ` tab, and paste the code into
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+ the `<head> ` tag on the site.
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- Likewise, to send a live chat session to a customer, click the second :guilabel: ` COPY ` button on the
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- :guilabel: `Widget ` tab. This link can be sent directly to a customer. When they click the link, they
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- are redirected to a new chat window.
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+ Likewise, to send a live chat session to a customer, click the second :icon: ` fa-clipboard `
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+ :guilabel: `(copy) ` icon on the :guilabel: ` Widget ` tab. This link can be sent directly to a customer.
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+ When they click the link, they are redirected to a new chat window.
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.. image :: livechat/widget-code.png
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:alt: View of the widget tab for Odoo Live Chat.
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.. seealso ::
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