This section aims to communicate how Yalo teams have implemented the connection with the client's IVR.

Integrations

The following is a description of the integrations needed for the IVR Deflection.

Steps and estimated times

Create a Yalo Studio Notification

First, we need to create a notification in Yalo Studio. This notification will help us bridge the customer IVR system and Yalo. Including a call to action in this notification is best to get the user's permission/opt-in to connect to the chat Flow.

Share notification code

Once WhatsApp has approved the notification, we need to share the template code with the customer to integrate it with their IVR system.

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It is critical to coordinate between the Yalo vertical developer and the Customer's IT team during this integration phase.

Log into Yalo Studio and then navigate to your WhatsApp Templates to find the notification template code. Select the template for the IVR integration and then go to the code tab.

Now, click on the copy button and share the copied code with your customer.

Create a trigger in Flow Builder

As stated, this implementation aims to connect the customer's IVR system to Yalo. At this point, we have secured the IVR system to a WhatsApp notification. Now we need to connect that notification to a Flow so that the user can continue their conversation. This implementation is to connect the Client's IVR system with Yalo. Now we have the connection with Flow Builder, but we are missing the connection with Studio, so Flow is available to take that interaction.

1. Create a new Webhook Starter Trigger in Flow Builder, name it after-ivr plus some other characteristics to identify it.

2. Once you have it, go back to Yalo Studio and paste the name of that step in the Content tab.

Continue with the Flow in Flow Builder

After you create the Trigger, you can continue creating step actions for the Flow; find more information in the official guide: Building a Flow.

Metrics

The step after-ivr is necessary for analytics to check how many interactions in the Flow come from the IVR; see the documentation: Analytics. For example:

Call to action

Besides analytics, this is also the step where the user "falls" after the notification, waiting for user input to continue with interaction.

We recommend putting a call to action in the notification text, something like "type Hi to connect with an agent," but this will depend on the use case.

If it leads with a human agent, put some waiting text for the user and explain what's happening; meanwhile, it connects with the mailbox.

Testing

The last thing you need to do is test everything and ensure that the experience works appropriately. Test all the paths, happy and unhappy paths.

And that's all you are ready to go!