Send Direct Messages Through Facebook Messenger

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When you reply to direct messages in Sprinklr, your response will be sent to the user through Facebook Messenger. Brands can provide personalized customer care and resolve issues with such one-on-one conversations with fans. 

This article explains how to reply to private messages that your page has received from Facebook users using Sprinklr Engagement Dashboards or Agent Console.

Send DM using Engagement Dashboards

1. Click the New Tab icon Screen Shot 2017-09-25 at 1.52.25 PM.png. Under the Sprinklr Social tab, click Engagement Dashboards within Engage.

2. In the top right corner of the Engagement Dashboard, click Add Column.

3. On the Add New Column window, select Facebook from the options.

4. On the Add New Facebook Column window, select Messenger and enter/select the necessary details.

5. Click Create Column in the bottom right corner to create the private messages column in your current

dashboard.

6. On the Engagement Dashboard, hover over the private message to see message action icons and click the

Private Message icon Space_Icon_Reply details pane action.png​​

7. On the Private Message window, enter the content of your private message. You can also select the media

icons to attach images, documents, or include videos, links, templates, and content placeholders.

8. Select a Campaign and other message properties for your message and click Send in the bottom right corner.

You can also select Save as Draft, or click Schedule Post Space_Icon_Calendar.png to send at a later time.

9. Once you post your private message, you will see a Gray double tick alongside messages that have been

delivered and a Blue double tick alongside those that have been read.

Send DM using Agent Console

1. Click the New Tab icon Screen Shot 2017-09-25 at 1.52.25 PM.png. Under the Sprinklr Service tab, click Agent Console within Resolve.

2. On  the Agent Console window, add a new column. In the top left corner of the Agent Console window, click

the Collapse Window icon Space_Icon_Collapse Window.png and select Add new column from the dropdown.

3. On the Agent Console window, click the desired message you want to respond to and at the bottom of the

middle pane, click Write a Reply.

4. On the Private Message window, enter the content of your private message. You can also select the media

icons to attach images, documents, or include videos, links, templates, and content placeholders.

Limitations

  1. Photos and videos can only be sent to profiles who have sent private messages through the Facebook messenger app. If a user has not interacted with you through Facebook messenger, you will be unable to reply using photos or videos.

  2. Facebook Private Messages can be sent only as responses to private messages initiated by Facebook users. Brands cannot initiate a private message.

  3. If responding to a message that was sent more than 24 hours ago, video or images will be sent as a link rather than as inline media, as per Facebook policy for messages sent through third-party apps like Sprinklr.

  4. A bot can send one additional message after the 24-hour time limit has expired. The 24-hour limit is refreshed each time a person responds to a business


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