Channel Creation
Step 1. Open the AI Model Configurator application in the AI Model group.
Step 2. After opening the application, you will see an initial screen with all the AI Models available. Each tile represents one model, with its name, description and deployment status. Click on a model you want to work with to proceed.
Step 3. Open Channel management application Communication Channels.
Step 4. Channel creation.
You are allowed to create a new Channel from scratch or copy one of the existing Channels.
Channel creation
Click on the Create button to add a new Channel.
Copy the Existing Channel
You might want to use the existing Channel as a base and copy it. To do so, press the Create as a Copy button (1), add the Name (2), choose the Reference Channel (3) and Channel Type (4). Press the Create button (5).
The copy will also retain the scenario assignment (Scenario Activation Tab) and the styles (Webchat Design Tab, only for the Webchat Channel type) from its origin.
You can follow the steps in this tutorial to change these properties to your liking.
Step 5. Start filling in the parameters for the new Channel. The initial form will contain some universal parameters:
Channel Name – follow your own naming convention,
Channel ID – this field is auto-generated,
Channel Type – select from a broad list of available types (Webchat, Microsoft, Telegram, etc.).
To fill out the fields for WhatsApp Integration refer Steps 6 – 7.
Step 6. Access the Twilio account.
In the Console view, navigate to Develop >Messaging > Senders >WhatsApp Senders.
Step 7. Create New Sender:
Select a phone number:
Fill in the Business Profile information:
Endpoint Configuration:
Webhook URL for incoming messages field: the schema is https://<bot-url>/<Channel-id>
Copy Phone Number, Twillio API Access Token and Twillio Account SID, and paste it into Skybuffer AI. Press Create to finish initial setup in Communication Channels application.
Scenario Activation Tab
The Channel has been created, but there are still some steps to finish the setup. Next, it’s necessary to activate scenarios for the new Channel.
Step 8. Make sure the new Channel is selected. Press Edit, and then navigate to the second Tab – Scenario Activation.
Step 9. Activate scenarios:
Select System (3) from the drop-down menu.
Tick the box in the Active column next to the group name (4), to activate all the scenarios in the group.
Tick the box next to the single scenario (5) to activate it.
Tick the box in the Adaptive Card column (6) to also activate the card variant for the scenario.
Save your entries (7).