Pega Email Bot features

Pega Email Bot provides you with important features, depending on your version of Pega Platform. Once you create, configure, and build an Email channel, users can send emails to your application to instantly ask for help, obtain more information, or report problems. The comparison matrices in the sections below provide a comprehensive view of feature support across different Pega Platform versions. To learn more about email bots, see Pega Email Bot overview.

Run time

The following table lists the available run-time features by Pega Platform version.

Run-time feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Show notification banners, and resolve or transfer a triage case to indicate that customer service representatives (CSRs) performed these actions. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display the Get next email button in the Case Manager portal when you configure the Email channel.   Yes          
Rename categories to topics.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports automatic mapping of entities to case properties.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check for duplicate cases.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use an improved user interface when replying and creating cases.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports right-clicking when mapping entities to case properties.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Show the detected entities from attachments on the View Analysis page.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Link a triage case to a business case automatically.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use the Created by and Updated by properties in a triage case and a business case for work that is automated by the Email channel.         Yes Yes Yes
Display built-in reports in the Email Manager portal to visualize performance and level of automation.             Yes

Design time

The following table lists the available design-time features by Pega Platform version.

Design-time feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Supports multiple email accounts in the Email channel. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Edit the Text Analyzer rule directly from the Email channel. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display the account status verification and account status messages in the system.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Select the Record training data check box so that the system adds feedback on manually triaged cases to the text analytics model.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports the Save as option in the Email channel.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display the History tab in the Email channel.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Add a reference operator to the Email channel.         Yes Yes Yes
Let users select multiple supported languages for the email bot.           Yes Yes

Intelligent routing

The following table lists the available intelligent routing features by Pega Platform version.

Intelligent routing feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Supports automatic routing and case creation. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports routing that is based on the detected topic, sentiment, language, or a custom When rule.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports automatic replies that are configured in routing rules.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Show topics for all detected languages in the Email channel configuration.           Yes Yes
Supports multiple languages during the creation of cases and sending of automatic replies.           Yes Yes

Cases

The following table lists the available case features by Pega Platform version.

Case feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Perform mapping of entities to business case properties from email content. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports the configuration of suggested cases. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use a section that you can update on the Behavior tab for suggested cases.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Map entities to case properties on the View analysis page.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use text analytics model feedback when manually sending suggested replies.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use language-specific configuration for suggested cases.           Yes Yes

Email replies

The following table lists the available email reply features by Pega Platform version.

Email reply feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Send a customer an email reply directly from a triage case. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Send feedback to a customer by sending suggested replies.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reply to an email from a business case by using Pulse.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports having multiple recipients in an email reply by using the TO/CC/BCC fields together with validations.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display information about the email sender and the receivers in a triage case.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Send emails to users using the send email API.         Yes Yes Yes
Supports language-specific configuration in suggested replies.           Yes Yes
Reply to all of the email recipients by clicking Reply all.             Yes

Document processing

The following table lists the available document processing features by Pega Platform version.

Document processing feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Use the Pega NLP text analyzer for analysis of text-based documents attached to an email. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports optical character recognition (OCR) in attached image-based files.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Highlight entities in a PDF attachment.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports conditions during file attachment analysis.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Map entities detected in file attachments to case properties.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

NLP analysis

The following table lists the available NLP analysis features by Pega Platform version.

NLP analysis feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Perform NLP analysis of content in an entire email thread. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Suggest cases that are based on NLP, and add a triage case to a business case along with file attachments. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Highlight detected entities in the body of an email.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports keyword-based entities.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports the analysis of email subjects and signatures.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports named entity recognition, including multiple entities in the text analytics model.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports the NLP analysis of HTML content.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supports the iNLP text analyzer and use outcomes from multiple text analyzers.         Yes Yes Yes
Change the default analyzer in the advanced configuration and display the text analysis settings on the Behavior tab.         Yes Yes Yes
Use language-specific configuration when editing topics.           Yes Yes
Perform advanced text analyzer configuration in App Studio.             Yes

Training models

The following table lists the available training model features by Pega Platform version.

Training models feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Use the Training data tab to perform inline editing of records. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Send feedback about training data to the text analytics model in the Email channel. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use bulk Mark reviewed and Delete actions on the Training data tab.   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Update the text analytics model with one click.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Edit and mark up the training data records on the Training data tab.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create, update, and remove entities on the Training data tab.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Highlight entities.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create both entity and topic feedback for training records.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display warnings and errors after building the text analytics model.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Click Save as to create a copy of out-of-the-box entities in the application ruleset.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Export both reviewed and unreviewed records together with entity models.         Yes Yes Yes
Import both reviewed and unreviewed records together with entity models.         Yes Yes Yes
Send feedback to the text analytics model when removing an entity.         Yes Yes Yes
Supports using different versions of the text analytics model.         Yes Yes Yes
Supports multiple languages on the Training data tab.           Yes Yes

Entity property mapping

The following table lists the available entity property mapping features by Pega Platform version.

Entity property mapping feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Use an entity-to-case property mapping definition at design time.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Train entities when property mapping from a case, when the triage case data is manually mapped into a business case.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Train entities during the mapping of entities to case properties, including in HTML mode.         Yes Yes Yes
Use a When rule to enable the collection of feedback for entity-to-case property mapping.           Yes Yes
Use language-specific training during entity-to-case property mapping.           Yes Yes

Email Manager portal

The following table lists the available Email Manager portal features by Pega Platform version.

Email Manager portal feature 7.3.1 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5
Assign triage cases to an operator based on their worklist.     Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Refresh the worklist automatically to display new emails.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Refresh the user interface for the email list.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Use the Customize table option in the Email Manager portal.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Communicate internally using the Pulse tab and notifications.       Yes Yes Yes Yes
Let operators access multiple work queues in the Email Manager portal.         Yes Yes Yes
Use the Assign to self option in the work queue context.         Yes Yes Yes
Show email sentiment pattern (positive, negative, neutral) for all received emails in a triage case.             Yes