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Metrics Glossary

Short definitions for every Metrics number.

Written by Jenny

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Claimed

An agent has taken ownership (Claim or Transfer).


Unclaimed

No agent owns the conversation yet (in queue).


Resolved

Marked finished. If the contact texts again, it reopens.


Engaged

The customer has sent at least one message. Many performance and volume metrics ignore one-way outreach with no reply.


Automated / bulk messages

Announcements, automations, and other bulk/automated sends. They are not an agent’s first response or Messages Sent (Manual). They do count in total outbound volume.


30-minute cooloff

Resolves of the same conversation within 30 minutes count as one. Metrics keeps the first resolve. Stops resolve → reopen → resolve from inflating counts. Applies to Performance Resolved, Volume Resolved Conversations, Reports Dispositions, and Current Activity Top Dispositions.


Agent resolve

A person clicked Resolve.


System resolve

Automations or bulk settings resolved it with no agent. Current Activity Top Dispositions omits these. Reports → Dispositions shows them as System. Volume Resolved Conversations includes them (after cooloff).


No Disposition

Resolved without choosing a disposition.


Business Hours

Uses your organization’s hours, not 24/7. Does not change Total Contacts.


Organization time zone

All dates are org-local calendar days.


Today vs yesterday

Current Activity, Performance, and Messaging & Delivery can include today. Reports end yesterday (built overnight).


This Week

Monday–today on dashboards; Monday–yesterday on Reports.


Last Week

Previous complete Monday–Sunday.


Department (filter)

Inbox: conversations in that department.


Team (filter, Current Activity only)

Roster: conversations assigned to people currently on that team. Cannot be combined with Department. Unassigned hides when a team is selected. Counts may include departments you can’t open; linked conversation lists only show what you’re allowed to view.


Current Activity

Open Conversations

Unresolved conversations right now. Department = that inbox. Team = assigned to current members of those teams.


Unassigned Conversations

Open, no agent assigned. Hidden when a team is selected.


Average Wait Time

Average time customers currently waiting have been waiting, across open conversations with a customer waiting.


Active Conversations Today

Current open backlog plus conversations resolved today (still closed). Charted by hour since midnight local time.


Active Agents

Available (on call) agents, plus anyone holding open conversations.

Department

Only agents with opens in those inboxes.

Team

Current team members (including available with zero opens).


Online now

How many listed agents are available (on call).


Status

Whether the agent is currently available (on call).


Open Conversations (per agent)

Open conversations that agent currently holds in this view.


Top Dispositions Today

Dispositions on conversations agents resolved today. Cooloff applies. System resolves omitted. Team uses current membership, not membership at resolve time.



Performance

Avg First Response

Average time from the customer’s first message to the first reply from a team member. Automated replies don’t count.


Time to claim (Advanced)

Average time until an agent claimed the conversation.


Claim to reply (Advanced)

Average time from claim to that agent’s first reply.


Avg Resolution

Average time from conversation start to marked resolved.


Unclaimed (Advanced, resolution)

Average time in queue before a claim.


Other agents’ time (Advanced, resolution)

Average time owned by someone other than the resolver.


Resolver’s time (Advanced)

Average time the resolving agent owned it.


Total Conversations

Conversations in the range with at least one customer message. Outbound-only, no reply = not counted.


Resolved (summary)

How many of those conversations are marked resolved (after cooloff).


First Response Time (per agent)

That agent’s average first reply on conversations they first responded to. Automated replies excluded.


Resolution Time (per agent)

That agent’s average start-to-resolved on conversations they resolved.


Claimed (per agent)

Conversations they took ownership of, including transfers to them.


Transfers (per agent)

Handoffs from this agent to someone else.


Resolved (per agent)

Conversations this agent marked resolved.


Messages Sent (per agent)

Outbound messages this agent sent. Bulk and automated excluded.



Messaging & Delivery

Conversations by Direction

Active conversations in the range, by whether the customer ever replied.


Inbound

At least one customer message (engaged).


Outbound

Outreach with no customer reply.


Delivery Rate

Share of outbound messages not reported failed by the carrier. Rate = 1 − failed ÷ total outbound.


Failure reasons

Failed outbound messages grouped by carrier error category.


Total Outbound Messages

Customer-facing outbound messages in the range, by origin: Announcements, Manual, Automation, Scheduled, Surveys, API.


Inbound Volume Heatmap

Average inbound customer messages per hour of each weekday, averaged over the selected days.


Title (announcement)

Announcement name. Cancelled is labeled. Opens the announcement.


Department (announcement)

Department it was sent from.


Date (announcement)

When sending started.


Creator (announcement)

Who created it.


Sent

Messages sent.


Delivery Errors

Failed sends (count and % of sent).


Replies (announcement)

Customer replies attributed to it (count and % of sent).


Unsubscribes

Unsubscribes attributed to it (count and % of sent).



Reports → Agents

First Response Time

Average time to first team-member reply. Automated replies excluded.


First Response — Unclaimed

Average wait before a claim.


First Response — Agent

Average time from claim to reply.


Resolution Time

Average start-to-resolved on conversations this agent resolved.


Resolution — Unclaimed

Average unclaimed time on those conversations.


Resolution — Other Agents

Average time other agents owned them before this agent resolved.


Resolution — Resolver

Average time this agent owned the conversations they resolved.


Avg Reply Time

Average time from inbound customer message to this agent’s reply, on conversations they hold or that are unclaimed. Replies on conversations claimed by someone else don’t count.


Claimed

Ownership takes, including transfers in.


Resolved

Conversations this agent marked resolved.


Messages Sent (Manual)

Outbound messages they sent. Bulk and automated excluded.


Transferred From

Handoffs from this agent.


Transferred To

Handoffs to this agent.


Replies Sent

Replies that closed a customer wait (the samples behind Avg Reply Time).


Conversations Participated

Distinct conversations this agent sent at least one manual message in that day.


Time Spent

Time this agent held claimed conversations. Overlaps add: 10 conversations held one hour = 10 hours.


Resolution Time Spent

Claimed time on conversations this agent resolved.


Non-resolution Time Spent

Claimed time on conversations they did not resolve (still open, or resolved by someone else).



Reports → Volume


Active Conversations:

Conversations with at least one message that period. Engaged only.


Inbound Conversations

Engaged conversations that received at least one customer message that period.


Outbound Conversations

Engaged conversations that were sent at least one message that period.


Resolved Conversations

Marked resolved that period. Cooloff applies.


Outreach Attempts

Sent at least one message that period, whether or not the customer has ever replied.


Inbound Messages

Messages from customers.


Outbound Messages

Messages sent, including automated and bulk.


Total Contacts

Active address-book contacts at the end of the period (not a sum). Excludes archived, blocked, and unreachable. Organization-wide only; hidden if a department is selected. Not affected by Business Hours.



Reports → Dispositions

Disposition count

Conversations marked resolved in each period, by disposition chosen at resolve. Cooloff applies.


No Disposition

Resolved without picking a disposition.


System

Automation or bulk resolve with no agent.

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