Using email variables in Zoom Contact Center

Email header and body variables offer enhanced metadata for email interactions, improving routing, automating replies, and supporting CRM lookups to optimize customer engagement.

Key benefits include:

Requirements for using email variables in Zoom Contact Center

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How to access email variables

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Contact Center Management then Preferences.
  3. Click the Variables tab.
  4. In the left-side panel under System Variable Groups, select the Engagement variable group to view the associated variables.
    You can search for the following list of email header variables:
 
VariableDescriptionVariable name under Engagement Variable group

Subject

The subject line of the email, useful for topic-based routingsubject

Body

The email body content is limited to a snippet of up to 200 bytes.

body

Message ID

Unique identifier of the email, essential for tracking and linking related emailsmessageId

In-Reply-To

References the message ID of a previous email in the thread, aiding in conversation continuityreplyTo

References

List of message IDs in the conversation chain, ideal for CRM threadingreferences

Cc

Carbon copy recipients’ addresses, useful for tracking involved partiescc

Bcc

Blind carbon copy recipients, providing additional recipient databcc

Date

Timestamp of when the email was sent, useful for time-based routingdate

Importance

Priority level of the email (High, Normal, Low), enabling priority-based handlingImportance

Thread-Topic

Topic of the email thread, which can be used for grouping and organization

threadTopic

Attachments

Information about attached files, allowing for targeted routing based on attachments

attachments

X-Spam-Status

Spam status and spam score details, useful for filtering

xSpamStatus

X-Spam-Score

The spam score assigned to the email by a filtering system

xSpamScore

Received

Details of the server hops the email went through, aiding in origin tracking

received

Content-Type

Specifies the type of content (for example, text/html, multipart), which can influence routing or responses

contentType

How to use the email variables in Zoom Contact Center Flows

You can use these variables in flow widgets for enhanced control over email flow routing, responses, and integrations. Here are some example use cases: