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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Overview tab

Use the Overview tab to view key indicators that help you evaluate the performance of Virtual Agent.

The Overview tab is the landing page for the dashboard. The visualizations in the Overview tab are important indicators of how VA is performing. You must have the Chat Analytics Viewer (chat_analytics_viewer) role to use the Overview tab.

Note: Now Assist in Virtual Agent Analytics appears in the left navigation only when you have Now Assist in Virtual Agent enabled.

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Virtual agent analytics dashboard overview tab
IndicatorsDescriptions
Deflection CountNumber of deflection occurrences measured by the execution count of the Deflection topic block. A deflection occurs when Virtual Agent resolves or helps to resolve an issue for a user.
Deflection PatternNumber of deflections per deflection patterns.
KB BreakdownTitles of KB articles with the number of times they were presented as part of deflections.
Active VA usersCumulative number of unique active end users \(not agents\) who used the conversational interface. Select the indicator to drill down to the list of users.
ConversationsCount of all interactive conversations initiated from the Virtual Agent.Select the indicator to drill down to the list of conversations.
VA successPercentage of conversations that were completed without escalation and with an intended topic flow.Completed conversations are those that reach the end of a Virtual Agent topic or conversation, are closed by the user, or are automatically closed. Completed without escalation means that the conversation was not routed to a live agent, and the user did not give negative feedback. \(Feedback types include negative, positive, neutral, and no feedback.\) Select the chart to drill down to the conversations that were completed successfully.
Topic flows completedPercentage of topics that end users completed till the last node out of all topics invoked and ran.
Topic Category - CompleteNumber of completed conversations shown per topic category. Select a topic category on the bar chart to drill down to the topic category details.
Topic Category - IncompleteNumber of incomplete conversations shown per topic category. Select a topic category on the bar chart to drill down to the topic category details.
Topic - CompleteNumber of occurrences per topic when the user completed to the last node. Select a topic on the bar chart to drill down to the topic details.
Topic - IncompleteNumber of occurrences per topic where users abandoned the conversation before the topic reached the last node. Select a topic on the bar chart to drill down to the topic details.
User feedback

Feedback results categorized as good, bad and neutral. The feedback results are calculated from the Feedback Setup topic.Note: A user with Chat Analytics Admin role can change how frequently the Feedback Setup topic shows after the completion of chat using the system properties.

Select a feedback result on the chart to drill down to the list of conversations associated with the feedback.

ChannelsNumber of conversations executed across the configured channels of the Virtual Agent.Select a channel on the chart to drill down to the list of conversations associated with the channel.
Conversation end stateNumber of conversations that have ended in the out-of-the-box conversation end state.Select a Conversation end state on the chart to drill down to the list of conversations associated with the Conversation end state.

Typical actions on the Overview tab include:

  • Selecting a deflection configuration to view the deflection indicators such as deflection count, deflection patter, and KB Breakdown.
  • Selecting the visualized data, for example, a bar in a bar chart, to get additional information about the data.
  • Changing the date range of the data displayed.

Parent Topic:Using the Conversational Analytics Dashboard