Chat users and administrators

Depending on your role in the organization, you might use the chat feature to engage in chats between end users and Service Desk agents; configure the person groups and response plans to route chat requests to Service Desk agents; manage chat queue person groups; migrate chat configuration to a test environment; or configure high availability for chats.

This user . . . Performs these live chat operations
Self Service end user From within the Self Service Center, Self serve, or Search Solutions, a chat session can be requested with a Service Desk agent. When the request is accepted, proceed with the chat.
Service Desk agent Accepts chat requests and starts the chats. Updates associated service request after chat is completed. Can belong to multiple chat queues and conduct multiple chats at a time.
Service Desk manager Assigns agents to chat queues. Creates and manages queues for multiple-queue operations; for routing chats, configures response plans, ticket templates, or both. Monitors agent availability.
Configuration specialist Migrates the live chat configuration to a test environment. Migration Manager is used to export the configuration definitions to XML.
Deployer Configures chat service to work effectively in a clustered environment.