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# Chat Transcript Fields

Chat transcript fields help you track information about your agents’ chats with customers.

### Required Editions

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Important

Legacy Chat will be retired on February 14, 2026. To avoid service interruptions to your end users, switch to enhanced Chat (formerly Messaging for In-App and Web). Enhanced Chat offers many of the legacy Chat [features that you love](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.miaw_replacing_chat_considerations.htm&language=en_US) plus asynchronous conversations that can be picked back up at any time. Learn about migrating in [Help](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.miaw_replacing_chat_considerations.htm&type=5&language=en_US) and [Trailhead](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/migrating-from-legacy-chat-to-enhanced-chat).

A Chat transcript has the following fields, listed in alphabetical order. Depending on your page layout and field-level security settings, some fields might not be visible or editable.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:50%">
          <col style="width:50%">
        </colgroup>
        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d5776e84">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d5776e87">Definition</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">
              <span id="live_agent_transcript_fields__abandoned_after"><a name="live_agent_transcript_fields__abandoned_after"><!-- --></a>Abandoned After</span>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The amount of time in seconds before the unanswered chat request was
              disconnected</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Account Name</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The name of the account associated with the transcript</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Agent Average Response Time</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The average time that it took an agent to respond to a chat visitor’s
              message</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">
              <span id="live_agent_transcript_fields__agent_max_response_time"><a name="live_agent_transcript_fields__agent_max_response_time"><!-- --></a>Agent Maximum Response Time</span>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The maximum time it took an agent to respond to a chat visitor’s
              message</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Agent Message Count</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The number of messages an agent sent during the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Agent Skill</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The skill associated with the live chat button used to initiate the
              chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Body</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The transcribed chat between an agent and a visitor</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Browser</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The type and version of the browser used by the visitor</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Browser Language</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The visitor's browser language selection</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Case</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The case associated with the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Chat Button </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The chat button that the visitor clicked to initiate the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Chat Duration</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The total duration of the chat in seconds</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Contact Name</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">
              <p>The name of the contact that participated in the chat</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Note that contacts and
                visitors are not the same. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.live_agent_transcript_fields.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5">Live Chat Visitor</a> for more
                information.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Created By</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The user who created the transcript, including creation date and time (Read
              only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Created Date</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The date and time the transcript was created (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Deployment</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The deployment from which the visitor initiated the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">End Time</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The time the chat ended</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Ended By</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">Indicates whether the visitor or the agent ended the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Last Modified By</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The user who last modified the transcript, including date and time (Read
              only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Last Modified Date</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The date and time the transcript was last modified (Read only)</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Lead</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The name of the lead that was generated by the chat or discussed during the
              chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Live Chat Transcript </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">
              <p>Unique, numerical identifier automatically assigned to the
                transcript.</p>
              <p>Administrators can modify the format and numbering for this
                field.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Transcript numbers usually increase sequentially, but sometimes they
                can skip numbers in a sequence. </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">
              <span id="live_agent_transcript_fields__live_chat_visitor_field"><a name="live_agent_transcript_fields__live_chat_visitor_field"><!-- --></a>Live Chat Visitor</span>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">
              <p>Unique, numerical identifier automatically assigned to the
                visitor.</p>
              <p>Administrators can modify the format and numbering for this
                field.</p>
              <p>Visitor numbers usually increase sequentially, but sometimes they can
                skip numbers in a sequence. </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Note that visitors and contacts are different:
                a visitor might be a contact, but this is not a requirement, and there is no
                relationship between contacts and visitors. </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Location</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The visitor's geographic location. Either the city and state, or city and
              country (if the visitor is located outside of the United States).</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Network</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The visitor's network or Internet Service Provider.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Owner</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">
              <p>The name of the transcript owner. By default, the owner is the user who
                originally created the transcript (for example, the agent who answered the chat).
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">You can select a different user as the owner, or assign the transcript to a
                queue. When assigning transcripts to other users, make sure those users have the
                “Read” permission on live chat transcripts.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Platform</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The user's operating system</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Primary Skill</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">Primary Skill is not used for chat and can be empty.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Referring Site</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">
              <p>Site the visitor was on before they came to your website. </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For example, if
                the visitor used Google to search for your support organization’s website, the
                referring site is Google. </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Request Time</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The time that the visitor initially requested the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Screen Resolution</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The screen resolution used by the visitor</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Start Time</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The time that the agent answered the chat request</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Status</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">Completed or Missed. A missed chat was requested but not answered</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Supervisor Transcript Body</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">Contains the whisper messages from supervisors</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">User Agent</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">A string that identifies the type of browser and operating system the visitor
              used</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Visitor Average Response Time</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The average time that it took a visitor to respond to an agent comment</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">
              <span id="live_agent_transcript_fields__visitor_max_response_time"><a name="live_agent_transcript_fields__visitor_max_response_time"><!-- --></a>Visitor Maximum Response Time</span>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The maximum time it took a customer to respond to an agent’s message</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Visitor IP Address</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The IP address of the computer that the visitor used during the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">Visitor Message Count</td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The number of messages a visitor sent during the chat</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e84 ">
              <span id="live_agent_transcript_fields__wait_time"><a name="live_agent_transcript_fields__wait_time"><!-- --></a>Wait Time</span>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Definition" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5776e87 ">The total amount of time a chat request was waiting to be accepted by an
              agent</td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>