Chat Visitor Records

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Each new visitor is associated with a session key, which Salesforce creates automatically. A session key is a unique ID that is stored in the visitor record and on the visitor's PC as a cookie. If a customer participates in multiple chats, Salesforce uses the session key to link the customer to their visitor record, associating that record to all related chat transcripts.

Note If you have the correct permissions, you can create, view, edit, or delete visitor records, just like other record types in Salesforce. However, visitor records are meant to provide a paper trail that associates your customers with their chat transcripts, so we don't recommend tampering with these records in most cases.