Feature Updates 4/23/2020
Chatbot > MinistryPlatform > Enhancements to the MP Match/Create Contact Chatbot Action:
- The chatbot action now supports the optional parameters {birthdate} and {gender}
- Birthdate Parameter:
- A parameter must be named "Birthdate" (no quotes) must be present for this aspect of the chatbot action to execute.
- We recommend using the date parser for the parameter to ensure your end-users provide a valid date.
- When the parameter {birthdate} is present the software will parse the provided date and update the MP Contact with a date of birth in a MM/DD/YYYY format
- When the parameter {birthdate} is not present, the date of birth update is skipped.
- Gender Parameter:
- A parameter must be named "Gender" (no quotes) must be present for this aspect of the chatbot action to execute.
- We recommend using the "any valid string" parser.
- The feature has been specially designed to match the following values:
- Male will match any of the following case insensitive values: M, Male.
- Female will match any of the following case insensitive values: F, Female, W, Women.
- If an invalid gender value has been provided by the end-user, the gender field is skipped. We only recognize Male and Female according to the bible.
- When the parameter {gender} is not present or invalid, the gender field update is skipped.
Chatbot > MinistryPlatform > New MP Chatbot Action - MP Add/Update Household Address
- This new chatbot action is able to take a single {address} parameter and transform that into individual address components (including lat/lng) for either adding or updating an MP household.
- Please note this chatbot action requires the presence of the MP Match/Create Contact chatbot action to ensure a matching household is present.
- When the parameter {address} is present this action will send the address to our Paid Google Maps account (costs our platform about $4 per 1k requests) for parsing into valid address components.
- In the event, an invalid address is provided or an address that is not found at Google Maps, the insertion and/or address update is skipped for the household.