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Report on Deflections: The Deflection Signals Framework

A lightningcommunity:deflectionSignal event is fired in a community or portal when a user is trying to solve an issue, such as a customer service problem, and then views a deflection item that potentially provides a solution.

For example, let’s say a user is filling out a form to create a customer case, and then sees a useful article on the page. After clicking the article, the user finds it helpful and decides that creating a case is unnecessary. A lightningcommunity:deflectionSignal event is then fired with information about the user’s interaction with the article, which is reported as a successful deflection because the user didn’t create a case.

You can report on these events through custom report types with the target object Community Case Deflection Metrics. The signal appears in reports as either a Successful Deflection, Failed Deflection, or Potential Deflection.