Integrate a Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component

Available since

This feature was introduced in the September 2022 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 4.28.

The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component (formerly Coveo Quantic Insight Panel component) is a packaged container component that lets you easily integrate a Coveo Hosted Insight Panel in Salesforce. This component enables your service agents to access valuable Coveo-powered content and user insights without leaving the case record they’re viewing or editing.

Quantic Insight Panel | Coveo

Prerequisites

Add the Hosted Insight Panel component

This section explains how to add the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component to a record page. After adding this component, you’ll be able to use it in the Service Console.

  1. In Salesforce, access your Lightning Application (for example, Lightning Service Console).

  2. Open any case record.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the Setup icon button (cogwheel icon), and then select Edit Page.

  4. Drag the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component on the Record Detail page to the location of your choosing.

    Hosted Insight Panel Animation | Coveo
    Tip

    In Coveo for Salesforce v4.28 to v5.3 releases, this component will appear as the Coveo Quantic Insight Panel component.

    Note

    The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component may not load if debug mode for Lightning components is enabled. To fix this issue, disable debug mode.

  5. In the component details section, click the Configuration name picklist, and then do one of the following:

    • Select the name of your Insight Panel configuration from the drop-down list.

    • Start typing the name of your Insight Panel configuration to filter by name, and then select the desired configuration.

  6. (Optional) If you generated a custom platform token, click the Token Generator picklist to select the name of the Apex class that will override the default platform token generated for this component.

  7. (Optional) If you created a custom Apex class to augment queries with additional context, click the Custom Context Provider picklist to select the name of your custom Apex class.

  8. At the top right, click Save.

  9. Activate the new page, if not already done.

    Activate New Page | Coveo
    Warning

    If you use the ORG DEFAULT tab to activate your page, your changes may not be saved when you leave the Lightning App Builder. Consider using either the APP DEFAULT or the APP, RECORD TYPE, AND PROFILE tab, as appropriate, to activate your record page.

  10. At the top left of the Lightning App Builder toolbar, click the Back icon button.

The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component is now available in the Service Console.

Tip

You may need to reload the page to view your changes.

Main features

Result actions

When a service agent hovers over a search result in the Hosted Insight Panel, the background color changes. The result action buttons then appear in the upper-right corner of the search result. These buttons let service agents perform convenient actions, such as Attach to case, with a simple click.

[Result actions | Hosted Insight Panel
Note

Result actions must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration for the result action buttons to appear.

Attach to case

Clicking the Attach to case button (Attach to case button) attaches a search result to the current case. This allows a service agent to keep a trace of the results that were useful to solve a specific case.

Copy to clipboard

Clicking the Copy to clipboard button (Copy to clipboard button) copies a search result’s title and URL to the clipboard. A service agent can then paste this information in a messaging app, for example, to share a result with a client or another agent.

Post to feed

Available since

This feature was introduced in the August 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.2.

Clicking the Post to feed button (Post to feed button) inserts a search result in a Chatter post.

To insert a search result in a Chatter post

  1. Access your Lightning application (for example, Lightning Service Console), and then open any record.

  2. Ensure the Feed Publisher component is available and loaded on your page.

    Tip
    Tip

    The Post quick action (that is, FeedItem.TextPost) is likely to be displayed by default in your case page layout. If that isn’t the case, see Enable actions in the Chatter Publisher.

  3. Hover over any result in the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel, and then click post to feed button to insert the search result in a Chatter post.

Quick view

Clicking the Quick view button (Quick view button) lets a service agent preview a search result without leaving the Hosted Insight Panel.

Send as email

Available since

This feature was introduced in the August 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.2.

Clicking the Send as email button (Send as email) inserts a search result in an email.

To configure Send as email for cases

  1. Enable the Salesforce Email-to-Case option.

    Tip
    Tip

    Enabling the Email-to-Case option creates the Email quick action (that is, Case.SendEmail) that’s required in your case page layout.

  2. Access your Lightning application (for example, Lightning Service Console), and then open any case record.

  3. Ensure the Feed Publisher component is available and loaded on your page.

  4. Hover over any result in the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel, and then click send as email to insert the search result link in an email.

Insight Attached Results

Available since

This feature was introduced in the October 2025 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 6.6.

The Coveo Insight Attached Results component is a packaged container component that displays the list of Coveo results that have been attached to a case from an Insight Panel such as the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel.

Example of the Coveo Insight Attached Results component on a Salesforce case record page | Coveo for Salesforce

When a service agent attaches a Coveo result to a case, the attached result is displayed in this component. Similarly, when a result is detached, it’s removed from the component. For information about adding the Coveo Insight Attached Results component to a record page, see Integrate a Coveo Insight Attached Results component.

Tags

This section provides information about the tags that are available in the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel.

The Recommended tag highlights results that are boosted by a Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML) Automatic Relevance Tuning (ART) model (see About Automatic Relevance Tuning).

Recommended tag | Hosted Insight Panel
Note

The Recommended tag must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration to appear on your search results.

Available since

This feature was introduced in the August 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.2.

The Featured tag highlights results promoted by your featured result rules.

Featured tag | Hosted Insight Panel
Note

The Featured tag must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration to appear on your search results.

Viewed by customer tag

Available since

This feature was introduced in the September 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.3.

The Viewed by customer tag indicates the content that has been viewed by a customer. It can help service agents anticipate questions, prepare answers, and share insights on content that hasn’t been viewed.

Viewed by customer tag | Hosted Insight Panel
Note

The Viewed by customer tag must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration to appear on your search results.

Smart Snippets

Available since

This feature was introduced in the August 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.2.

The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component supports the Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML) Smart Snippet model. This model provides users with answers to their queries directly on the results page by displaying a snippet of the most relevant result item. This allows users to quickly find answers without having to open links from the results page.

Additionally, a People also ask section, which contains questions related to the user’s query, is also displayed at the top of the result list (see About Smart Snippets).

Smart Snippets | Hosted Insight Panel
Note

To take advantage of this feature in your Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component, Smart Snippets must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration.

Relevance Generative Answering (RGA)

Available since

This feature was introduced in the February 2024 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.6.

Important

Coveo Relevance Generative Answering (RGA) is a paid product extension. Contact Coveo Sales or your Account Manager to add RGA to your organization license.

The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component supports the Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML) Relevance Generative Answering (RGA) model.

RGA uses generative AI technology to generate answers for natural language queries. The answers are generated based on your enterprise content and permissions, and are displayed in the search interface along with the search results. See About Relevance Generative Answering (RGA) for more information.

Note

To take advantage of this feature in your Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component, RGA must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration.

Contextual RGA

Available since

This feature was introduced in the October 2025 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 6.6.

Users who have associated an answer configuration with their RGA-enabled Hosted Insight Panel configuration can now benefit from the Contextual RGA feature, which adds the Generate Answer button HIP Generate Answer button to the Hosted Insight Panel. When a query is empty, this button allows service agents to generate an answer based on the context of the case they’re viewing or editing.

Animation showing Generate Answer button usage | Coveo Hosted Insight Panel

After clicking the button, it disappears and a generated answer based on the case context is displayed in the Hosted Insight Panel.

Important

For the Generate Answer button to appear in the Hosted Insight Panel, the query must be empty and an answer configuration must be associated with your RGA-enabled Hosted Insight Panel configuration.

Service agents can open the Hosted Insight Panel as a full page, that is, in full search mode. Full search mode makes querying easier by providing better access to facets, tabs, and search results. All current query, facet, and tab information is maintained when an agent activates the Insight Full Search functionality.

At the upper-right corner of the Hosted Insight Panel, click Insight Full Search button to activate the Insight Full Search functionality.

Insight Full Search Animation | Coveo
Note

Insight Full Search must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration for the Insight Full Search button (Insight Full Search button) to appear.

User Actions

Available since

This feature was introduced in the November 2024 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 6.1.

support agents can leverage the User Actions feature to view the items customers clicked and the queries they performed before they created a ticket, such as a case. By retracing the customer’s journey, support agents can provide a more personalized service.

To view user actions, click clock in the upper-right corner of the Hosted Insight Panel.

User Actions timeline | Coveo

The following table describes the icons that can appear in the timeline:

Icon Description

Session start date icon | Coveo

Session start date.

Ticket creation time icon | Coveo

Ticket creation time.

Clicked item icon | Coveo

Item clicked by the user.

Search query icon | Coveo

Search query submitted by the user.

Custom event icon | Coveo

Custom event triggered by the user (for example, when a user clicks the thumbs-up or thumbs-down icon to provide feedback on a generated answer).

Viewed page icon | Coveo

Page viewed by the user. View events logged with a URL are clickable.

By default, the timeline displays the user actions prior to the ticket creation date in reverse chronological order (newest actions at the top). Click Show following sessions to view the sessions that occurred after the ticket was created, or click Show preceding sessions to view sessions that occurred before ticket creation.

The data retention limit is 60 days, and the latest 400 events (all sessions combined) can be displayed.

To return to the Hosted Insight Panel, close the User actions window.

Note

User Actions must be enabled in the Insight Panel Builder configuration for the User Actions button (clock) to appear in the Hosted Insight Panel.

Result folding

Available since

This feature was introduced in the August 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.2.

Result folding improves the end-user experience of your search interface by ensuring that query result items with a logical parent-child relationship are grouped and rendered accordingly in your result list. The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component supports result folding out of the box. As long as the folding fields have been configured in your Coveo organization, no additional configuration is required.

Result folding | Hosted Insight Panel

Keyword highlighting

Available since

This feature was introduced in the November 2023 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 5.5.

The Coveo Hosted Insight Panel component supports keyword highlighting out of the box. Keywords that match a query are highlighted in the search results.

Keyword highlighting | Hosted Insight Panel

Recent queries

Available since

This feature was introduced in the February 2026 release of Coveo for Salesforce version 6.7.

The built-in Recent Queries feature lets service agents view their most recent queries directly in the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel. It provides quick access to past searches so agents can efficiently revisit previous results without retyping queries.

Recent Queries feature showing a list of recent queries | Hosted Insight Panel

What’s next?

To learn more about the Hosted Insight Panel, see Get started with the Coveo Hosted Insight Panel solution.