No, you cannot set business hours for social messaging channels in Zendesk. Social messaging is designed to be always on, unlike live chat, which can be restricted to specific hours.
However, you can manage customer expectations by setting up an auto-responder. This feature can automatically inform your customers about your business hours or let them know that your agents are currently unavailable. Additionally, you can track and report on tickets created outside of your business hours using the 'Messaging tickets created outside of business hours' metric. For more details, you can refer to the article onMetrics and attributes for Zendesk messaging.
You can inform customers of your business hours on social messaging by setting up an auto-responder. This feature automatically sends a message to customers, letting them know when your agents are available. While social messaging channels in…
The 'Messaging tickets created outside of business hours' metric helps you track tickets that are created when your agents are not available. This can be useful for understanding customer activity and demand outside of your regular business hours….