IW-8.5.0-Workspace Desktop Edition Help
IW-8.5.0-Workspace Desktop Edition Help
IW-8.5.0-Workspace Desktop Edition Help
Table of Contents
Workspace Desktop Edition Help
Launching Workspace
Keyboard Navigation and Accessibility
Functionality Overview
Login
Main Window
Statistics Gadget
Interaction Preview
Voice Tasks Overview
Voice Interaction
Internal Voice Interaction
Voice Consultation
Voice Recording
Video Interaction
Web Callback Interaction
Chat Tasks Overview
Chat Interaction
Chat Consultation
E-Mail Tasks Overview
Inbound E-Mail
Outbound E-Mail
QA Review of E-Mail
SMS Interaction
Workitems
Internal IM
Outbound Campaigns Overview
Outbound Preview Calls
Outbound Push Preview Calls
Outbound Progressive Calls
Call Actions for Outbound Calls
Components, Features, and Controls
My Status
My Campaigns
Team Communicator
Team Lead
Inactivity Timeout
Contact Center Statistics
My Statistics
My Messages
In-Progress and Recent Interactions
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Workbins
Contact History
Interaction History
Case Data
Contact Directory
Manual Contact Assignment
Spelling Check
Disposition Code
My History
Notepad
Responses
Schedule a Callback
Printing
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Launching Workspace
Launching Workspace
Double-click the Workspace icon on your desktop to launch the application.
Workspace
desktop
icon
Important
Depending on the configuration of your environment, if
you log in to a SIP Voice channel and your configured
USB headset is not plugged in, you might be logged in
to Workspace but not the SIP Voice channel. To
complete login to the SIP Voice channel, plug in your
USB headset.
Important
Sometimes there might be a conflict between the
keyboard shortcut that your administrator has
configured for Workspace functionality and the
keyboard shortcuts that control the Rich Text Editor
that you might be using for e-mail and other text-based
interactions. You might have to navigate away from the
text editor field before you can use the shortcut. If you
experience a shortcut conflict, please notify your
administrator to change the custom shortcut.
Access Keys
In addition, access keys are available for most Workspace menu items. Each supported
menu item has an underlined letter or character. Press the Alt key to open a menu in the
active window, and then press the letter or character that corresponds to the menu item that
you want to select.
Keyboard Navigation
Workspace supports keyboard navigation for all features in the interaction windows. All
features, functions, options, and menus are 100 percent navigable by keyboard.
The Workspace interface is 100 percent navigable by keyboard. This functionality enables
users who cannot use a mouse, or who are using a device for accessibility that relies on
keyboard navigation, to manipulate the desktop components. Keyboard navigation enhances
the productivity of any user.
The appearance of the component that you select changes as you move the focus from one
component to another. For example, buttons change color, and menus open with the current
selection highlighted by color.
Some screen-reader applications are not compatible with these navigation shortcuts,
because the screen reader uses some of these keys for other purposes. When screen
reader mode is on, use Alt + N to disable the keyboard navigation function.
Note: If you are already in screen-reader mode, all keyboard shortcuts are disabled, except
for the Alt + n commands. Your system administrator turns screen-reader mode on and off.
Basic Navigation
Two keyboard shortcuts enable you to navigate among components?for example, from one
menu to the next or from one view of the interaction interface to the next:
Tab?Moves the focus to the next component (menu, field, button, view, and so on)
Shift + Tab?Moves the focus to the previous component (menu, field, button, view,
and so on)
Movement occurs from left to right and from top to bottom, unless the ordering of
components dictates otherwise. Navigation moves from component to component within a
view, and from view to view within the application.
Navigation Shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that enable you to manipulate controls, such
as menus, lists, and buttons, in the Workspace interface.
Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Description
LEFT ARROW
RIGHT ARROW
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
ALT+DOWN
ARROW
ENTER
SPACE
For some controls, select or clear the check box that has the focus.
ESCAPE
Functionality Overview
Functionality Overview
The Workspace interface is composed of views and windows that contain the components,
features, and controls that are required to complete a task such as handling an Inbound
Voice Interaction.
Login?The first view that you see. It enables you to identify yourself and, if required, enter
additional login data based on your role or the technical environment. To open the Login
Window, launch the Workspace application.
Main Window?Enables you to manage your status, contacts, favorites, and settings; view
your KPIs and messages; and launch new interactions.
Statistics Gadget?Enables you to view your KPIs and contact-center statistics in a
permanent view. Statistics can be viewed in a ticker or in a static view.
Interaction Preview?Displays an interactive notification of a new inbound interaction. The
notification is a preview that includes attached data that enables you to decide whether to
accept or reject the interaction.
Voice Tasks
Voice Interaction?Enables you to view all of the information that is necessary to
handle a voice interaction with a contact or an internal agent.
Internal Voice Interaction?Enables you to start a voice interaction with an internal
target.
Voice Consult?Enables you to consult with another agent about the current voice
interaction, before you initiate a conference with the agent or transfer to the agent.
Voice Recording?Enables you to record the current voice interaction with a contact
or an internal target (for VoIP-/SIP-enabled agents only).
Video Interaction?Enables you to add the video channel to your current voice call.
Web Callback Interaction?Enables you to view the information that is necessary to handle a
web callback voice interaction with a contact.
Chat Tasks
Chat Interaction?Enables you to view all of the information that is necessary to
handle a chat interaction with a contact or an internal agent.
Chat Consult?Enables you to consult with another agent about the current chat
interaction, before you initiate a conference with the agent or transfer to the agent.
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Login
E-Mail Interaction?Enables you to view all of the information that is necessary to handle
inbound and outbound e-mail interactions with a contact or internal agent, and how to handle
QA review of outbound e-mail interactions.
SMS Interaction?Enables you to view all of the information that is necessary to handle an
SMS interaction with a contact.
Workitems?Enables you to view non-interactive media types, such as faxes.
Internal IM?Enables you to send an Instant Message (IM) to another agent (internal target)
or receive an IM from an internal target.
Outbound Campaign Tasks
Outbound Preview Calls?Enables you to request an outbound campaign interaction
and view contact-related data before you make the call to the contact.
Outbound Push Preview Calls?Enables you to receive automatically an outbound
campaign interaction and view contact-related data before you make the call to the
contact.
Outbound Progressive and Predictive Calls?Enables you to receive outbound
interactions that are dialed automatically by the system.
Call Actions for Outbound Calls?Enables you to perform common call functions such
as transferring a call or scheduling a callback.
Plug-in Support
Workspace supports Genesys plug-ins for a variety of extended media channels, including
social-media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Refer to the documentation that
comes with your Genesys eServices plug-ins for information about how to install and use
these media channels.
Login
The Login view is the first view that you see. It enables you to identify yourself and, if
required, enter additional login data, based on your role or the technical environment.
Before you start to use Workspace make sure that your phone set is working. (SIP only)
Plug in your USB headset.
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Login
Logging in is a two-step processand the first time that you login you might also be required
to change your password:
[+] 1. Identify yourself to the system
More/Less Options
In the first login view, you might be configured to specify additional options.
To specify additional options, click More.
To hide the additional options, click Less.
Options that you might be configured to specify include the following:
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Login
Contact your system administrator for more information about these options.
[+] 2. Define additional information about yourself, based on your role and the tasks that are
assigned to you
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Login
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Main Window
To manually change your password, from the Main Menu, select Change Password. The
Change Password dialog box is displayed. Perform the following steps:
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If you are required to change your password by your administrator, the Change Password
dialog box is displayed automatically. Perform the following steps:
1. Enter your new password in the New Password field.
2. Enter your new password again in the Confirm Password field.
3. Click OK to change your password or click Exit to close the dialog box and quit
Workspace without changing your password. If you made any errors, after you click
OK you will be asked to re-enter the information. If you entered all of the information
correctly, your password is changed to the new password that you specified.
Main Window
The Main Window enables you to:
[+] 1. Manage your status
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Main Window
Click the Ready Status icon (see figure) on the Main Window title bar to open your Ready
Status menu.
Place the mouse pointer over the Ready Status icon to view your status summary.
The status summary includes your login name, place, channels, and channel status.
If you are logged in to more than one channel, detailed status for each channel is displayed;
otherwise, only your Ready state is displayed.
Your Ready status is also displayed in the My Channels tab of the Main Window. You can
manage your status and forward interactions from the My Channels tab.
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Main Window
Inactivity Timeout
Inactivity Timeout is a security feature that locks the Workspace windows on your
workstation if you do not use your mouse or keyboard for a period of time that is defined by
your administrator. You must authenticate to reactivate Workspace.
[+] 2. Manage your settings and preferences
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Main Window
Important
If the docking feature has not been enabled for you,
then double-clicking the title bar or clicking Maximize
will cause the Main Window to be maximized.
When the Main Window is docked, your effective desktop area is reduced by the width of the
Main Window. Any open windows, including maximized windows, on your desktop are
moved down to accommodate the Workspace Main Window. Pinned or floating mode
interaction views do not affect the size of your desktop area.
When the Main Window is docked, the Minimize and Maximize buttons are disabled.
To undock the Main Window, click and drag it away from the top of your display. Your
desktop area returns to full size and the Workspace Main Window returns to the size it was
before you docked it.
Tip
The Workspace Main Window can be docked if other
toolbars are already docked. The Workspace Main
Window goes under the last docked toolbar.
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Main Window
Important
If another toolbar that is docked at the top of the
screen and is already in auto-hide mode, you cannot
enable the Workspace Main Window auto-hide mode.
If you try to enable the auto-hide mode, the following
message is displayed: "You cannot auto-hide the Main
Window here. Another window is already in auto-hide
mode on this edge of your display."
Team Communicator
The Main Window contains the Team Communicator Quick Search field. The Quick Search
field is a universal lookup tool. It might be configured to provide Universal Contact Server
lookup and Team lookup, or simply Team lookup. Use the Team Communicator to launch a
new interaction.
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Type a name or number in the field to begin your search. When you click in the field, the
Team Communicator toolbar is displayed. The toolbar enables you to search All, Favorites,
and Recent contacts and internal targets; Workspace might be configured to store and
display recent calls, including missed calls. It also enables you to filter by contact or internaltarget type and to group or ungroup your search results.
Tip
You can also use the Contact Directory and the Action
menu that is next to the name of a contact to call or email a contact.)
[+] 4. View your channels, history, statistics (KPIs) and contact-center statistics in My
Workspace
My Workspace
My Workspace is a tabbed view that enables you to view and manage your:
Channel settings
Campaigns
History
Statistics (KPIs)
Contact-center statistics
) to display the
My Channels
My Campaigns
My History
My Statistics
Contact Center Statistics
The My Workspace view is displayed below the Interaction Bar. Click the tabs to view the
different My Workspace views.
[+] 5. Access your workbins
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My Workbins
A workbin is like a personal queue, in which you can store e-mail and other interactions that
are to be handled later.
Click the Access and use Workspace supporting views button ( ) to display the
Supporting Views menu, then select one of the following workbin views:
My Workbins?For all agents, a view of your personal workbins.
My Team Workbins?For Team Leads, a view of all of the workbins that belong to
agents that you supervise.
My Interaction Queues?For Team Leads, a filtered view of your system queues.
To view another workbin, click it in the Workbin explorer on the left-hand side of the view.
The number of unopened e-mail messages in each workbin folder is indicated next to the
name of the workbin folder.
The list of available workbins depends on the configuration of your system. The default
selected workbin is the first workbin in the list that is specified by your system administrator.
Some of the workbins which might be configured for you include:
In-Progress?Contains inbound e-mail messages or other workitems that have not
been processed
Draft?Contains outbound e-mail messages that have been saved as draft
To view details, notes, and case date about an interaction, select it. Information about the
selected interaction is displayed in the tabs at the bottom of the Workbins view. To display
the interaction information tabs, click the Show/Hide Details Panel button.
Reply ( )
Reply All ( )
Open ( )
Mark Done ( )
Delete ( )?if you have the correct permissions
Move to Queue ( )?if you have the correct permissions
Move to Workbin ( )?if you have the correct permissions
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Edit Case Information ( )?(if you have the correct permissions) Opens the Edit
Case Information window to enable you to edit the content of the Case Data tab for
the selected interaction(s).
Click here for information about handling e-mail interactions.
[+] 6. Manage contacts
Quick Search
To search the Contact Directory, type the name, phone number, or e-mail address of a
contact in the Quick Search field. Click the magnifying glass to search for the criteria that
you have entered.
Advanced Search
Click the Show/Hide Advanced Search toggle button to show or hide (
search feature.
) the advanced
The Advanced Search feature enables you to enter multiple criteria to refine your search.
The Advanced Search pane contains drop-down lists of search criteria, such as names, e-
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mail addresses, and phone numbers. It also contains drop-down lists with the following
modifiers that determine how the criteria will affect the search: Contains, Begins With, and
Is. Use the Match Conditions options to specify whether All or Any of the search conditions
that you have specified are applied.
Search results are displayed in a grid or list. Click the Show Contacts in Grid View/Show
Contacts in List View toggle button to toggle back and forth between the two views of the
Contact Directory.
Details Panel
You can view contact information and contact history for the currently selected contact in the
Details Panel by clicking the Show Details Panel on Bottom/Hide Details Panel toggle
button:
Click the down-arrow to change the Details Panel Layout to display either below or to the
right of the Contact Directory:
The Information tab displays basic information about the currently selected contact, including
the following:
General (Title, First Name, and Last Name)
Phone Number(s)
E-Mail Address(es)
The contact History tab enables you to view and, if you are configured to do so, edit current
and archived interactions that are associated with the currently selected contact.
If you have the correct permissions, you can edit the fields of the Contact Information view
and/or the Contact History view.
[+] 7. Manage your active interactions by using the Interaction Bar
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Main Window
Click the control bar for an interaction to give it the focus. All other open interactions are
collapsed to the Interaction Bar.
Click the small colored bar on the left of the interaction control, to toggle between pinned
mode and floating mode. Each interaction can be set to pinned or floating mode
independently.
In pinned mode, the interaction view is displayed in the Main Window below the Interaction
Bar, and all other views, such as My Channels, are hidden. Contact view and Response
view are accessible.
In floating mode, the interaction view is displayed as a small view that is attached to the
bottom of the Interaction Bar. If other interactions are currently open in pinned mode or if
one the Workspace views, such as My Channels is currently displayed, they will appear
dimmed behind the floating interaction view.
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Main Window
When you have more than one active interaction, click the interaction to display it.
If you place your mouse pointer over an interaction in the Interaction Bar, a Tooltip is
displayed that summarizes the content of the interaction. It includes a summary of all the
interactions that are involved in this thread, as well as any consultation interactions that are
related to the interaction.
Entries in the Interaction Bar flash (or blink) when specific events occur that might require
your immediate attention. Chat, SMS Session, and IM Interactions flash when a new
message is received.
To allow for the maximum space in the Interaction Bar, when you are handling an
interaction, the Team Communicator view is reduced to a button:
[+] 8. View your messages
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Statistics Gadget
Interaction Preview
If a new interaction arrives at your workstation, you are notified by the Interaction Preview
interactive notification, unless you are configured for auto-answer. The preview includes
attached data that enables you to decide whether to accept or reject the interaction.
[+] 10. Start an Instant Message session
Instant Message
Start an Instant Message session with an internal target
[+] 11. Participate in an Outbound campaign
Outbound Campaign
Participate in an Outbound campaign
Statistics Gadget
Statistics can be viewed either in the Main Window by selecting the My Statistics tab or the
Contact Center Statistics tab in your Workspace, or by using the Statistics Gadget.
The Statistics Gadget displays statistics in two ways:
A statistics ticker
A tagged statistic view
The advantage of the Statistics Gadget is that you can view your KPIs and contact-center
statistics continuously without opening your Workspace and clicking back and forth between
tabs.
To show or hide the Statistics Gadget, select Show Statistics Gadget from the Main Menu
in the Main Window.
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Statistics Gadget
The Statistics Gadget displays configured statistics in a ticking region. Each statistic is
displayed for a specified period, then the next statistic is displayed.
Statistics
Gadget
Use the Back, Stop/Play, and Forward buttons on the control panel to scroll manually
through the statistics that you are configured to view. The buttons are displayed if you are
configured to view more than one contact-center statistic or KPI.
Alert icons are displayed in the bottom right corner if the statistics are in a warning state or
an error state. The background color of the ticker also changes to indicate warning state.
Click the Alert icon on the control panel to display only the statistics that are in warning state
or error state.
Click the Tag button (
You can view your KPIs either as text or as a graph. Click the Graph View button ( ) to
view the statistic as a graph. Click the Text View button (IW) to view the statistic as a graph.
View
You can tag more than one statistic at a time. The TaggedStatistic
Statistics view expands to
accommodate multiple statistics in a single view.
as
Text
Click the Up and Down buttons to scroll up or down to view
other tagged statistics.
Toggle
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To display the Statistics Gadget Menu, place your mouse pointer over the Statistics
Gadget. Click the Menu button (
) to open the menu.
Hide My Statistics/Show My Statistics?Shows only the contact-center statistics, or
shows both My Statistics and the contact-center statistics
Hide Contact Center Statistics/Show Contact Center Statistics?Shows only My
Statistics or shows both My Statistics and the contact-center statistics
Always on Top?Keeps the Statistics Gadget on top of all other windows
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Interaction Preview
Interaction Preview
Interaction Preview displays an interactive notification that enables you to preview a new
inbound interaction. The preview includes attached data that enables you to decide whether
to accept or reject the interaction. The Case Data that is displayed in your Interaction
Preview depends on the items configured by your system administrator.
When a new inbound interaction is routed to your workstation an interactive Interaction
Preview appears in the bottom right corner of your display. Depending on how your system
is configured, the preview might contain some or all of the following information about the
interaction:
Use Cases
An interaction preview is displayed for each of the following interaction types, unless you are
configured for auto-answer:
Voice/VoIP/Outbound ( )
E-Mail ( )
Chat ( )
SMS ( )
IM ( )
Workitem ( )
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Voice/VoIP/Outbound
For a regular inbound call, if you are not configured for auto-answer, your phone set rings;
you can preview the call, before accepting or rejecting it, by reviewing the information
provided by an Interaction Preview. If you reject the call, it is sent to another agent, routing
point, or queue.
For an inbound call on a VoIP/SIP system, you receive notification of the call. You can
choose to view a call summary before accepting or rejecting the call. If you accept the
interaction, the call arrives on your phone set, with or without preview for ringing. If you
reject the call it is sent to another agent, routing point, or queue.
There are four modes of Outbound campaign calls. Some modes will enable you to preview
a call, while others are auto-dialed and connected. Refer to Outbound Campaigns Overview
for more information about Outbound campaign calls.
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Voice Consult?Enables you to consult with another agent about the current voice
interaction. Voice consultations that are started from an active interaction enable
your internal target to view case data, contact information, and history. The target
agent can choose not to accept your consultation request. You can also transfer or
conference your call to an Active Consultation.
Voice Recording?Enables you to record the current voice interaction with a contact
or an internal target (for VoIP-/SIP-enabled agents only).
Video Interaction?Enables you to send and receive a video stream as part of a voice
call.
Voice Interaction
The Voice Interaction window enables you to view all of the information that is necessary to
handle a voice interaction with a contact or an internal target.
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Blending the interaction with other media (such as e-mail, voice, and SMS) by using
the Party Action menu.
The contents that are displayed to you in this view depend on your role and on the case
information that is available about the contact.
This view is composed of many atomic views that together provide all of the features that
you need to handle a voice interaction. You can use this view to:
View the status of the call.
End the call, hold the call, and send DTMF.
[+] VoIP and SIP
VoIP-/SIP-enabled Agents
For VoIP-/SIP-enabled agents, additional call actions are available.
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Microphone
mute control
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Speaker
mute control
Microphone
volume
control
Speaker
volume
control
Consultation menu
Mark Done?Complete a call and close the Voice Interaction window by clicking Mark
Done (
). You might be configured to specify a disposition code before you can
click Mark Done.
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[+] Contacts
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Voice Consultation
The Voice Consult functionality enables you to consult with an internal target or a contact
about the current voice interaction.
During the consultation, you can transfer to the target or start a conference with the target.
The target can choose not to accept your consultation, transfer, or conference request, and
can choose to end the consultation. Voice consultations that are started from an active
interaction enable the internal target to view case data, contact information, and history.
[+] Consult
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[+] Transfer
).
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For VoIP-/SIP-enabled agents, the following additional call actions are available:
record the call, mute and unmute the call, and adjust the microphone and speaker
volumes. Refer to Voice Interactions for a list of additional actions and limitations.
Once the transfer is completed, close the Voice Interaction window by clicking Mark Done (
). You might be configured to specify a disposition code before you can click Mark Done.
Note: You choose to change the transfer to a conference by clicking the Instant
Conference button (
), selecting the consultation target from the Team Communicator,
and clicking Instant Voice Conference. Refer to Completing the Conference.
[+] Conference
After your target accepts the consultation, to complete the Conference, click the Instant
Conference button (
), select the consultation target from the Team Communicator, and
click Instant Call Conference. The contact or internal target is connected to the transfer
target to conference the call to the target. The contact or internal target is connected to the
conference target.
You can perform any of the following functions by using the Voice Consult toolbar:
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Alternate (toggle) between the contact or internal target and the conference target by
clicking Resume Call (
). The other party is put on hold until you toggle back or
complete the conference.
End the call to the conference target and resume the call with the Contact or internal
target (
).
Send dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) to the conference target by using the DTMF
keypad (
).
For VoIP-/SIP-enabled agents, the following additional call actions are available:
record the call, mute and unmute the call, and adjust the microphone and speaker
volumes. Refer to Voice Interactions for a list of additional actions and limitations.
Note: You can choose to change the conference to a transfer by clicking the Instant
Transfer button (
), selecting the consultation target from the Team Communicator, and
clicking Instant Voice Transfer. See transfer for more information.
After the conference is established, you can perform the following actions:
Disable and enable listening.
Remove a party from the conference.
Use the Notepad to attach a note to the call history.
Complete the call by clicking End Call (
).
You might be configured to disable and enable listening by parties in a conference. Click the
Party Action menu on the Voice Interaction view and select Listen Disconnect to disable
listening for that party. The party can still talk, but the party cannot hear what you and the
other party say. When Listen Disconnect is active for a party, a small red circle with a slash
is displayed next to the party icon.
Click the Party Action menu on the Voice Interaction view and select Listen Reconnect to
enable listening for that party. The party can now hear what the other two parties are saying.
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You might be configured to remove a party from a conference. Click the Party Action menu
on the Voice Interaction view and select Delete From Conference to remove that party from
the conference. You can still talk to the party who was not removed from the conference.
Voice Recording
The Voice Recording functionality (for VoIP/SIP enabled agents only) enables you to record
the current voice interaction with a contact or an internal target. Workspace supports two
different types of voice recording, emergency recording and controlled call recording. Your
system administrator configures the type of voice recording that is supported in your
environment.
If you are configured for emergency recording, you can start and stop recording by using a
single toggle button.
If you are configured for controlled recording, you can start a recording, pause a recording,
resume a recording, and end a recording.
In addition, you might also be configured for automatic or system-guided recording. If this is
the case, you will receive a notification that recording is in progress.
Call recording enables you to perform the following functions from the Voice Interaction
window and the Main Window Interaction Bar:
Record the call?Click Record the Call (
) to record a call.
) to stop recording a
) to pause recording
) to stop
When you are recording a call, the call icon in the connected-parties area changes to red.
SIP call
recording
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When you pause a call recording, the red call icon changes back to blue.
If you place your mouse pointer over the call icon, a Tooltip will be displayed to indicate both
that the call is being recorded and the length of time of the recording.
A call-recording icon (
recording is active.
Video Interaction
The Video Interaction window is a floating view that enables you to view an inbound video
stream from a contact or other target. The video stream might come from a mobile device or
a computer that is equipped with a webcam. If you have a video camera as part of your
system, you can send a video stream to the contact.
The Video Interaction window enables you to view both video streams simultaneously, or
only the inbound video stream.
Click Start Video to connect to the video stream during a voice call that also has a
video component. This button is displayed in the Interaction Bar only if the call has a video
component.
Click Stop Video to close the Video Interaction window. This does not end the call, it
only stops the video stream from being displayed and stops sending your video stream to
the contact.
In the Interaction Bar, use the button Start/Stop Video enable to display or hide the video
window.
The following buttons enable you to control the video stream:
IW
/
Click to start or stop the video stream component of a video-enabled
Stop
voice call. Use this feature to put the video "on hold". This has no effect on the voice
Video
call. The video stream sends a message to your contact that says "On Hold". If you
Camera
put the voice call on hold, the video call is also put on hold.
Button
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Put the call on hold and retrieve the call. The call status changes to On
Hold, and then back to Connected when you retrieve the call. When you put the
call on hold, the video stream is also put on hold. You and the contact can no longer
see each other's video streams. A "Video on Hold" message is displayed to the
contact.
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/IW Click to show or hide in the Video Interaction window the thumbnail view of
yourHide
video stream.
Video
Click to toggle the view of the Video Interaction window between the inbound
Thumbnail
video
stream and the video stream from your web cam.
Button
850.png
You can resize the Video Interaction window by clicking and dragging the edges of the
window. Workspace remembers the size and position of the last Video Interaction window
that you used.
When you end the voice call, the video stream will also end and the Video Interaction
window is closed.
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Done?Click Done (
) to mark the call as Done. You can do this instead of calling
the contact or after you have called the contact.
Schedule a Callback?Click Schedule a Callback (
) to reschedule a callback to
a different time than the time that was requested by the contact (for example, if the
contact does not answer their phone, the contact's line is busy, the contact is not
available to take the call, or you get the contact's answering machine).
[+] Web Callback Interaction View
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Call Status
The call-status area of the Web Callback Interaction window provides the contact's phone
number or name and the status of the call. Possible call statuses might include the following:
Connected?You are actively talking to the contact or internal target.
On Hold?The call is in a state in which the contact is unable to hear you and you are
not able to hear the contact when the contact is on hold.
Ready to Call?Your system is ready to connect the call to the contact. This is the
default status if you or the other party end the call.
Call Actions
Call actions are standard controls for outbound interactions. Workspace enables you to
perform the following call actions:
Party Action Menu?In the call-status area, click the down arrow that is beside the
name of the contact to start a different interaction type with the contact, such as an
e-mail interaction, if the contact has additional channel information available in the
contact database.
End Call?Click End Call (
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Dispositions
Use the Dispositions view to assign a disposition code to an ongoing or terminated
interaction, to qualify the outcome of the interaction.
Note
Use the Notepad to attach a note to the call history.
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Chat Interaction
Chat is real-time two-way communication between you and your contact through your
computer.
[+] Overview
(
)Instant-conference the chat.
Select Mark Done for the current interaction.
Set a disposition code.
Use the Notepad to attach a note to the interaction history.
View Case Data (attached data) for the current interaction.
Start a consultation:
Voice (internal targets and contacts).
IM (an internal target only).
Chat (an internal target only).
Call the sender, if there is a phone number in the contact database. You can also
click a phone number in the Chat transcript to launch a call.
E-mail the sender, if there is an e-mail address in the contact database. You can also
click an e-mail address in the Chat transcript to launch an e-mail message.
Blend the interaction with other media (such as e-mail, voice, and SMS) by using the
Party Action menu.
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Media blending
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Mark Done?Complete a chat session and close the Chat Interaction window by
clicking Mark Done (
) for the current interaction. You might be configured to
specify a disposition code before you can click Mark Done. The Mark Done button is
displayed after the Chat interaction is ended.
Chat Transcript Area
The Chat Transcript area displays the contents of the chat messages that you exchange
with your contact as well as system information, such as the names of participants as they
join and leave the chat session, and the time of each event and message. System and
message content is color-coded by participant, to enable you to distinguish the owner of
each message visually. You can select and copy text from the chat transcript.
You might be configured to have a nickname (pseudonym) displayed as your participant
name instead of your real name or your user name. A nickname might be a generic name for
all agents in your group, or it might be a unique identifier for you. If you are configured to
have a nickname, your nickname is displayed to the contact in the contact's chat transcript
and in your chat transcript.
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The Chat Message entry area enables you to enter, preview, and spell-check your message
before you send it to your contact. The Chat Message entry area enables you to perform the
following actions:
Type text.
Paste, copy, and select text by using the context menu.
Insert and push a URL.
Insert and edit a standard response.
Verify the spelling of the content of your message.
Use this area to enter and test a URL before you push (send) it to your contact.
Type or paste a URL in the Push URL Area text field, or select a previously sent URL by
selecting it from the drop-down list.
Click Check URL (
URL is correct.
) to open the URL in a web browser on your desktop, to verify that the
Warning
Incorrectly typed URLs often point to websites that
contain inappropriate content. If you send a customer to
the wrong website, it might damage the reputation of
your company and/or threaten your position in your
company.
Click Send to push the URL to your contact. The following text and an active URL link are
displayed in the Chat Transcript area of the chat window or browser of your contact:
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) at the top
The color of the pending response indicator begins as green. If you have not responded by a
specific time interval, the indicator changes to yellow. If you still have not responded by a
second time interval, the indicator changes to red and begins to flash.
If you have a pending response, and the Chat Interaction window is not the active window, it
begins to flash in the Windows taskbar, regardless of the condition that is displayed by the
pending-response indicator.
If you place your mouse pointer over any flashing item, a preview of the interaction is
displayed and the flashing stops. The preview displays the latest message from the contact.
[+] Transfer
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Chat Consultation
The chat consultation functionality enables you to consult with an internal target about the
current chat interaction without initiating a conference with the internal target.
[+] Overview
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Note: If you have a pending response, and the Chat Interaction window is not the active
window, it begins to flash in the Windows taskbar, regardless of the condition that is
displayed by the pending-response indicator.
You can also launch an Instant Messaging (IM) session or voice call with another agent to
consult about the chat session.
You can transition your chat, IM, or voice consultation into a transfer to or conference with
your consultation target.
[+] Transfer
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Inbound E-Mail
The Inbound E-mail Interaction window enables you to handle many e-mail?related tasks.
[+] Overview
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Hide or display the controls and information about the current interaction by clicking
the collapse/expand Interaction View button:
Collapse
Expand
View the standard response library, if you decide to call the sender instead of
replying to the e-mail.
Print the current e-mail interaction.
Blend the interaction with other media, such as voice and SMS, by using the Party
Action menu.
Media blending
If there are in progress or recent interactions for the current contact, the number of
interactions is displayed beside the connection status of the interaction.
[+] Transfer
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Outbound E-Mail
Outbound e-mail interactions can be generated in several different ways:
From an Inbound E-mail Interaction window, by clicking:
Reply (
Reply All (
)
By using the Team Communicator to find a contact and selecting New E-Mail.
By selecting Create a New E-Mail from the Contact Directory.
By replying to an inbound e-mail from the Workbins view.
By replying to an inbound e-mail from the Contact History.
During a voice, chat, or workitem interaction, by clicking the Action menu on the lefthand side of the name of a connected party and selecting New E-mail.
Tip
When you reply to an inbound e-mail interaction,
Workspace might be configured to have the contents
of the original e-mail interaction included in the body of
the reply e-mail interaction.
[+] Overview
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Tip
You might be configured to have your e-mail
interactions reviewed before they are sent to your
contacts; or, you might be configured to review the
outbound e-mail interactions of other agents.
Send an interim reply e-mail interaction by clicking the Send button, and select
Interim Send from the drop-down menu.
Tip
You might be configured to have signatures inserted
automatically into new e-mail interactions.
[+] Send
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Format individual paragraphs by selecting them and then using the paragraph format
buttons to specify the Numbered, Bulleted, Indented, Right-aligned, Centered, Left-aligned,
or Block paragraph format.
1. Compose your e-mail interaction by typing in the composition area, or by clicking an
insertion point in the composition area and inserting a response from the Standard
Response Library. Right-click in the composition area to use the Cut, Copy, and
Paste editing tools.
2. A red wavy line appears below each word that is not in the spelling-check dictionary
that you have specified. Right-click the misspelled word to correct it or to add the
word to your personal dictionary. You can also choose to ignore once (Ignore) or
always ignore (Ignore All) the spelling.
3. Specify a disposition code, if required.
4. When your e-mail interaction is complete, you can perform any of the following
actions:
Click Save in Draft Workbin (
review.
Click Send (
) to send your e-mail interaction to the specified recipient(s). The Email Interaction window is closed and the inbound e-mail interaction is marked done.
Click the Send button, and select Interim Send from the drop-down menu, if you
want to send an interim reply e-mail interaction. The E-mail Interaction window
remains open and the inbound e-mail interaction is not marked done.
If you do not want to save or send the e-mail interaction, click Delete (
).
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you directly or stored in a workbin that is specifically for e-mail interactions that are to be
updated or reworked.
If your administrator has configured the status of the review to be displayed, it is displayed in
the Case Information for the interaction, so that you know whether you have to update the email interaction content. If the status is Rejected (or some other disposition that is defined
by your system administrator), the e-mail interaction was not sent to the contact.
The reviewer might update the content of the e-mail interaction, or the reviewer might add
instructions for you in the Notepad view.
After you have completed the updates to the e-mail interaction, click Send to deliver the email interaction back to the reviewer for approval or rejection.
QA Review of E-Mail
Your system administrator defines the review process in your contact center. Agents might
be set up for mandatory review or they might have to request review. There are many ways
that an administrator might define the routing of reviewed e-mail interactions; for example, email interactions for review might be routed directly to a reviewer, team lead, or supervisor,
or they might be routed to a workbin.
You might be configured to review outbound e-mail interactions created by agents that you
supervise, lead, or review, for Quality Assurance (QA) purposes. If you are a reviewer,
outbound e-mails are directed to you prior to being sent to a contact.
As a reviewer, you might receive e-mail interactions for review by an interaction preview or
you might retrieve outbound e-mail interactions from a workbin.
When an e-mail interaction for review is directed to you, an interaction preview is displayed
on your desktop. Click Accept to display the interaction; Click Reject to return the
interaction to the queue.
The Interaction Preview window displays the Case Information view. The Origin field
specifies the sender of the interaction and indicates that it is for review. You might view and
edit the QA Review Status field. It contains attached data that specifies the status of the
review. When you first receive it, the status might be Unknown or For Review, depending
on how your administrator has configured your system. There might be other information
about the priority of the interaction or the business area to which it belongs.
If you accept the e-mail interaction for review, the interaction window is displayed on your
desktop. The Case Information view is displayed in the Interaction window. The Origin field
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specifies the sender of the interaction and indicates that it is for review. The QA Review
Status field is editable. It contains attached data that specifies the status of the review. The
Party Status area displays the e-mail monitoring icon (
) to indicate that the agent is
under review. The Interim Send button is not available for review e-mail interactions.
You can review the interaction and provide feedback to the agent who originated the
outbound e-mail interaction. Depending on the policy at your company, you might provide
feedback by directly editing the content of the e-mail interaction, or you might add notes for
the agent in the Notepad view, or you might discuss the content with the agent verbally. In
the Review E-mail Interaction window, you can do the following:
Update the Review Status in the Case Information view (if you are configured to do
so by your administrator)
Edit the content of the e-mail interaction
Set a Disposition
Add text to the Note tab
Use other standard E-mail Interaction window functions
If you are configured to set the status of the review, your Send button might contain a dropdown menu that enables you to select an action to occur when the interaction is sent. You
can send the message as Approved to the contact, or return it to the agent as Rejected.
Your administrator might have configured different "rejection reasons" from which you can
choose.
Otherwise, when your review is complete, set the status in the Case Information are to one
of the states that are configured by your administrator. For example, the following states
might be available:
Accepted?The e-mail interaction is sent to the contact when you click Send.
Rejected?The e-mail interaction is sent back to the agent or to a workbin that
contains reviewed interactions when you click Send.
Unknown?The e-mail interaction is sent back to the review queue or to a review
workbin when you click Send.
If you specified Rejected, the QA Review Status in the Case Information is updated to
Rejected and the interaction is returned to the originating agent.
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SMS Interaction
SMS Interaction
Short Message Service (SMS) is a text-messaging component of voice and Internet
communication. SMS enables the exchange of text messages between you and a contact
through your computer. Typically, a contact will send you SMS from a mobile device, a web
interface, or an e-mail client.
By definition, SMS are short messages. Workspace supports 160 characters per message. If
you attempt to send a message that is longer than the character limit, additional messages
will be sent to accommodate your entire message.
Workspace supports two modes:
Page?You receive a single inbound SMS to which you can send a response or that
you can handle in other ways.
Session?You receive an inbound SMS that starts a chat session with a contact.
SMS Session is non?real-time two-way communication between you and your
contact through your computer.
If there are in progress or recent interactions for the current contact, the number of
interactions is displayed beside the connection status of the interaction.
[+] Page Mode
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SMS Interaction
Media blending
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SMS Interaction
The SMS toolbar is above the SMS Transcript area. Use the SMS toolbar to do the
following:
Instant SMS Transfer?Click Instant SMS Transfer (
) to redirect (transfer) the
current SMS interaction to an internal target by using the Team Communicator.
Consultation?Click Start Consultation (
) to start an IM or voice consultation
with an internal target or a contact by using the Team Communicator.
SMS Consultation
Menu
Mark Done?Complete the interaction and close the SMS Page Interaction window
by clicking Mark Done (
) for the current interaction. You might be configured to
specify a disposition code before you can click Mark Done. The Mark Done button is
displayed as soon as the SMS Page interaction is displayed.
[+] Session Mode
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SMS Interaction
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SMS Interaction
SMS Consultation
menu
Mark Done?Complete the interaction and close the SMS Session Interaction window
by clicking Mark Done (
) for the current interaction. You might be configured to
specify a disposition code before you can click Mark Done. The Mark Done button is
displayed as soon as the SMS Session interaction is displayed.
[+] Transcript
Type text
Paste, copy, and select text by using the context menu
Insert and edit a standard response
Verify the spelling of the content of your message
[+] Transfer
If the target accepts the interaction, the interaction window on your desktop closes.
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Workitems
If the target rejects the interaction, an error message informs you that the target has rejected
the interaction.
Workitems
Workitems are documents that might be directed to you for handling. They include numerous
non-interactive media types, such as faxes, that you might have to view while you are
handling interactions of another type, such as e-mail.
The Workitem Interaction window enables you to handle tasks that are related to workitems,
including the following:
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Internal IM
Transferring a Workitem
To transfer a workitem that you have accepted, click the Workitem Transfer (
) is
displayed. Choose a transfer target. The target must be configured to receive interactions of
the type of the workitem. Select <workitem type> Transfer.
If the target accepts the interaction, the interaction window on your desktop closes.
If the target rejects the interaction, the interaction window reopens on your desktop and
displays an error that informs you that the target has rejected the interaction.
Internal IM
This feature enables you to send an Instant Message (IM) to another agent (internal target)
or receive an IM from an internal target. If you start the IM from an active Voice Interaction,
you can share contact information with the IM target. You can transition from an IM
consultation session to a voice consultation.
Important
Your account must be configured to use Internal
Instant Messaging.
[+] Sending
Sending an IM
Use the Team Communicator on your Main Window view to find the internal target with
whom you want to start an IM session.
In the Internal Target Action menu, select Send an Instant Message <target name>.
The IM session is started in the Interaction window. The target is presented with an
interactive notification that enables them to accept or reject your invitation to start an Instant
Messaging session. You are notified if the target accepts, rejects, or lets your invitation timeout.
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Internal IM
The tab at the top of the Interaction window indicates the agent logon of the internal target
with whom you are in an IM session.
The Status indicator displays the agent logon of the internal target with whom you are in an
IM session and the status of the session. The status is either Connected or Ended.
The large text field contains a transcript of the IM session. Your logon and the logon of the
Internal target are displayed above the messages in different colors to enable you to
determine who is writing. Each entry is marked with a timestamp. The logons appear above
the text that the participant entered.
Enter your message in the field next to the Send button. Click Send or press the Enter key
on your keyboard to send your message to the internal target.
When your session is complete, click End Session (
Click the Mark Done button (
[+] Receiving
Receiving an IM
If another agent wants to start an Instant Message session with you, the other agent selects
your name from the Team Communicator and then selects Send an Instant Message from
the Action menu.
An interactive notification is displayed above the system tray and the interaction window is
minimized in your task bar.
Click Accept to display the new IM interaction in your Interaction window. Click Reject to
refuse the IM interaction. If you do not click Accept or Reject, the interactive notification is
dismissed, but the pending IM interaction remains in your task bar until you display it.
The tab at the top of the Interaction window indicates the agent logon of the internal caller
with whom you are in an IM session.
The Status indicator displays the agent logon of the internal caller with whom you are in an
IM session and the status of the session. The status is either Connected or Ended.
The large text field contains a transcript of the IM session. Your logon and the logon of the
Internal caller are displayed above the messages in different colors to enable you to
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Internal IM
determine who is writing. Each entry is marked with a timestamp. The logons appear above
the text that the participant entered.
Enter your message in the field next to the Send button. Click Send or press the Enter key
on your keyboard to send your message to the internal target.
When your session is complete, click End Session (
Click the Mark Done button (
[+] Consultation
).
If you sent a message, the internal target receives an interactive notification of your instant
message that includes your initial message.
If the internal target accepts your invitation, you and the target are engaged in an internal IM
session. All of the Case Data about the interaction with the contact is displayed in the IM
interaction window of your internal target. The Contact Information and Contact History tabs
are available to enable your internal target to view information about your contact and to
search the contact history database. The Information tab is read-only.
You can perform the following actions in the Consultation IM interaction window:
Enter messages in the message field.
Click Send to send the message to the internal target.
Review the message transcript in the message transcript area.
Click End Session (
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Predictive. The system estimates the number of free agents on the basis of
current statistics, and may start beforehand, even when no agents are free.
If your supervisor or someone else in your company starts an Outbound campaign to which
you are assigned, you will receive a warning message to inform you that a specific campaign
has begun and that you are assigned to that campaign.
Note: If the campaign began before you logged in, a warning message will be displayed. If
you are working on a campaign, the My Campaigns view displays the list of active and
running campaigns. Active campaigns are indicated by a Started status message in the My
Campaigns view.
After you are connected with your contact, you can perform various tasks, depending on the
nature of the interaction. For example, you can update customer records, schedule a
callback, select a disposition code or do other call actions.
Negotiated Logout
Sometimes, an abrupt agent logout from a campaign will, by its timing, affect the quality of
service of a campaign. For example, you might click Logout at the same moment that a
predictive or progressive campaign selected you for a subsequent call currently being
established with a customer. If Workspace logged you out immediately, this particular call
may take more time to be delivered to an agent. To avoid this, your logout is delayed a few
seconds, if you initiate it by either of the following methods:
Select Logout from the Main Window title bar or the Main Menu.
Select Logout from the Voice channel, from the My Channels view of your
Workspace.
If you select Logout while you are receiving an interaction, a system message will be
displayed on your desktop to inform you that you are awaiting logoff authorization. The
message contains a countdown clock that informs you of how many minutes and/or seconds
remain before you will be authorized to log out.
If you dismiss the message window, you can still monitor the time that remains for logout
authorization by viewing your messages in the Main Window or in the My Messages window.
You can also place your mouse pointer over the Status icon to see a notification of the time
that remains for negotiated logout.
Both the My Messages view and the Status icon ToolTip provide confirmation when your
logoff is authorized.
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Call-preview actions are standard controls for outbound interactions in preview mode.
Workspace enables you to perform the following call-preview actions:
Select or change the phone number?Click in the field that contains the phone
number to edit the number; click the down arrow to open the list of possible numbers
that are stored in the contact database for the contact.
Call this contact?Click Call (
Outbound Interaction view.
Decline?Click Decline (
) to display the Decline menu. Choose Call this contact
later to return the record to the campaign list that is to be called later. Choose Do not
call this contact for this campaign to remove the contact from the campaign list.
[+] Interaction View
The call-status area of the Outbound Interaction view provides the contact's phone number
or name, or the internal target's extension or name, and the status of the call. Possible call
statuses might include the following:
Connected?You are actively talking to the contact or internal target.
Ended?The call has been ended by either you or the contact.
On Hold?The call is in a state in which the contact is unable to hear you and you are
not able to hear the contact when the contact is on hold.
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Call Actions
The Dispositions view enables you to assign a call outcome to the outbound interaction by
using the Call Result drop-down list. Select an outcome, or click the Do Not Call check box.
The content of the Call Result menu is specified by your administrator.
You can also use the Dispositions view to assign a disposition code to an ongoing or
terminated interaction, to qualify the outcome of the interaction.
Note
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Call-preview actions are standard controls for outbound interactions in preview mode.
Workspace enables you to perform the following call-preview actions:
Select or change the phone number?Click in the field that contains the phone
number to edit the number; click the down arrow to open the list of possible numbers
that are stored in the contact database for the contact.
Call the contact?Click Call (
Outbound Interaction view.
Decline?Click Decline (
) to display the Decline menu. Choose Do not take the
record now to return the record to the campaign list that is to be called later. Choose
Do not contact this record to remove the contact from the campaign list.
[+] Interaction View
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The call-status area of the Outbound Interaction view provides the contact's phone number
or name, or the internal target's extension or name, and the status of the call. Possible call
statuses might include the following:
Connected?You are actively talking to the contact or internal target.
Ended?The call has been ended by either you or the contact.
On Hold?The call is in a state in which the contact is unable to hear you and you are
not able to hear the contact when the contact is on hold.
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The Outbound Campaign notification enables you to acknowledge that you are ready to join
the campaign by clicking OK.
If your status is Ready, a new Interaction Preview is displayed. Click Accept to display the
Outbound Interaction view. Your outbound call is connected automatically. Click Reject to
return the record to the top of the calling list. If you do nothing, the interaction will be
returned to the top of the calling list.
Note: Progressive and Predictive calls might behave slightly differently if you are configured
for Active Switching Matrix (ASM). In this scenario, an empty record is delivered to your
desktop, and it is not populated with user information unless a connection is made to the
user. Non-ASM calls are connected after the call record is displayed on your desktop.
The call-status area of the Outbound Interaction view provides the contact's phone number
or name, or the internal target's extension or name, and the status of the call. Possible call
statuses might include the following:
Connected?You are actively talking to the contact or internal target.
Ended?The call has been ended by either you or the contact.
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On Hold?The call is in a state in which the contact is unable to hear you and you are
not able to hear the contact when the contact is on hold.
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Party Action Menu?In the call-status area, click the down-arrow that is beside the
name of the contact to start a different interaction type with the contact, such as an
e-mail interaction, if the contact has additional channel information available in the
contact database.
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My Status?Provides a universal status monitor for all of your media channels.
My Campaigns?A tab that provides a list of the campaigns in which you are currently
involved, including active campaigns that are loaded but not yet started, as well as
running campaigns that are loaded and started.
Team Communicator?Enables you to contact other agents or contact-center targets,
determine the status of other agents or contact-center targets, launch outgoing
interactions, or start the monitoring or coaching of agents.
Team Lead?Enables you to contact other agents or contact-center targets,
determine the status of other agents or contact-center targets, launch outgoing
interactions, or start the monitoring or coaching of agents.
Inactivity Timeout?A security feature that locks the Workspace windows on your
workstation, if you do not use your mouse or keyboard for a period of time that is
defined by your administrator. You must authenticate to reactivate Workspace.
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Interaction History?Provides you with specific information about where the interaction
(voice, e-mail, chat, and workitem) came from, who the contact is, and how long the
interaction has been active. It is part of the specific interaction view.
Case Data?Provides you with critical information about the active interaction in the
Voice Interaction view.
Contact Directory?Enables you to manage contact information and use the Change
Contact view to assign an interaction to a different contact.
Manual Contact Assignment?Enables you to create a new contact or to manually
reassign an interaction that has been incorrectly assigned to the wrong contact. You
can also use the Change Contact view.
My Status
The My Status view provides a universal status monitor in the Main Window for all of your
media channels.
You can view your status universally and by media type. Place the mouse pointer over the
Ready Status icon to view your status summary for each media to which you are logged in.
For the voice channel, you can also forward your calls to a different extension.
Use the toolbar to apply actions to selected media types. You can apply the following
actions:
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The following statuses are available for each of the media types to which you are logged in:
Out of service
Logged Off
DND is on
Not ready (reason)/Ready
[+] Security
Security
The following security features can be configured by your administrator to protect you and
your workstation:
You might be locked out of Workspace and have your status set to Not Ready, if you
do not use your keyboard or mouse for an inactivity period that is defined by your
administrator. If you are locked out of Workspace, you must reauthenticate and reset
your status to Ready to receive new interactions.
In the ToolTip for the Ready Status icon, you can verify the date and time of your last
login. Place your mouse pointer over the Ready Status icon to open its ToolTip.
[+] Capacity Rules
Capacity Rules
The view of your state that other agents see might be configured to be based on a capacity
rule. Your state on any channel might not be Busy until you are at capacity for that channel.
[+] My Channels
My Channels Tab
Use the My Channels tab to view and modify which interaction channels you are using.
Right-click a channel in either the Status column or the Forward column, to open the Action
menu for that channel and column. Use the Action menu to perform the following actions:
Change your Ready status on a channel
Log on to or log off from a channel
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To forward calls to a different extension, on the selected media channel, right-click in the
Forward column and click Forward.
This action opens the Forward dialog box. Enter the extension to which you want to forward
your calls and click Apply. Click Cancel to return to the My Channels tab without forwarding
your calls.
If you have an active forward set and you want to disable it, on the selected media channel,
right-click in the Forward column, and select Cancel Forward.
In the Cancel Forward dialog box, Click Apply to cancel the forward. To keep the forward
active, click Cancel; this removes the active forward and changes the Forward status to No
Active Forward.
[+] Ready Status
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Select your status from the menu. The contents of this menu are defined by your
administrator. Status choices might include Ready, Not Ready, Do Not Disturb, After Call
Work, Not Ready with a reason, and Log On/Log Off.
Selections that you make from this menu are applied to all of the media to which you are
logged in.
My Campaigns
The My Campaigns view is part of the Workspace in the Main Window. It provides a list of
the active (loaded, but not yet started) and running (loaded and started) campaigns in which
you are currently involved.
The My Campaigns view displays the name, delivery mode (automatic or manual), and
description of each campaign.
If you are part of an Outbound Preview campaign, you can use the My Campaign view to
request a new record by selecting the name of the campaign and then clicking Get Record.
Team Communicator
The Team Communicator is a common service that is available in the following views:
Main Window
Interaction windows (for transfer, consultation, or the initiation of a voice interaction
from a non-voice interaction):
Voice
Chat
E-mail
SMS
Internal IM
Workitem
Social Media Channels (through eServices plug-ins)
The Team Communicator is a service that enables you to find an internal target or a contact
and initiate an interaction. Your administrator might configure your system to restrict your
search results.
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The Team Communicator enables you to initiate different types of communication with
internal or external resources to help resolve a particular customer case or for other
purposes, such as a follow-up call or a meeting.
If you are configured as a Supervisor or Team Lead, you can use the Team Communicator
and Call Actions toolbar to manage agent monitoring and coaching, which includes starting
and stopping.
When you click in the field, the Team Communicator toolbar is displayed. Enter a name,
telephone number, or other keyword in the field to begin your search. The toolbar enables
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[+] Entering Information in the universal-lookup field
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As you type, Workspace searches the internal target and contact databases and lists
potential contacts and internal targets. The system opens a view that lists potential contacts
and internal targets. The status of each internal target is displayed.
You can use the pop-up view to do the following:
Filter and sort the list of search results.
Perform actions on a selected contact such as calling, sending an instant message,
creating a new outbound e-mail, or saving as a favorite.
[+] Filtering and Sorting the List of Search Results
Search results are displayed in a list. The search is a keyword search that searches each
field of the contact database for the word or words (name, telephone number, e-mail
address, or other criteria) that you provide in the search field. Each field of the database is
searched by using a starts-with search for the keywords that you provide.
Results are returned in a list that is sorted according to the rules of Lucene scoring. In most
cases, you can refine the search results by using the filtering features of the list view. For
example, you can filter your search results so that only contacts or favorites are displayed.
You can filter search results by result-type by using the result-type drop-down list.
Contacts
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list
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Agent
Agent Group
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To view only contacts, click the Matching Contacts link. The Contact Directory view is
displayed.
Below the Quick Search field are five controls that you can use to list previous contacts
quickly.
Search All?Click to select from all matching internal targets and contacts. Does
not affect the sort order.
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If you hover your mouse pointer over the name or number of the caller, information
about the time of the missed call is displayed as a tool tip.
Filter by Type?Select the type to search, including Agent, Contact, Routing Point,
Skill, Queue, Interaction Queue, and Agent Group.
[+] Actions
Click the Action Menu pop-up list next to the internal target or contact that you want to find.
This example shows the Action Menu for a contact:
Team Communicator
Action menu
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Contact summary
Favorites
A favorite is an internal target or a contact that you call frequently, or who you want to be
able to find quickly. You can designate internal targets and contacts as "favorites" by using
the Action Menu in the Team Communicator. When you designate an internal target or a
contact as a favorite, you might be configured to assign him, her, or it to a favorite category.
Favorite categories might be pre-defined by your administrator, or you might be configured
to create your own categories. Corporate Favorites are read-only.
To designate an internal target or a contact as a favorite, perform the following steps:
1. Find the internal target or contact in the Team Communicator.
2. Click to open the Action Menu that is displayed beside the name of the internal
target or contact that you want to add to your favorites, and select Add to Favorites.
3. The New Favorite dialog box is displayed.
The Category drop-down list enables you to define a new category or select
from a list of existing categories.
Click OK to add the internal target or contact to a category as a favorite. If
you do not choose a category, the favorite will be listed in the Other Favorites
category when the Team Communicator is displayed in the Category view.
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In the Team Communicator, designated favorites are marked by a gold star ( ), and
corporate favorites are marked by a locked gold star (IW ). Your administrator might
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If you filter your Team Communicator search results by favorites and by type (category), the
Team Communicator sorts favorites into the designated categories. In the figure below,
favorite contacts are displayed in two categories, Gold and Silver. The first contact is a
personal favorite and the second is a corporate favorite.
Finding a favorite
You can edit a favorite to add, remove, or change a category. Select Edit Favorite (
the Action Menu to display and use the Edit Favorite dialog box.
) from
You can remove an internal target or a contact from your list of favorites by selecting
Remove from Favorites ( ) from the Action Menu.
Notes:
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You cannot edit or remove Corporate Favorites. These favorites are controlled by
your administrator.
If you added a target as a Personal Favorite and then your administrator adds this
same target as a corporate favorite, that target will be designated as a Corporate
Favorite in the flat view, and as both a Personal Favorite and Corporate Favorite in
the categorized view.
Team Lead
If you are configured as a supervisor (Team Lead or Team Supervisor)) for an agent group,
you can monitor or coach agents. If you accept the interaction, an interaction window is
displayed on your desktop, and you are connected to the call or chat interaction.
If you are monitoring the agent, neither the agent nor the contact can hear you. The agent
might be configured to know when he or she is being monitored (an icon is displayed in the
interaction window), or he or she might be configured to be monitored without his or her
knowledge.
If you are coaching the agent, the agent can hear you, but the contact cannot.
You can choose to join (barge-in to) a call or chat interaction.
Workspace enables you to switch from certain team supervision modes to others.
[+] Monitoring
Monitoring
When you monitor a selected agent who is in your group, you receive an Interaction Preview
that informs you that the selected agent is handling a voice or chat interaction. You can
monitor the current or next interaction of an agent.
You can start monitoring an agent in your group by using the Team Communicator to find
the agent. In the Action Menu, select Monitor Next Interactions (
). If there is a
currently active interaction, it is displayed in the Monitor menu; to monitor the current
interaction, select it from the Monitor menu. To monitor the next interaction, select Next
Interactions.
You can end monitoring an agent by using the Team Communicator and selecting Stop
Monitoring in the Action Menu (
).
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You can stop monitoring the current interaction by clicking End Monitoring (
Actions toolbar in the interaction window.
) in the Call
[+] Coaching
Coaching
When you coach a selected agent who is in your group, you receive an Interaction Preview
that informs you that the selected agent is handling a voice or chat interaction. You can
coach the current or next interaction of an agent.
You can start coaching an agent in your group by using the Team Communicator to find the
agent. In the Action Menu, select Coach Next Interactions (
). If there is a currently
active interaction, it is displayed in the Coach menu; to coach the current interaction, select
it from the Coach menu. To coach the next interaction, select Next Interactions.
In the current monitored interaction, you can also start coaching an agent in your group by
using Action Menu that is associated with the party.
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You can end coaching the current interaction by clicking End Monitoring (
Actions toolbar in the interaction window.
) in the Call
[+] Barge-in
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Barge-in
When you barge in to an active interaction, you must already be either monitoring or
coaching the interaction.
To barge in to (join) an active interaction that you are either monitoring or coaching, click
Barge-in (
) in the Supervision toolbar. Barge-in is a simple button if you are supervising
a single channel interaction (voice or chat), and it is a drop-down menu button if you are
monitoring a multiple channel interaction (both voice and chat interactions at the same time).
[+] Switching Modes
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Inactivity Timeout
Inactivity Timeout
For your security and the security of your company, Workspace might be configured by your
administrator to become locked after a specific period of time during which neither your
mouse nor keyboard is used. This feature protects you from unwanted system access, if you
walk away from your workstation without locking it.
When the specified time period of inactivity is reached, all of the open Workspace windows
on your desktop are minimized, and the Reauthenticate view is displayed.
To unlock Workspace, you must enter in the Reauthenticate view the password that was
used to log in the locked application, then click Authenticate. Click Cancel to log off all
channels and exit the application.
Your status might be set to Not Ready. To change your status, use the My Status view.
All Workspace windows are minimized when the application is locked, except for the
following windows, which are locked but remain visible:
Interaction notifications (with Case Information hidden during lock-out)
System-tray icon
System notices are not locked. When Workspace times out, a system-message notification
is displayed to alert you that Workspace has timed out.
Click Show to view the message. Click Dismiss to dismiss the notification.
If you clicked Show, click OK to dismiss the message.
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My Statistics
The Contact Center Statistics tab displays statistics that summarize the state of various
conditions that are monitored by your call center, such as the percentage of abandoned
calls, the average call-waiting time, and the number of interactions that are in queue.
The following columns of information are available for each monitored object:
Contact Center Resource?The name or location of the object
Description?A description of the call center statistic
Value?The value of the contact-center statistic
Click column heads to change the sort order of the objects.
Right-click in the Contact Center Statistics view to display the Statistics menu.
Use the Statistics menu to do the following:
Show or hide statistics
Show only alerting statistics or show all statistics
Note: Your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are displayed in the My Statistics tab.
My Statistics
The My Statistics tab of the Main Window displays the list of your Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs). You can also view your KPIs in the Statistics Gadget.
The KPIs that are displayed are configured by your system administrator. The statistics
defined as KPIs could also be evaluated for the agent groups of which you are a member.
Your performance is displayed in the Personal column, and the statistic value for each Agent
Group is displayed in a column with the name of the agent group as the column header.
Click column heads to change the sort order of the KPIs.
The My Statistics tab displays your current KPIs and a summary of the KPIs of your work
group(s). The My Statistics tab enables you to compare your performance with the overall
performance of the group(s) to which you belong.
A warning icon is displayed in the left-most column of the row. The warning icon is displayed
if the evaluation of your performance for the KPI goes beyond the expected warning level for
the KPI ( ).
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An error icon might be displayed next to a KPI if the evaluation of the performance is below
the expected error level for the KPI ( ).
Right-click in the My Statistics tab to access the shortcut menu that enables you to show/
hide columns and KPIs, and to turn on or off KPI filtering to show only those that have alerts.
The My Statistics menu enables you to specify which KPIs are displayed. Select a KPI to
show or hide it. KPIs that are displayed have a check mark next to them.
The Agent Groups menu enables you to show or hide the column that contains the KPI
values for the agent group. Select a group to show or hide it. Agent Groups that are
displayed have a check mark next to them.
Select Show All statistics to display all of the KPIs. Select Show Only Alerting Statistics
to display only KPIs that have warnings or errors. This menu does not affect the columns
that are displayed.
Note: Statistics about the Routing Points, Queues, and so on, are displayed in the Contact
Center Statistics tab.
If a statistic has been configured incorrectly, the background of the statistic becomes red
and the error icon is displayed. You should report errors immediately. The reason for the
problem is displayed in a tooltip if you place your mouse pointer over the problematic
statistic row.
My Messages
Your lead or your administrator can send messages directly to you or your group by using
the Workspace Broadcast Message function. You might receive business-type messages or
system-type messages.
Examples of business messages include:
Performance reminders
Instructions for you or your workgroup
Information about upcoming events or requirements
Examples of system messages include:
Switch is out of service
Channel voice is out of/back in service
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Message Preview
If you receive a message, a Message Preview interactive notification is displayed on your
desktop.
Message priority might be indicated by one or more of the following methods:
Audio cue
Color border around the message preview
Message type indicator graphic
Priority text (for example: High)
If a Message Preview interactive notification is displayed on your desktop, you can do one of
the following:
Click Show?Displays the message window. The message is also displayed in the My
Messages area of the Main Window. The message is marked as Read.
Click Dismiss?Closes the Message Preview. The message is displayed in the My
Messages area of the Main Window. The message is marked as Unread.
Do nothing?The Message Preview is dismissed automatically after a time interval
that is defined by your system administrator; the message is displayed in the My
Messages area of the Main Window. The message is marked as Unread.
[+] Message Window
Message Window
You can display the Message Window by clicking Show in the Message Preview or by
double-clicking the message in the Messages area of the Main Window.
The Message Window contains the full content of a message that has been directed to you
or your group. As well as displaying the content of the message, the Message Window also
might contain the following information:
Message Type?This information might be conveyed by text, the title bar, and/or an
icon.
Subject
Sender
Priority?This information might be conveyed by text and/or by the color of the border
that surrounds the information about the message.
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Date
Topic (target audience)
Other data that is defined by your administrator
[+] My Messages
My Messages
The My Messages view of the Main Window provides you with up-to-date information abut
the status of your contact-center, changes related to your activities, and business messages
sent by your leads.
In the Main Window, click the Access and use Workspace supporting views button (
to display the Supporting Views menu, then select My Messages.
In the Messages view, the messages are displayed in a scrolling list with the most recent
message on the top.
Depending on the configuration if your system, you might be able to mark messages as
read/unread or delete messages. To do this, right click on the message in the message view
and select Mark as Read, Mark as Unread, or Delete from the context menu.
Dynamic
contact history
If there are recent interactions for the current contact; the number of interactions is displayed
beside the connection status of the interaction. Place your mouse pointer over the icon to
display the number and type of recent interaction(s) for the current contact. If you click the
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icon, the Contact view is opened and the History tab is displayed. Your system administrator
defines the contents as interactions in the last-specified number of days.
Display of recent
interactions
Workbins
A workbin is like a personal queue, in which you can store e-mails and other interactions
(workitems) to be handled later; however, unlike with a queue, interactions that are stored in
a workbin can be accessed in any order; interactions can be assigned to agents, places,
agent groups, or place groups. Items that are stored in a workbin are owned by the owner of
the workbin.
Interactions are placed in workbins in different ways: by routing strategies, by saving inprogress interactions (interactions that are not marked as done), or by a Team Lead who
manually moves interactions.
To open the Workbin view from the Main Window, click the Access and use Workspace
supporting views button ( ) to display the Supporting Views menu, then select one of
the following Workbin views:
My Workbins
My Team Workbins
My Interaction Queues
The list of available workbins depends on the configuration of your system.
The Workbins view comprises three areas:
Workbins Explorer?Enables you to select workbin folders from your personal
workbins and your shared workbins. For agents who are configured as Team Leads,
you can change the explorer view to the following views:
My Workbins?For all agents, a view of your personal workbins.
My Team Workbins?For Team Leads, a view of all of the workbins that
belong to agents that you supervise.
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Workbin Explorer
The Workbin Explorer enables you to view a list of your personal and shared workbins, and
to navigate to a specific workbin to view its contents in the Workbin view.
Choose a workbin view by clicking the one of the Workbin Explorer view buttons at the
bottom of the Workbin Explorer view:
My Workbins?For all agents, a view of your personal workbins.
My Team Workbins?For Team Leads, a view of all of the workbins that belong to
agents that you supervise.
My Interaction Queues?For Team Leads, a filtered view of your queues and
workbins.
To view a workbin, click it in the Workbin Explorer.
Selecting a workbin
The number of stored e-mail messages and/or workitems in each workbin is indicated in
parentheses next to the name of the workbin folder.
To navigate directly to a specific workbin from the Main Window, click the Access and use
Workspace supporting views button ( ) to display the Supporting Views menu, then
select one of the following Workbin views:
My Workbins
My Team Workbins
My Interaction Queues
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My Team Workbins
For Team Leads, this view in the Workbins Explorer contains a list of all the agents that you
are configured to supervise. To view the workbins for the agents that you supervise, click the
name of the agent in the list, then click the workbin to open it.
My Interaction Queues
For Team Leads, this view in the Workbins Explorer contains a list of filters that are defined
by your system administrator. Click a filter or a queue to view its contents in the Workbin
view.
Interaction filters search the interaction database for interactions that meet certain criteria,
such as time in queue, date received, interactions state, and so on. Filter results are
"snapshots" of the state of the interactions in the database at the time that the query was
executed. Snapshot views are not updated automatically. You must click Refresh ( ) to see
the latest changes to the database.
[+] Workbin View
Workbin View
The Workbin view enables you to view, sort, and perform actions on selected interactions.
Information about the selected interaction is displayed in the tabs that appear at the bottom
of the Workbins view.
To open an interaction, double-click it.
You can perform the following functions on selected interactions in workbins by using the
Workbin Actions toolbar:
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To show or hide columns, right-click in the list area to open the column context menu and
select the column to show or hide.
Other media that can be stored in a workbin, such as workitems, might have different
columns configured for them. The columns that are displayed for interaction queues are
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configured by your administrator. Ask your administrator for information about other
columns.
[+] Interaction Information
Details
The Details tab contains a preview of the selected interaction, links to attachments, and the
following information about the e-mail interaction:
Subject
Date and time at which the interaction was sent
To (recipient) e-mail address
From (sender) e-mail address
Custom fields that are configured by your administrator
For workitem interactions, such as faxes, the Details tab contains the following information:
Media Type
Interaction Type
Interaction Sub-Type
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Contact History
The Contact History view enables you to view and manage previous interactions with a
contact that you have selected from the Contact Directory or from the Information view of the
current voice, chat, e-mail, or workitem interaction.
Use the Contact History view to do the following:
Find interactions for the current contact or the currently selected contact.
Perform the following actions on selected interactions:
Mark Done past voice and chat interactions that are still open.
Change Contact for the selected interaction if the status is In-Progress (not
supported for all media types).
Reply or Reply All to e-mail interactions.
Resend a previously sent e-mail.
Open in-progress inbound and outbound e-mail interactions (that are in the
process of being routed out of and into workbins and queues).
View information about the selected interaction.
[+] Find
Finding Interactions
Interactions are stored with various attributes. You can use these attributes to find specific
interactions. Search results are shown in the interactions table. You can view, filter, and
perform actions on the interactions that you select. Your administrator might configure your
system to restrict your search results.
Quick Search
The Quick Search enables you to search for any attribute that begins with the criteria you
enter. For example, you could search for a disposition code of "Transferred" or find all
interactions that are related to the subject of "billing".
To search the contact history, enter into the Quick Search field the attribute value for which
you are searching. Quick Search is a contains keyword search. You can use the standard
Windows wildcard characters to expand your search.
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Click the magnifying glass to search for the value that you have entered. Click the X to clear
the Quick Search field.
Advanced Search
Click the Show/Hide Advanced Search (
search feature.
The Advanced Search feature enables you to use multiple criteria to refine your search. The
Advanced Search pane contains drop-down lists of search criteria, such as Status, Subject,
Start Date, and End Date.
From the column of search modifiers to the right of the attribute column, choose how the
search string should be considered.
Menus for pre-defined fields, such as Status, contain the pre-defined field names from the
database?for example, All, Done, and In-Progress.
Menus for date fields contain the following choices:
On?The exact date.
On or after?The specified date or any date after.
Before?Before the specified date.
Menus for text fields contain the following choices:
Contains?The specified text string occurs anywhere in the selected criterion.
Begins With?The specified text string occurs at the beginning of the selected
criterion.
Is?The specified text string exactly matches the criterion.
Enter the search value in the text field on the right side. If your criterion is a start date or end
date, use the calendar pop-up window to specify the date.
Tip
You can use standard Windows wildcard characters in
your specified search strings.
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Use the Match Conditions options to specify whether All or Any of the search conditions
that you have specified are applied.
To search based on the Start Date, use the calendar icon ( ) to select a date, or enter the
date in the format that conforms to your local day and time display preferences.
Filtering
The Contact History view filtering controls enable you to refine your search. The chronology
slider enables you to search the contact history by time interval.
History
tab Time
Filter
The slider has five positions that represent different time intervals:
Arch.?Search the database for messages that have been archived
All?Search the entire database from the most recent interaction back to the earliest
interaction
1M?Search the database from the most recent interaction back to one month ago
1W?Search the database from the most recent interaction back to one week ago
1D?Search the database from the most recent interaction back to one day ago
The Interaction Type filters enable you to select and deselect the types of interactions that
are to be searched. The items that are displayed depend on the interaction types that you
are configured to handle. Click the Filter menu to select the interaction types that you want
to search. You can select multiple items in the Filter menu. The following types are
available, by default:
Show all Interactions
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When a filter is on, a check mark appears next to it in the Filter menu.
Your administrator might have configured additional customized options for the Filter menu,
such as business area/department (for example: accounts, sales, and service) or customer
level (for example: Silver, Gold, and Platinum). Custom filters enable you to refine your
search. For example, if you are looking for e-mail interactions about a service request, you
can make two selections in the Filter menu to refine your search: Show e-mail Interactions
and Show Interactions with Service Department.
Grid View and Tree View
Done
In-progress
Assigned to <agent> in <name> workbin
Assigned to <name> Place in <name> workbin
In shared workbin <name>
Assigned to <agent> Actively Handling
Delivery in-progress
In a queue
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Page Controls
Page through the list of search results by doing any of the following:
Click the Go to the Next Page button ( ) to view the next page.
Click the Go to the Previous Page button ( to return to the previous page.
Click the Go to the First Page button ( ) to return to the start of the list of search
results.
Specify the number of items that are displayed on each page by using the per page
drop-down list.
Actions
Workspace enables you to perform actions on interactions that you have selected in the
interactions table. You must be configured to perform contact management by your system
administrator.
Actions that you might be configured for include the following:
Completing Interactions
To complete a voice interaction, select it in the Interactions table, open the More Actions
menu, and click Mark Done. The status of the interaction changes to Done.
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Changing Contact
To assign a voice interaction with the status of In Progress to a different contact, select it in
the Interactions table, and click Change Contact. In the Change Contact window, select a
new contact and click Merge.
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Details
The Details tab might display information such as the following:
Phone number
To and from e-mail addresses
Origin of the call?for example, the name of the agent who transferred the call (this
information is stored in the Note tab)
Time?Elapsed time between the interaction connected event and the markdone
event by the agent or the system
Timestamp
Chat transcript
Name of the contact
Note
The Note is a feature that enables you to enter comments about the current interaction or
read comments that have been entered in the past. The comments are stored as a part of
the history for the contact. The contents of the Note are available to any agent who views
the contact's history.
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Case Data
Case Data (attached data) provides information?such as an account number, type of
service, and disposition?about an interaction. Your system administrator configures which
attached data is displayed.
Interaction History
The Interaction History view provides you with specific information about where the
interaction (voice, e-mail, chat, and workitem) came from, who the contact is, and how long
the interaction has been active.
Contact?If the contact is in the contact database, the name of the contact is
displayed. The display might also show the contact's number or e-mail address, or
"Unknown".
Duration?The time in hours, minutes, and seconds that you have been handling the
interaction.
The Interaction History view is part of the Interaction window and the History tab of the
Contact Directory view.
Case Data
The Case Data (attached data) view provides information about an interaction?for example,
an account number or type of service. Your system administrator configures which attached
data is displayed.
The following are examples of the type of critical information that the Case Data view
provides about the active interaction:
Contact name
Contact type
Call type
Account information
Subject
The Case Data view is part of the Interaction view and the History tab of the Contact
Directory view.
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Hyperlinks
Some Case Data might be a URL (website address). If you are configured to preview the
URL target, you can place your mouse pointer over the URL to display a preview of the
target. You might also be configured to click active URLs in the Case Data to open the target
in the interaction window. A URL might be displayed as the title of the web page, as an
anchor, or as a URL. If the URL is active, it is displayed as blue text.
Contact Directory
The Contact Directory enables you to do the following:
The following are examples of the type of the fields that are available in the Contact
Directory view:
Title
First name
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Last name
Address
E-mail address
Phone number
Other criteria
To view the contact directory, in the Main Window click the Access and use Workspace
supporting views button ( ) to display the Supporting Views menu, then select Contact
Directory. The Contact Directory view is contained in a tab that opens below the Main
Window.
Contact Actions
Select a contact from the search results, list view, or grid view to perform any of the following
actions:
You can double-click a contact in the search results, list view, or grid view to open the
Contact information and history views.
[+] Find
Finding Contacts
You can search the contact database in one of two ways:
Quick Search
Advanced Search
Your administrator might configure your system to enable you to search only the contacts
that are related to your work.
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Quick Search
To search the contact directory, type the name, phone number, or e-mail address of a
contact in the Quick Search field. Quick Search is a begins with search. You can use the
standard Windows wildcard characters to expand your search.
Click the magnifying glass to search for the value that you have entered.
The contact database is search based on your criteria and the search results are displayed
in the Contact Directory.
Click the X to clear the Quick Search field.
Advanced Search
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Click the Add Condition link to add more search criteria. Remove criteria from
consideration by clicking the X next to the option.
Click the magnifying glass to search for the value(s) that you have entered.
The contact database is search based on your criteria and the search results are displayed
in the Contact Directory.
Click the X to clear all search field.
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Search Results
Search results are displayed in a list or in a tabular grid.
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Page Controls
Page through the list of search results by doing any of the following:
Click the Go to the Next Page button ( ) to view the next page.
Click the Go to the Previous Page button ( ) to view the previous page.
Click the Go to First Page button ( ) to return to the start of the list of search
results.
Specify the number of items that are displayed on each page by using the per page
drop-down list.
List View
Click the Show Contacts in List View button ( ) to display the Contact Directory List view.
The List view displays an unsorted list of all of the contacts in the contact database that
match the search criteria.
The search is a keyword search that searches each field of the contact database for the
word or words (name, phone number, e-mail address, or other criteria) that you provide in
the search field. Each field of the database is searched by using a starts-with search for
the keyword(s) that you provide.
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Results are returned in a list that is sorted according to the rules of Lucene scoring. In most
cases, you can refine the search results by using the filtering features of the list view. For
example, you can filter your search results so that only contacts or favorites are displayed.
Use the page controls to navigate the list. Click a contact to select it for an action. Use the
Grid view to sort the search results based on contact attributes.
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Grid View
Click the Show Contacts in Grid View button ( ) to display the Contact Directory Grid
view.
Grid mode performs a begins-with search that searches each field of the contact database
for the phrase (name, phone number, e-mail address, or other criteria) that you provide in
the search field.
Results are returned in tabular form and sorted according to the default search field, such as
Last Name.
The Grid view can be used to help to refine your search by sorting the results.
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Click a column head in the Grid view to sort the list based on that criterion. Click a column
head a second time to switch between ascending and descending sort order. Use the page
controls to navigate the list. Click a contact to select it for an action.
[+] Contacting
Contact icon
Click the Phone icon ( ) to call the contact using the primary phone number
associated with that contact. Click the Phone icon drop-down list to select the
number that you will use to call the contact. If you are sending an e-mail, click the EMail icon.
In the More Actions drop-down menu, select the number or e-mail address that you
will use to call or send an e-mail message to the contact.
Any of these actions launches the outgoing Voice Interaction view. Use this view to handle
the voice interaction.
[+] Add
Add Contacts
If you are configured to do so, you can add new contacts to the contact database by clicking
the Add Contact icon ( ) to launch the Add Contact view in the Contact Information tab.
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Enter the contact information in the fields. A small red triangle appears in the top left hand
corner of the text field to indicate that the information is not saved. Do one of the following:
Click the Save icon ( ) to save the information in the contact database.
Click the Reset icon ( ) to clear any unsaved changes from the Add Contact view.
If you want to add additional phone numbers and e-mail addresses for the new contact, click
the Add Phone Number or Add E-mail Address button. A new set of fields is added into
which you can enter this information.
To specify a phone number or e-mail address as the primary contact number or address,
click the Primary radio button next to the phone number or e-mail address that you want to
specify as the primary for the contact.
[+] Delete
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Delete Contacts
To delete a contact, you must first find the contact in the contact database and then select it
in the Contact Directory.
Select one or more contacts that you want to delete, then click the Delete icon (
).
A confirmation dialog box is displayed. Click OK to remove the contact from the contact
database permanently. Click Cancel to cancel the delete contact function; this leaves the
contact in the contact database.
[+] Merge
Merge Contacts
To Merge a contact, you must first find the contact in the contact database and select it in
the Contact Directory.
If there are two contact entries in the contact database for the same contact, you can merge
the two entries into a single entry.
First, find the contact in the contact database, then select it in the Contact Directory.
Click the More Actions menu and select Merge.
The Merge Contact dialog box is displayed. Use the search tools to find the duplicate
contact, and then do one of the following:
Click Merge to complete the merge of the two contact entries.
Click Cancel to cancel the merge and return to the Main Window.
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You might be required to enter a Description and/or Reasons for the merge. Use the fields
after selecting the duplicate contact.
[+] Unmerge
Unmerge Contacts
To Unmerge a contact, you must first find the contact in the contact database and select it in
the Contact Directory.
If there are two contact entries in the contact database that have previously been merged,
you can unmerge them into their original contact entries.
First, find the contact in the contact database, then select it in the Contact Directory.
Click Undo Merge. A confirmation dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to unmerge and No to
keep the contact merged.
[+] Information and History
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The Contact Information view enables you to view and, if you are configured to do so, edit
information for the currently selected contact. You might also be configured to assign an
unknown interaction to a contact in the contact database by using the Manual Contact
Assignment feature.
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[+] Change
Change Contact
The Change Contact view enables you to assign a different contact for the selected
interaction.
If an interaction has been incorrectly assigned to a specific contact, or if a new contact was
created for an interaction when the contact already existed in the contact database, you can
assign an open interaction to a specific Contact by using the Change this interaction to
contact view.
In the Information tab of the Contact view of the interaction, select Change Contact (
The Change this interaction to contact view is displayed.
).
Use the Quick Search or the Advanced Search to find the Contact to whom you want to
assign the interaction that you selected in the My History view or the Contact History view.
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Select the contact from the result list and then click Assign to assign the interaction to the
Contact History for the selected contact. Click Cancel to return to the My History view or the
Contact History view without assigning the interaction to a contact.
You can verify that the update to the interaction record was completed correctly by selecting
the interaction in the My History view or the Contact History view and checking the Details
tab. You can also search for the interaction in the contact database.
You can also use the Assign Another Contact to This Interaction button to manually
reassign an interaction that has been incorrectly assigned to the wrong contact.
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Spelling Check
Spelling Check
The spelling-check feature enables you to verify the spelling of the content of your message
before you send it by using an interactive Spelling Checker. You have access to three
dictionaries: a corporate dictionary that is defined by your administrator, a language-specific
dictionary that you can choose from a drop-down menu, and a personal dictionary that is
called My Dictionary.
Workspace creates a single dictionary for each agent. Any additions or changes that you
make affect only your personal dictionary. If you are working at a different workstation, you
can still access your personal dictionary, provided that you are logged in under your unique
user name and password.
As you type your message, a red wavy line appears below each word that is not in the
spelling-check dictionary that you have specified. Right-click the misspelled word to correct it
or to add the word to your personal dictionary. You can also choose to ignore once (Ignore)
or always ignore (Ignore All) the spelling.
The spelling-check context menu contains the following options:
Suggestions?A list of words from the currently selected dictionary that might be the
correct spelling of the underlined word.
Ignore?Do not mark this instance of this spelling as incorrect.
Ignore All?Do not mark any instance of this spelling as incorrect.
Add to Dictionary?Add this spelling to the currently selected dictionary.
Spell Checking?Turn spelling check on and off.
Languages?Select the language that you want to use for spelling check.
Disposition Code
The Disposition Code view enables you to assign one or more codes to an ongoing or
terminated interaction to qualify the outcome of the interaction.
The Disposition Code view is a tab in the Interaction window. It contains a checklist of
options that you can click to specify the outcome of the interaction.
Click a disposition radio button to select a disposition code for the interaction.
Depending on your system configuration:
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You might have to set a disposition code before you click Mark Done.
You might be able to click Mark Done without a disposition code.
The Disposition Code view might not be displayed.
My History
The My History view enables you to view and manage your previous interactions with a
contact.
To display the My History view, in the Main Window, click the Access and use Workspace
supporting views button ( ) to display the Supporting Views menu, then select My
History.
Use the My History view to do the following:
Find interactions. The Quick Search and Advanced search return only your
interactions.
Searching on a phone number, status, start date, or end date returns a list of
your interactions that match the criterion or criteria.
The search and filter tools work the same in this view as they do in the
Contact History view, except that they return only your interactions, not all
interactions that match the criteria.
Perform the following actions on selected interactions:
Mark done voice interactions.
Reply/Reply All to e-mail interaction.
Resend a previously sent e-mail.
Open in-progress inbound and outbound e-mail interactions (that are in the
process of being routed out of and into workbins and queues).
Assign contact for the selected voice interaction assigns the interaction to an
existing contact.
View information about the selected interaction.
Workspace enables you to view information details about interactions that you have selected
in the My History view. The Show Details Panel on Bottom/Hide Details Panel button (
) enables you to specify how the Details panel is displayed. Click the Show Details
Panel on Bottom/Hide Details Panel button to choose one of the following views:
Details Panel Right
Details Panel Bottom
Hide Details Panel
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Notepad
Notepad
The Notepad is a feature that enables you to enter comments about the current interaction
or about a selected interaction in the History database. The comments are stored as a part
of the history for the contact. The contents of the Notepad can be viewed by any agent who
views the contact's history.
The Notepad is available as a tab in the following views:
Voice Interaction
E-Mail Interaction
Chat Interaction
Workitem Interaction
History
Type notes in the Notepad text field. Click Save to save the notes as part of the interaction.
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Responses
The Responses view enables you to access a database of prewritten standard responses for
your interactions. You can insert these responses as replies into any outbound interaction,
such as an e-mail or a chat message, or you can read them to the contact during a phone
interaction.
After inserting a response into an outbound interaction, such as an e-mail or a chat
message, you can modify the contents of the text.
[+] Responses
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Tip
The search is applied to the selected view; to clear the
search criteria and display all contents, click the X in
the search field.
Responses Explorer
The Responses Explorer contains a tree view of folders (standard-response categories) and
pages (standard-response documents). You can change the view to a sortable table view of
response documents and Parent Category folders.
The Responses Explorer enables you to:
View the responses that meet the criteria that you have specified in the Search and
Filter area.
Navigate the responses folders and documents by clicking folders to open or close
them and clicking documents to select them.
Insert standard-response text into the current interaction at the insertion point by
selecting a response document and then clicking Insert Standard Response Text (
).
Add the currently selected response document to your list of favorites by clicking
Add Standard Response into Favorites Responses ( ).
Remove the currently selected response document from your list of favorites by
clicking Remove Standard Response from Favorites Responses ( ).
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Show results in List view or in Tree view by clicking the View Mode button ( ).
Show and hide the responses details area by clicking the Show Detail/Hide Detail (
) button.
View the contents of the selected response document in the responses details area.
Copy content from the responses details area and paste it into the message area of
your e-mail or chat interaction.
Schedule a Callback
There are two types of callbacks that you can reschedule:
Outbound campaign interaction callback
Web Callback interaction callback
[+] Rescheduling a Callback
Click the Schedule Callback check box to reschedule the call. After you have specified a
new date and/or time and, if necessary, a new number, click End Call (
]) to disconnect
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the call. Click Mark Done (
) to schedule the callback. The Schedule a Callback button
Mark
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Done has been scheduled.
changes to Outbound
after the callback
Button
Rescheduled
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To set a new date, either enter
a new date in the date field or use the calendar view to click
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a new day. Use the left and right arrow buttons to change the month and year.
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To set a new time, either enter a new time in the time field or use the up and down arrow
buttons to change the hours, minutes, and seconds.
Click Personal Callback to schedule the callback from you personally. Leave the Personal
Callback check box clear to send the interaction back to the calling queue.
To select a new number for the contact, click the Phone drop-down list, and choose a
different number.
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To add a new number that is to be used for the callback, click New Phone Number. The
Add New Number view is displayed. The following options are available for you to use:
Phone?Enter a new phone number that is to be used for the scheduled callback.
Type?Select a voice or other media type, such as a mobile phone.
From?Select a start time for which the device can be contacted.
Until?Select an end time for which the device can be contacted.
Printing
The Print Preview window enables you to specify the format of e-mail interactions before you
print them.
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To display the Print Preview window, open an e-mail interaction then click Print (
).
Zoom in/out
View at 100%
Fit the page into the view by page width
Fit the whole page into the view
View pages as front and back pairs side-by-side
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