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Chapter 5: Reporting on Agents (page 77)
Planning for Call Types
A Call Type is a category of incoming call. Based on the Call Type, the Router selects the
routing script that ultimately sends the call to an appropriate agent. Each Call Type has a schedule
that determines which routing script or scripts are active for that Call Type at any time.
There are two classes of Call Types: voice (phone calls) and non-voice (for example, e-mail
and text chat). Voice Call Types are categorized initially by the dialed number (DN) and,
optionally, by the caller-entered digits (CED) and the calling line ID (CLID). Non-voice Call
Types are categorized initially by the Script Type Selector and, optionally, Application String
1 and Application String 2.
Call Types are also the highest level reporting entity. Conguring a separate Call Type for each
type of call treatment that you offer can eliminate the need for most custom reporting.
Creating Call Types that correlate to the type of service the caller wants and changing Call
Types during the script result in reporting statistics that reect the customer's experience.
See also
Conguring Call Types (page 193)
Call Type Reports (page 101)
What Call Types Might You Need?
Based on the deployment model, scripting, queuing, and on whether or not calls are
translation-routed, you can dene Call Types to:
Provide enterprise-wide routing statistics for the call center, such as the number of calls to
be routed to different peripherals or the number of calls that encounter routing errors.
Group calls to report on certain types of activity that occur within the contact center. For
example, you might create separate Call Types for calls that redirect on no answer (RONA)
or calls that are transferred to another agent.
Report on statistics for a self-service VRU application.
Consider the Call Types you need to create to meet your reporting needs.
Do you want to congure a separate Call Type associated with call transfers and
conferences? Doing so enables you to direct the transfer to a different routing script.
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Chapter 4: Planning for Reporting
Planning for Call Types