Customize Proactive Voice Dialing

Complete these configuration tasks as needed for your environment.

Enable Preview Dialing

Required permissions: External Business Unit Edit, Skills Edit

Preview dialing requires agents to accept a contact before Personal Connection (PC) dials the call. You can enable preview dialing for any agent-handled proactive voice ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge.

If you haven't already done so, configure your business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment preview dialing settings.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to ACD Configuration > Business Units.
Click the business unit you want to modify to open it.
In the Details tab, click Edit.
Scroll down to the Outbound Strategy section.

Scroll down to the Enabled Preview Modes section and select all dialing modes you want to be allowed for preview dialing calls. Each type you enable becomes available in the ACD skill settings so you can specify the preview dialing mode for an ACD skill.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
1 - Click-to-Call	The agent receives a pop-up before CXone places the call. The agent must accept or reject the call. This option places an outbound call to the contact.
2 - Manual Dial with Keypad	The agent must dial the call manually using the keypad.
3 - Manual Dial with Keypad Auto Correct	The agent must dial the call manually using the keypad, but CXone fixes the number before dialing if the agent enters it incorrectly.
4 - Dial Outside NICE inContact Network	The agent must dial the call manually using a hard phone outside of the NICE CXone network.
5 - Progressive - No Preview	The call is dialed for the agent without confirmation if the dialing ratio is 1:1.

If you have more than one preview dialing mode enabled for your business unit, select the Default Confirmation Required Delivery Mode that you want an ACD skill to use for preview dialing calls when it doesn't have another dialing mode specified.
If you want to set the ACD skill Preview Required Default Action field to Requeue for all ACD skills, select Show Preview Timeout. This setting causes all compliance-required calls to requeue automatically when the agent doesn't accept or dial the call within the specified timeout window. When this setting is enabled, you cannot change the setting at the ACD skill level.
Click Done.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the ACD skill you want to modify.
If you haven't already enabled screen pops for the ACD skill, click Edit in the Details tab. Select Use Screen Pops. Click Done.
Click the Parameters tab.
Locate the Delivery Preferences section and click Configure or Edit.
Under Preview Settings, select the Process Contacts as Preview Required checkbox.

Configure any optional settings you want for your preview dialing ACD skill.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Do Not Deliver Preview Required	Don't select for preview dialing. It blocks PC from dialing any calls for this ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge that are marked as preview required.
Preview Required Delivery Mode	The way PC calls preview contacts. Only the delivery modes you have enabled in your business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment settings appear in the drop-down. The possible options are: None — This is the default if you disable the previously-selected option in the business unit settings. 1 - Click-to-Call — The agent must click the Accept button before PC dials the preview contact. 2 - Manual Dial with Keypad — The agent must manually dial preview contacts. 3 - Manual Dial with Keypad Auto Correct — The agent must manually dial preview contacts, but PC corrects the number if the agent enters it incorrectly. 4 - Dial Outside NICE inContact Network — The agent must call preview contacts outside of CXone. 5 - Progressive - No Preview — PC dials preview contacts at a 1:1 dialing ratio and doesn't require agent confirmation. Don't use this option for preview dialing.
Preview Required Timeout	The number of seconds the agent has to accept or reject the preview contact before the configured Preview Required Default Action occurs. Define the value for: Initial — If you didn't enable serial dialing for the ACD skill, this field sets the timeout for all interactions with a record. If you enabled serial dialing for the ACD skill, it sets the Preview Required Timeout for the first attempt on a record. Subsequent — Only available if you enabled serial dialing for the ACD skill. It sets the Preview Required Timeout for the subsequent attempts on a record.
Preview Required Default Action	The action that occurs when an agent doesn't accept or reject a preview contact before the configured Preview Required Timeout expires. You can specify that PC should Accept the call on behalf of the agent or Requeue the call, routing it to another agent. Depending on your business unit configuration, you might have Requeue selected and be unable to change it.
Options to Display to Agents	The actions you want available for the agent to select when PC delivers a preview contact. They include: Requeue — The agent can send the call back to the queue for another agent to handle. Reschedule — The agent can schedule the call to occur at a future date and time. Snooze — The agent can delay the call by a few minutes. The default snooze time is 15 minutes. Disposition — The agent can disposition Result assigned by the agent or system at the end of a voice (disposition) or digital (status) interaction. the call without dialing.

Click Done.
If you selected Snooze as an Options to Display to Agents and want to change the default snooze setting of 15 minutes, do the following:

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1. In the ACD skill settings, click Parameters. Click Configure or Edit for Retry Settings.
2. Click Retry - Snooze in the Retry Management section.
3. In the Edit Retry Settings window, set the Time Delay Before Retry boxes to the period of time you want to pass before PC redelivers a snoozed call. You can use any of the three boxes or a combination of them to configure the rest period. Click OK.
4. Click Done.

If you selected Disposition as an Options to Display to Agents, create the preview dispositions and assign them to the ACD skill. To do so:

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > Dispositions.
Click Create New.
Give the disposition a descriptive Disposition Name and select the Preview Disposition checkbox.

Select a Classification for the disposition.

Learn more about the field values in this step

Value	Details
Preview Reject - Positive	The record is removed from dialing with positive sentiment.
Preview Reject - Positive w/Amount	The record is removed from dialing with positive sentiment. The agent must enter a number amount to associate with the record.
Preview Reject - Negative	The record is removed from dialing with negative sentiment.
Preview Reject - Negative DNC BU	The contact requested to be placed on the business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment do not call (DNC) list. The record is removed from dialing with negative sentiment.
Preview Reject - Negative DNC Skill	The contact requested to be placed on the ACD skill DNC list. The record is removed from dialing with negative sentiment.
Preview Reject - Negative Other	The record is removed from dialing with negative sentiment.

Click Create Disposition.
Continue creating all the preview dispositions you want available for agents with this ACD skill.
If you don't already have one, create an unavailable code to apply to the agent during after-contact work.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to ACD Settings > Unavailable Codes.
3. Click Create New.
4. Enter the name of the code in the Unavailable Code Name field.
5. Select Post Contact.
6. If you want to change the default period of time (120 minutes) an agent can spend in an unavailable state before it automatically changes, enter the number of minutes in Agent Timeout (Min).
7. Click Create Unavailable Code.
Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the Post Contact tab.
Select Disposition as the Post Contact Setup.

Select a State and either Required or both Timeout State and Max Time Limit.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
State	The unavailable state applied to the agent during after-contact work.
Required	Agents are under no time restrictions to select a disposition after handling a contact. Selecting Required disables Max Time Limit and Timeout State.
Timeout State	The unavailable state applied to agents when they exceed the Max Time Limit.
Max Time Limit	The maximum number of seconds the agent can spend in the after-contact work state before the contact automatically receives the No Disposition disposition and the record is finalized.

Under Dispositions Assigned to This Skill, click the Preview tab.
In the Select Dispositions to Use with This Skill list, select each preview disposition you want to enable for this ACD skill and click Add.
Click Save.

Enable Screen Pops

Required permissions: Skills Edit

For Personal Connection (PC) proactive voice predictive and progressive dialing modes, you can configure the default PC screen pop experience. It displays all mapped calling list fields in a pre-defined order. You can assign user-friendly names to the selected field names. Each subsequent screen pop uses the same window rather than creating a new window each time.

You can also design a custom screen pop in Studio. See the Studio help or contact your NICE CXone account representative if you need help creating that script.

If you assign a script to your PC ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge, you cannot use the default screen pop experience. You must create a custom screen pop experience in the ACD skill custom script instead.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the ACD skill you want to edit.
On the Details tab, click Edit.
In the Screen Pops section, select Use Screen Pops and select a Trigger Event from the drop-down. The Trigger Event specifies when the screen pop appears. You can select Linked, which is before the contact answers the phone; Connect, which is when the contact answers the phone but before call progress analysis determines whether the contact is a live person or a machine; or Active, which is after CPA has determined the contact is a live person.
Click Done.

If you want to have up to 2 custom fields appear in the screen pops, do the following:

If you have not already done so, create the custom fields you want to appear in screen pops and map them to columns in your calling lists.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Type	The type of field you want to create. Options are: Boolean — The only valid values for the field are True and False. They are not case-sensitive. This is a good option for a field that specifies compliance. Date Decimal — The number values may, but do not have to, include decimals. Integer — The number values cannot include decimals. Value String — The field can contain any value. This is a good option for a field that asks for a description. Email — This option only appears when Proactive Email is enabled for your business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment. See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type. Phone — See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type. SMSPhone — This option only appears when Proactive SMS is enabled for your business unit. See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type.
Value Required	Available for fields with Type set to Boolean, Date, Decimal, Integer, or Value String. Every record in the calling list must have a value for this field. Selecting Value Required disables the Default field, so any contacts with null values in the corresponding column fail the list processing step of the calling list upload process.
Default	Available for fields with Type set to Boolean, Date, Decimal, Integer, or Value String. Sets a default value for the field. When a calling list does not specify a value for the field, CXone automatically applies the value provided here.

Field

Details

Type

The type of field you want to create. Options are:

Boolean — The only valid values for the field are True and False. They are not case-sensitive. This is a good option for a field that specifies compliance.
Date
Decimal — The number values may, but do not have to, include decimals.
Integer — The number values cannot include decimals.
Value String — The field can contain any value. This is a good option for a field that asks for a description.
Email — This option only appears when Proactive Email is enabled for your business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment. See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type.
Phone — See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type.
SMSPhone — This option only appears when Proactive SMS is enabled for your business unit. See Customize Proactive Voice Dialing for instructions for using this type.

Value Required

Available for fields with Type set to Boolean, Date, Decimal, Integer, or Value String.

Every record in the calling list must have a value for this field. Selecting Value Required disables the Default field, so any contacts with null values in the corresponding column fail the list processing step of the calling list upload process.

Default

Available for fields with Type set to Boolean, Date, Decimal, Integer, or Value String.

Sets a default value for the field. When a calling list does not specify a value for the field, CXone automatically applies the value provided here.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Lists > Custom Data Definitions.
Click Create New.
Enter a Field Name. Don't give a custom field the same name as a system field. If you plan to make the field visible to agents, make the name readable by adding spaces. If you're using this field as a script variable, you cannot use spaces. If you want the field to be both a script variable and visible to agents, you can use underscores to improve readability or create two mappings to the same field.
Select a field Type.
If you want to set a default field value and your selected Type supports it, enter the Default value. The value you entered applies to all records that don't specify a value for that field.
If your selected Type supports it and you want to prevent the system from assigning a default value to contacts without an assigned value for the field, select Value Required.
Click Add.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the ACD skill you want to edit.
Click the Parameters tab.
Click Edit or Configure for List Management.
Use the drop-down to select the custom field you want to display for Display Field 1. If you want to configure a second custom field, select another field for Display Field 2.
Click Done.

Set Up Priority-Based Blending

Required permissions: External Business Unit Edit and Skills Edit

Priority-based blending The ability for agents to receive interactions from all eligible CXone ACD skills, Personal Connection dialer, and Digital Experience skills assigned to them, based on the relative skill priority. Personal Connection skills work the same way they normally would, no matter the dialing ratio. Each skill you want to blend with others must be configured with priority-based blending. enables agents to receive calls from all eligible CXone ACD and Personal Connection (PC) dialer skills Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge assigned to them, based on the relative skill priority Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order.. For PC skills configured in a predictive dialing mode, agents can be assigned to more than one call, just as they would with a non-blended predictive dialing skill.

You must set up priority-based blending for each skill you want to blend together for your agents. Agents cannot log in to PC ACD skills with priority-based blending enabled they same way they would log in to the non-blended PC ACD skill. Instead, CXone delivers calls as the ACD skill priorities dictate. CXone prompts the agent to manually log in to those non-blended skills. Otherwise, it assigns the agent outbound calls when they are the next highest priority work. If an agent logs in to a non-blended ACD skill, the agent cannot use priority-based blending.

When the agent application switches between inbound and outbound calls, agents receive a visual cue. The two modes have differences in color and the agent can see queue levels for inbound ACD skills while handling outbound calls.

To enable priority-based blending for Personal Connection skills, do the following:
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to ACD Configuration > Business Units.
3. Click the business unit to open it.
4. In the Details tab, click Edit.
5. In the Outbound Strategy section, select the Enable Priority-Based Blending of Outbound Skills with Inbound Queues checkbox.
6. Click Done.

Configure priority settings for the CXone ACD skills you want to include in blending. These do not include Personal Connection skills. You'll configure those in later steps.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Locate the skill you want to include in priority-based blending. Click to open it.
Click Edit.

Set the Initial Priority, Acceleration rate, and Maximum Priority fields as needed. Not every field will be available for every skill type.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Initial Priority	Enter a numeric value you want to set as the base level priority Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. for all contacts in an inbound skill or for fresh records and retries in an outbound skill (callbacks Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. always take priority and are not affected by this setting). The default value is 0.
Acceleration	Enter a numeric value to determine how quickly the priority of the skill increases. For every minute a contact stays in queue, the priority increases by the value you configure for Acceleration. The default value is 1. The minimum value is 0 and the maximum priority is the value configured in the Maximum Priority field. For example, if the Initial Priority is 4, and you set Acceleration to 1, then with each passing minute that the contact is not handled, the priority increases by one. In this example, if the contact has been in queue for three minutes, then the priority will be raised to 7. Priority increments in seconds. For example, when Acceleration is 1, a contact's priority increases by 0.5 after 30 seconds in queue. For Personal Connection skills, set this value to 0 because there is no queue of contacts. You can set Initial Priority for one skill lower than another skill, but if you set Acceleration for that skill higher, it can jump spots in the queue. For example, you set Initial Priority for Skill A to 1 and Acceleration to 5. You set Initial Priority for Skill B to 3 and Acceleration to 1. Initially, a contact for Skill B will be first in queue because it has a priority of 4, but after one minute, Skill A will take its place at the top because its priority will be 6. CXone combines the acceleration value with the time the contact has been in queue and the initial priority using the formula Overall Priority = (Time * Acceleration) + Initial Priority.
Maximum Priority	Enter a numeric value to determine the maximum priority a contact can have. If you choose not to use Acceleration, this value should match the Initial Priority. The default value is 1000.

Field

Details

Initial Priority

Enter a numeric value you want to set as the base level priority

Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. for all contacts in an inbound skill or for fresh records and retries in an outbound skill (callbacks

Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. always take priority and are not affected by this setting). The default value is 0.

Acceleration

Enter a numeric value to determine how quickly the priority of the skill increases. For every minute a contact stays in queue, the priority increases by the value you configure for Acceleration.

The default value is 1. The minimum value is 0 and the maximum priority is the value configured in the Maximum Priority field.

For example, if the Initial Priority is 4, and you set Acceleration to 1, then with each passing minute that the contact is not handled, the priority increases by one. In this example, if the contact has been in queue for three minutes, then the priority will be raised to 7.

Priority increments in seconds. For example, when Acceleration is 1, a contact's priority increases by 0.5 after 30 seconds in queue.

For Personal Connection skills, set this value to 0 because there is no queue of contacts.

You can set Initial Priority for one skill lower than another skill, but if you set Acceleration for that skill higher, it can jump spots in the queue. For example, you set Initial Priority for Skill A to 1 and Acceleration to 5. You set Initial Priority for Skill B to 3 and Acceleration to 1. Initially, a contact for Skill B will be first in queue because it has a priority of 4, but after one minute, Skill A will take its place at the top because its priority will be 6.

CXone combines the acceleration value with the time the contact has been in queue and the initial priority using the formula Overall Priority = (Time * Acceleration) + Initial Priority.

Maximum Priority

Enter a numeric value to determine the maximum priority a contact can have. If you choose not to use Acceleration, this value should match the Initial Priority. The default value is 1000.

Use the Priority Comparison tool at the bottom of the skill's Details tab as needed.
Click Done.
Return to the ACD Skills page and repeat these steps for all other CXone ACD skills you want to include in priority-based blending.

Configure priority settings for the Personal Connection skills you want to include in blending.

If the PC skill you want to enable for blending is currently running, stop the skill.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to Outbound > Skill Control.
3. Click the ACD skill. Click Stop.
Still in the ACD application, go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Locate the PC skill you want to include in priority-based blending. Click to open it.
Click Edit.
Select Priority-Based Blending. Click Done.
Click Edit again.

Set the Initial Priority, Priority Initial Priority, and Reschedule Priority fields as needed.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Initial Priority	Enter a numeric value you want to set as the base level priority Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. for all contacts in an inbound skill or for fresh records and retries in an outbound skill (callbacks Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. always take priority and are not affected by this setting). The default value is 0.

Field

Details

Initial Priority

Enter a numeric value you want to set as the base level priority

Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. for all contacts in an inbound skill or for fresh records and retries in an outbound skill (callbacks

Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. always take priority and are not affected by this setting). The default value is 0.

Use the Priority Comparison tool at the bottom of the skill's Details tab as needed.
Click Done.
Return to the ACD Skills page and repeat these steps for all other PC skills you want to include in priority-based blending.

Enable Dialing by Proficiency

Required permissions: Skills Edit and Dialing by Proficiency Edit

Personal Connection (PC) distributes calls to agents based on several factors, including the agent's wait time, current number of simultaneous calls, and, optionally, ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge proficiency level. You can change the weight of these factors to control how PC determines which agent receives the next call.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to ACD Configuration > Business Units.
Click the business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment to open
In the Details tab, click Edit.
In the Outbound Strategies section, select the Enable Dialing by Proficiency checkbox. You may modify the default call distribution factor settings, but use caution. You should consult your CXone Account Representativebefore adjusting the default values.
Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the ACD skill.
Click the Parameters tab.
Click Edit for General Settings.
Under General Pacing Settings, select the Enable Dialing by Proficiency checkbox. The call distribution factor settings appear. You may modify the default settings, but use caution. You should consult your NICE CXone account representative before adjusting the default values.
Click Done.

Set Up Personal Connection Skill Dispositions

Required permissions: Dispositions Create, Unavailable Codes Create, and Skills Edit

If you haven't already done so, create the dispositions Result assigned by the agent or system at the end of a voice (disposition) or digital (status) interaction. you want available for agents to apply to interactions from this ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge:

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > Dispositions.
Click Create New.

Give the disposition a unique Disposition Name and select a Classification.

Learn more about the Classification field values in this step

Value	Details
None	The disposition doesn't fit any of the designated classifications.
Positive w/Amount	The outcome of the call was positive and the agent must enter an amount.
Positive no Amount	The outcome of the call was positive and the agent is not required to enter an amount
Negative - DNC - Skill	The contact requested to be added to the ACD skill do not call (DNC) list.
Negative - DNC - BU	The contact requested to be added to the business unit High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment DNC list.
Negative	The outcome of the call was negative.
Other	Various bad number responses.
Retry - Rescheduled Agent Specific	The contact requested a callback Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. with the original agent.
Retry - Rescheduled Specified Date/Time - Any Agent	The contact specified a date and time to reschedule the call with any available agent.
Retry - Rescheduled Later Date/Time Unspecified	The customer requested a callback but didn't specify a date and time.
Retry - Not Available	The requested person wasn't available.
Retry - Answering Machine	The call reached an answering machine but the record can be dialed again later.
Final - Answering Machine	The call reached an answering machine and no more attempts will be made on the record.
Fax Machine	The call reached a fax machine. The number of retries on the number is determined by the retry settings.

Click Create Disposition.
Continue to create dispositions until you have all you want to apply to the ACD skill.

If you haven't already done so, create an unavailable code to be agents' state as they apply dispositions.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to ACD Settings > Unavailable Codes.
3. Click Create New.
4. Enter the name of the code in the Unavailable Code Name field.
5. Select Post Contact.
6. If you want to change the default period of time (120 minutes) an agent can spend in an unavailable state before it automatically changes, enter the number of minutes in Agent Timeout (Min).
7. Click Create Unavailable Code.
Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the Personal Connection (PC) ACD skill you want to edit.
Click the Post Contact tab.
Set Post Contact Setup to Disposition.
Set the State to the unavailable code you want your agent to be in during the application of the disposition.
If you don't want to set a time limit on the application of the disposition before the contact is automatically finalized as No Disposition, select Required. Otherwise, set the Max Time Limit to the number of seconds you want agents to have to apply a disposition before it times out, and set the Timeout State to the unavailable code you want agents to enter if they don't disposition a call within the Max Time Limit.
In the Select Dispositions to Use with This Skill table, select each disposition you want the skill to use. Click Add.
If you want to adjust the order the dispositions appear in the Agent interface, click the up and down arrows in the Dispositions Assigned to This Skill table.
Click Save.

Create Attempt-Based Answering Machine Detection (AMD) Outcomes

Required permissions: Skills Edit and CXone Files and Folders View

Screenshot of the CPA Management settings for a skill, found in the ACD application.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the PC ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge you want to modify.
Click Parameters. For CPA Management, click Configure or Edit.

Set Call Progress Analysis to Classify with Answering Machine Detection. Configure your Answering Machine Detection Options Default Action from the drop-down. This action applies to all attempt numbers without a configured exception.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Call Progress Analysis	The process PC uses to determine whether the contact is a live person or an answering machine or other tones. Classify — PC evaluates between a live conversation and a fax tone. It doesn't use answering machine detection. Classify with Answering Machine Detection — PC evaluates between a live conversation and answering machine tone. If it doesn't detect an answering machine, the options configured under Answering Machine Detection Options apply.
Answering Machine Detection Options	How PC handles answering machines. You can set a default action and set alternate actions to occur based on the attempt number. When you click Add Exception, you must choose which attempt should have a different action from the default. Valid options include Attempt 1 through Attempt 5 and Attempt 6+, which is the sixth attempt and all subsequent attempts. Choose from: End Call and Disposition Automatically — Ends the call and automatically sets an answering machine disposition Result assigned by the agent or system at the end of a voice (disposition) or digital (status) interaction.. Play Message — Takes the call away from the agent and waits for the appropriate moment to play the specified message. This can also be used with an agentless Contacts made without a live agent for tasks such as one-way delivery of information or messages.. voice setup, where the only purpose is to deliver a recorded message. Click Browse to select a WAV file containing the message. Execute Custom Script (with Agent) — Provides the option to include the agent in the handling of the answering machine. If this option is used with all attempts, the recommended approach is to turn off answering machine detection (AMD) and build the experience using the OnAnswer branch in Studio. Execute Custom Script (no Agent) — When detecting an answering machine, invokes a custom script that delivers a message, menu structure, or other experience. Use this approach if you want to customize the answering machine experience. PC executes the custom script you set up when you created the skill without an agent on the line.

Field

Details

Call Progress Analysis

The process PC uses to determine whether the contact is a live person or an answering machine or other tones.

Classify — PC evaluates between a live conversation and a fax tone. It doesn't use answering machine detection.
Classify with Answering Machine Detection — PC evaluates between a live conversation and answering machine tone. If it doesn't detect an answering machine, the options configured under Answering Machine Detection Options apply.

Answering Machine Detection Options

How PC handles answering machines. You can set a default action and set alternate actions to occur based on the attempt number. When you click Add Exception, you must choose which attempt should have a different action from the default. Valid options include Attempt 1 through Attempt 5 and Attempt 6+, which is the sixth attempt and all subsequent attempts.

Choose from:

End Call and Disposition Automatically — Ends the call and automatically sets an answering machine disposition Result assigned by the agent or system at the end of a voice (disposition) or digital (status) interaction..
Play Message — Takes the call away from the agent and waits for the appropriate moment to play the specified message. This can also be used with an agentless Contacts made without a live agent for tasks such as one-way delivery of information or messages.. voice setup, where the only purpose is to deliver a recorded message. Click Browse to select a WAV file containing the message.
Execute Custom Script (with Agent) — Provides the option to include the agent in the handling of the answering machine. If this option is used with all attempts, the recommended approach is to turn off answering machine detection (AMD) and build the experience using the OnAnswer branch in Studio.
Execute Custom Script (no Agent) — When detecting an answering machine, invokes a custom script that delivers a message, menu structure, or other experience. Use this approach if you want to customize the answering machine experience. PC executes the custom script you set up when you created the skill without an agent on the line.

If you chose Play Message as the Default Action, specify the sound file you want to use for the message. Click Browse and select the sound file you want to use for the answering machine message. Click OK.
You can add a new exception to the default action with these steps:
1. Click Add Exception.
2. From the drop-down on the left, select the dial attempt on which you want the different behavior to occur.
3. If you chose Play Message as the behavior, specify the sound file you want to use for the message. Click Browse and select the sound file you want to use for the answering machine message. Click OK.
4. Continue creating any other exceptions you want using the same method.
To remove an exception, click the minus button to the left of the corresponding row.

You can enable the Agent Override Options and set the Answering Machine Override Seconds.

Learn more about fields in this step

Field	Details
Agent Override Options	Enables an agent to proactively identify the call during the detection process by choosing one of the displayed buttons: Fax, Answering Machine, or Bad Number. Select the checkbox for each button the agent should see.
Answering Machine Override Seconds	The amount of time the Answering Machine override button displays after a call is delivered. The agent can click this button to override the decision that it was a live caller. The display period during the active state is determined by the skill setting.

Click Done.

Enable Agent-Scheduled Callbacks

Required permissions: Dispositions Create, Unavailable Codes Create, and Skills Edit.

You can enable agents with Personal Connection (PC) agent proactive voice ACD skills Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge to schedule a later call with the contact as part of the after-contact work. The agent can specify a date and time for the callback Holds a customer's place in queue and automatically calls the customer when they move to the front of the queue. based on their time zone or the contact's, and whether the callback is for them or for any agent with the same ACD skill. PC delivers a callbacks as preview contacts, requiring agents to accept the call before dialing.

If an agent schedules an agent-specific callback and that agent ID becomes inactive before the callback, the system removes the agent-specific tag and gives the call to another agent.

Once an agent schedules a callback for a record, the record remains a callback until an agent can reach the contact or the record reaches the maximum attempt limit, which is 10 by default. The phone number used for callbacks is either the destination that generated the callback or a number the agent enters manually. If the agent manually enters a phone number for a callback, the system doesn't check the do not call (DNC) list.

Callbacks have priority Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. in the queue, so PC delivers the callback as soon as possible. If the agent is on a call and using an ACD skill configured for priority blending Allows you to combine outbound calls with your inbound queue, based on call priority., a placeholder for the callback enters the queue if agent-specific call priority is the highest. If an agent schedules a callback for a day or time the ACD skill isn't running, the callback occurs the next time the ACD skill is running instead.

If you use Proactive XS, you can generate agent-specific call requests using the priority designation. When you do so, you must map an agent field from your data. With Proactive XS, there is not a higher priority for an agent-specific call. You should use the priority record tag for XS records to ensure that agent-specific callbacks are prioritized correctly.

If you haven't already done so, create dispositions with retry Classifications.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to Contact Settings > Dispositions.
3. Enter a Disposition Name. Set the Classification to Retry — Rescheduled Agent Specific or Retry — Rescheduled Specified Date/Time — Any Agent.
4. Click Create Disposition.
5. Create another disposition with the other Classification, if you want it available for the agents.
If you don't already have one, create an unavailable code for the agents' state during after-contact work.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to ACD Settings > Unavailable Codes.
3. Click Create New.
4. Enter the name of the code in the Unavailable Code Name field.
5. Select Post Contact.
6. If you want to change the default period of time (120 minutes) an agent can spend in an unavailable state before it automatically changes, enter the number of minutes in Agent Timeout (Min).
7. Click Create Unavailable Code.
Apply the callback dispositions to the PC ACD skill.
1. Click the app selector and select ACD.
2. Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
3. Click the PC ACD skill you want to edit.
4. Click the Post Contact tab.
5. Select Disposition for the Post Contact Setup.
6. From the State drop-down, select the unavailable code you created for when agents schedule callbacks.
7. In the Select dispositions to use with this skill table, select the Retry — dispositions you created and click Add.
8. If you want to change the order of the dispositions in the agent application interface, use the up and down arrows.
9. Click Save.

If you want to modify your default callback settings to limit the number of callbacks an agent can schedule, the rest time between callbacks, and other callback settings, do the following:

Click the Parameters tab in the PC ACD skill.
Click Configure or Edit for Retry Settings.

Under Callback Settings, customize the field values to meet your needs.

Learn more about fields in this step

Callback settings apply not only to callbacks, but to timed call requests after PC makes the first attempt. If PC is unable to make a first attempt on the call within the stale minute period, it finalizes the record.

Field	Details
Callback Rest Minutes	The number of minutes after the Callback Stale Minutes have passed that PC must wait between callback attempts when it hasn't reached the right party.
Release Agent-Specific Calls	Specifies what happens when the agent requested for an agent-specific callback no longer has the required ACD skill when the callback time arrives. When it's selected, PC releases calls scheduled for the removed agent to the skill for general agent delivery. When it's not selected, PC finalizes calls scheduled for the removed agent.
Maximum Number of Callbacks	The number of times agents can mark a single record for callback before it becomes exhausted.
Callback Stale Minutes	The number of minutes a callback can stay in the pacing queue before it returns to list management for reevaluation. If you leave this blank, callbacks don't go stale. Adjust the value according to your call length. If you have a longer call duration, increase it to give the system a chance to deliver the callback as the next record. If you have a shorter call duration, decrease it to prevent callbacks from stacking up in the queue and affecting cluster performance. The default is 15 minutes.

Click Done.

Enable Alternate Outbound Telecom Route for an ACD Skill

You can configure an ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge to send its outbound traffic through a different telecom route from the default. This option gives you more control over how outbound traffic routes in your network. For example, if you were using a third-party product that charges based on traffic volume, you could divert only the network traffic from that skill through another route for the additional processing.

To enable alternate outbound telecom routes, your business unit have at least two outbound telecom routes.

Click the app selector and select ACD.
Go to Contact Settings > ACD Skills.
Click the outbound PC ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge you want to modify.
Click Edit.
On the Details tab, select the telecom route you want this skill to use from Telecom Route Override.
Click Done.