Agent Pools

Field Name

Data Type

Notes

Pool Name

String

Enter a unique, descriptive name for this pool.

Disable the Pool

Boolean

Set this to "Yes" to exclude this pool from the call routing process.

Pool Rule

Rule

This control selects which Agents will be included in the Pool. You can add Pool Rules by clicking the Add Rule link. For each rule, choose a Routing Attribute by which you want to select Agents. In the adjacent Logic drop down, select the comparison operator to apply. Finally, in the Value field, type in the string or number this rule will use to compare to the Routing Attribute.

For example, if you have an Attribute called "Training Level", and you only want Agents who have a score of 5 or higher to be in this Pool, you would create the following Rule:

Sort Agents by

Rule

If you want your Agents ranked within a Pool by a particular Attribute, use this control to set up the sort logic.

You can sort on one more Attributes, and you can sort in ascending or descending order. For example, let's say you have a Pool Rule that includes Agents who have a "Training Level" Attribute of 3 or higher, and a "Performance" Attribute that represents how well each Agent did last month, on a scale of 1 - 10. To give the better performing Agents first chance at an incoming call, you could sort on Performance in descending order. To reverse that and give more practice to your lower performing Agents, change the sort order to ascending.

When you sort Agents in this way, those Agents appearing in the top of the sort will always be given preference for the next call. Lower ranked Agents will only receive a call when the higher ranked Agents are busy or offline.

Dedicated For

This is an informational field only; you can't change this in the Edit Pools page.

If this pool is associated with a Dedicated Room, that room name will appear here. If the words "Not Dedicated" appear, it means this Pool can be used by the General or other, non-dedicated call Rooms.

Dedicated Rooms are a type of Line Group, part of the My Schedule Agent scheduling system.

Weighting Attribute

Select

Determines the Routing Attribute to use when selecting Agents using the Weighted Random Shuffle method.

Alert Waiting Agents

Select

The Phone Panel application has an "Alert Me" mode, whereby Agents can choose to remain idle, but not be given calls unless the number of calls in queue exceeds a preset level. If a Pool is set to "Alert Waiting Agents," then any Agents who are in Alert Me mode will be notified when calls to this Pool exceed the limit. They can then choose to go online and take calls until the threshold has been cleared. After that, the Agent will be returned to Alert Me mode.

Pool Priority

Select

Not used.

Ranking Attribute

Select

Not used.

Comment

String

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