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This page describes how Queue Membership works and how it can be set up.

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To enable this permission, click on the Roles and Phone Numbers icon under the Tools area. In the Roles and phone numbers for <user_name> page, enable the User is multi user aware permission as shown below.

For more info, see this area in the VoipNow User Guide.

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Screenshot: The Permissions section from the Roles and phone numbers management page

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From the Queue Membership page of the extension, the Agent preferences can be customized as detailed in the table below.

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below:

  • Require authorization to connect to queue

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  • By enabling this option, a password authentication will be required when connecting to the queue. If this option is not enabled, the following two fields will no longer be available.
  • Old queue login PIN

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  • This field will be displayed if the extension has a PIN code already set up.
  • Queue login PIN

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  • Specify the PIN required when dialing *96 or *97 to log in as queue agent or supervisor.

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  •  Accepted value: numeric, 2 to 10 digits.
  • Confirm queue login PIN

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  • The same PIN as the one above.
Note

Please note that the authorization PIN code is mandatory for extensions set as queue supervisors!

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The operations below are specific to the queue supervisors:

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  • Listen to active queue conversations with *999<queue_extension_number>

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  • VoipNow will announce the active agent that answered a call last and will start playing his conversation. To listen to the next available call, the queue supervisor must dial *.

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  •  The supervisor can listen to the active queue conversations ONLY if he is logged in from his extension

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  • Whisper to registered queue agents with *998<queue_extension_number>

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  • : The queue supervisor will be connected to the active agent that answered a call last. To whisper to the next available agent, the queue supervisor must dial *.

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Local queue agent

Click the Local queue agent icon if you want to set the local agent as a queue supervisor.

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A series of operations are available.

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  • Log in the Queue Agent

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  • who owns the extension with *96If you are an agent in a queue and you want to take calls from your personal extension

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  • , dial *96 from your phone terminal keypad to log in to the system

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  • . You will be prompted for your agent password

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  • . After authentication, the system will expect to find you at the extension you logged in from.

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  • Disconnect the Queue Agent

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  • who owns the extension with *98: If you are an agent in a queue and you have logged in to the system from your personal extension, you can log out by dialing *98 on the extension phone keypad.

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  • For example, if your extension 0003*001 is an agent in a queue and you want to log in to the system using your personal phone terminal, dial *96 from its keypad. To log out, dial *98.

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  • Log in

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  • any Queue Agent

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  • with *97: If you are an agent in a queue and you want to take calls from another extension

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  • , dial *97 from the phone terminal keypad to log in to the system

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  • . You will be prompted for your agent number and password.

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  • After authentication, the system will expect to find you at the extension you logged in from.

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  • Disconnect

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  • any Queue Agent

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  •  with *98Y: If you are an agent in a queue and you are logged in to the system from another extension, you can log out by dialing *98Y (where Y is the short number of the extension enrolled as a queue agent, in other words your agent number) on the phone terminal keypad.

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  • To log in to the system as a queue agent from another extension, 0003*002, dial *97.

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  • To log out agent 0003*001 from extension 0003*002, dial *98001. This is necessary because several agents can log in from a single extension.
  • Pause agent session/Unpause agent session with *26Y/*28Y

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Pause Agent Session
Unpause Agent Session

  • If you are currently logged in the system as an agent and you want to take a break without logging out of the queue

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  • , dial *26 followed by Y, your extension number

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  • . This code informs VoipNow that you are not available and that the calls should not be assigned to your extension

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  • . To return to the queue activity, you must dial *28 followed by Y, your extension number.

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  • If you have logged in to the queue from the phone associated to your extension, you can use the shortcut *26 to pause and *28 to un-pause your session.
  • Supervise queue conversations with *999X

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  • If you are a queue supervisor

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  • , you can start listening to the active queue conversations by dialing *999 followed by X, the number of the queue extension

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  • . VoipNow will announce the active agent that was the last to answer a call and will start playing their conversation.

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  • To listen to the next call available, dial *.
  • Whisper to agents with *998X

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  • If you are a queue supervisor

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  • , you can whisper to the agents registered in the queue and involved in a call by dialing *998 followed by X, the number of the queue extension

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  • . You will be connected to the active agent that was the last to answer a call.

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  • To whisper to the next available agent, dial *.

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  • For example, if you are logged in as a supervisor to the 0003*001 queue and you want to whisper something to the agent(s) involved in conversation(s), dial *998001.


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