Chapter 7: Auto Attendant Configuration
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record custom phrases, use pre-recorded phrases and use professionally recorded

phrases.

Example: AA Planning

Adding Auto Attendants

The first 16 AAs are provided with the menus blank. You can edit these as described in

“Editing Auto Attendants” on page 95. You don’t need to add a new AA if you’re going to

use 16 or fewer.

Auto Attendant ID: 100, Phrase 10

Main Menu for XYZ Office

Digit Meaning Action
1Reserved
for
Extensions
(no
prompts)
Collect
Extension
2Collect
Extension
3Collect
Extension
4Express
Support Expand Tree
(No. 110)
5Sales Expand Tree
(No. 120)
6Technical
Support Expand Tree
(No. 130)
7Phone FAQs Expand Tree
(No. 140)
8
9
0Operator To Operator
Auto Attendant ID: 110, Phrase 20

Express Support

Digit Meaning Action
1Installation Call Extension
(Workgroup 350)
2Board Support Call Extension
(Workgroup 360)
3Version 5
Support Call Extension
(Workgroup 370)
4Version 6
Support Call Extension
(Workgroup 380)
5
6
7
8
9
0Operator To Operator
*Repeat Menu Repeat Level
#Main Menu GoTo Top Level
Auto Attendant ID: 120, Phrase 30

Sales

Digit Meaning Action
1Hardware Call Extension
(Workgroup 310)
2Applications Call Extension
(Workgroup 320)
3Check Order
Status GoTo Item 127
(Collect Order #)
4Other:
Questions, etc. Call Extension
(Workgroup 311)
5
6
7
8
9
0
*Repeat Menu Repeat Level
#Main Menu GoTo Top Level
Planning is essential in
organizing an AA menu structure
that makes sense. Planning also
helps you to identify needs for
custom prompts.
This simple example, using
sample work forms for each
menu, shows a beginning
structure: a main menu and two
of the four expansions.
When callers are routed to
workgroup extensions, the
workgroups have their own call
handling settings for greetings,
update phrases, rules for sending
to voice mail, and so on.
Timeout (not shown on forms):
after 7 seconds on first level, call
the operator; on any other level,
go to top level by default.