Considerations for the Call Vectoring Features

Calls should not be queued to an unstaffed split (unless this is intended by the customer) without some alternate treatment.

Interflow calls should not be permitted to interflow back and forth between a remote switch vector and a local switch. This process could cause a single call to use up all available trunks.

After an announcement is provided, the audible feedback (such as music) should be re-attached.

For ease-of-use purposes, each specific vector function or operation should be included in a separate vector and linked via one or more goto vector commands.

In creating a vector, commands can be chosen and arranged in a manner such that answer supervision is delayed as long as possible. This should be done to keep down the service cost.

The caller should always be provided with initial feedback (usually ringback).

Direct agent calls merit special attention because such calls can affect call queuing. Although direct agent calls take up a queue slot, they are not always reported as using such a slot on CMS/BCMS reports (discussed in Appendix F). For example, a direct agent call is never counted toward the total of queued calls within a split (that is, the calls- queued test condition has no effect on this type of call).

If it is necessary for a caller to hear an entire CONVERSANT script before talking to an agent, the caller should not be queued until after the converse-onstep is executed.

Audible feedback should be provided prior to a converse-on step whenever a large number of digits are to be outpulsed to the VRU.

Call Prompting Considerations

The following list includes considerations you should keep in mind when working with Call Prompting:

To enter the digits requested via the collect digits command, outside callers must have a touch-tone telephone. For such callers using rotary dialing, a 10 second inter-digit timeout takes effect, and the collect digits command is omitted. As a precaution, a default treatment (for example, route-toattendant command, queue-to main split command) should always be provided in the vector script unless the script is created exclusively for users of touch-tone telephones.

If a caller does not enter the full number of digits specified in the collect digits step, a 10~second timeout occurs. Thereafter, vector processing continues with subsequent vector steps, and an attempt is made to process the call using the digits that have been collected. If the digits entered do not represent a valid destination, and if Automated Attendant

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