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2.12.8.Agent

The Agent Object is made up of the following fields: a SkillTargetID, a Peripheral Number, an Extension Number, a State, a list of active Skill Group assignments, and a First and Last Name. From the Unified ICM perspective, the Agent Object is uniquely identified by the SkillTargetID. The SkillTargetID allows for the Router to target a specific call to an Agent (Not Currently Implemented). The following table defines the Agent object components used when configuring an Agent in the software.

Table 16: Unified ICM to DMS-100 Agent Mapping

Unified ICM

DMS-100 Agent

Description

Agent

 

 

SkillTargetID

None

Unified ICM SkillTargetID defined

 

 

by Cisco

 

 

 

PeripheralNumber

PositionID

DMS-100 Identifier for the position

 

 

the agent logged onto. The Position

 

 

Identifier is assigned to the ACD set

 

 

where an Agent login occurs.

 

 

 

Extension

PositionID

Same.

 

 

 

FirstName

Not available.

First Name of Agent.

 

 

 

LastName

Not available

Last Name of Agent.

 

 

 

The Agent Position Identifier to Agent mapping is dynamic and occurs when an Agent logs onto an ACD set on the DMS-100.

The DMS-100 Agents will be configured dynamically by the DMS-100 PIM based on the Call and Agent events received from the DMS-100 CTI events. For those Agents configured in the database, the PIM will report to OPC the state transitions with the Agent’s configured PeripheralNumber. The DMS-100 PIM does not restrict Agents from being configured in the database. The Skill Group association for Agents is dynamically assigned from the DMS-100 CTI Link events. The DMS-100 supports a single Skill Group assignment per Agent. DMS-100 System Administrators have the ability to re-assign an Agent position to another Skill Group while an Agent session is active on an ACD position. The software will be capable of migrating the Agent’s Skill Group assignment when this occurs. This will be accomplished by logging the Agent out of the OLD Skill Group assignment and then logging the Agent back in under the new Skill Group assignment.

2.12.9.DMS-100 Agent State to Cisco Agent State Mapping

The following table defines the CompuCALL Agent State Event mapping to the Cisco Agent States. The PIM will transition an Agent’s state based on these ACD Position events.

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SL-100, DMS-100 specifications

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