Lucent Technologies 555-230-220 manual Value Queries for Logical Agents, Advice of Charge

ASAI and Feature Interactions

Value Queries for Logical Agents

In ACD agent status, station status, or call query Value Query requests, the extension or agent extension parameter may contain either a logical agent’s station extension or a login ID. For all cases, the returned information applies to the station extension being used by the agent. If the extension parameter contains a login ID for a logical agent that is not logged in, the request is denied with cause value CS3/15 — Agent not Logged In.

In an ACD Agent Status Value Query, the split parameter is required but ignored. A logged-in logical agent may not have a single work mode for all the skilled hunt groups, particularly for the after_call work mode. Because the ECS ignores the split parameter, the status of the agent is based on the skill the agent used to service the last received call. If the agent changed to the after_call work mode without servicing any calls while in the auto_in or the manual_in modes, then the status of the agent is based on the agent’s first administered skill. See ‘‘Work Mode Changes for Logical Agents’’ on page 12-41 for further details.

In an extension Value Query, the extension parameter may be a login ID. If a login ID is provided, the ECS responds with a new extension type of logical agent (new codepoint, 001, 0011 for the Domain IE). If the agent associated with the login ID is logged in, the address field of the domain IE contains the station extension being used by the logical agent.

The response to an agent login audit Value Query for a skill hunt group contains the list of logical agents currently logged into the specified skill hunt group. That is, the agent_addr_list (domain IE) in the response contains the logical agent’s station extension for all logged in agents currently having the skill associated with the requested skill hunt group.

If an integrated directory database query is received for the logical agent extensions, then the name administered on the logical agent form is returned; regardless of whether the agent is logged in or not.

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Starting with R5: Outgoing calls that are made from a logged-in EAS agent’s terminal will used the EAS Login ID as the charging number in the Charging Event Report.

If CDR Call Splitting is enabled and the EAS agent transfers or conferences this call, then any subsequent Charging Event Report will be subject to the same rules as station extensions regarding charges to the charging number

12-42Issue 7 May 1998