DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide
555-233-506 Issue 1
April 2000
Features and technical reference
1586Whisper paging
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■Data Privacy — Permanent or Temporary
Any station that has Data Privacy activated cannot make a whisper page.
■Expert Agent Selection
You can’t make a whisper page by dialing an agent’s Logical Agent ID.
Pages must be made to a physical extension.
■Go to Cover
If you make a whisper page and then press your Go To Cover button while
the page is in progress, the Go To Cover button doe sn’ t w ork . The opposi te
is true as well. If you activate Go to Cover and the n press the whisper page
activation button, you aren’t able to make a whisper page.
■Last Number Dialed
When you make a whisper page, it’s tracked as the last number dialed.
■QSIG
This feature does not operate in a QSIG environment.
■Remote access
You can’t make a whisper page by remote access. Both the paging party
and paged party must be on the same switch or the attempt is denied.
■Tenant Partitioning
Whisper paging is permitted across tenant partitions if the assigned cla sse s
of restriction allow for intercom calling between members of different
partitions. This feature is especially useful to attendants who serve multiple
partitions.
NOTE:
It is important for system administrators to ensure that this feature is
managed appropriately in systems with tenant partitioning. Some
tenants may not want other tenants to interrupt their calls.
■Transfer
A call cannot be transferred during an active whisper page.
■Vector Directory Number (VDN)
You can’t make a whisper page to a VDN. Pages must be made to a
physical extension.
Related topics
Refer to ‘‘Paging users who are on active calls’’ on page 383 to administer
whisper paging.