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As an admin user, you can create, edit, and delete API destinations and, if enabled, webchat or SMS destinations. You can only edit PSTN destinations; only Vonage can create and delete PSTN destinations.
How do I view existing destinations?
The Destinations tab displays the destinations in your VCC account. From the Destinations tab in Interaction Plans Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
Search for and filter destinations. To search for specific destinations, start typing part of the required destination's data in the Search field. The list of destinations is filtered as you type. Alternatively, filter the list to display only PSTN, API, or — if enabled — webchat or SMS destinations. Click the funnel icon and click to select or clear API, PSTN, Webchat, or SMS accordingly.
Change the data that appears. To sort data, click one of the sortable column headings: Type, Destination, or Name. To add or remove columns from the list of destinations, click the eye icon and click to select or clear columns. You cannot remove Type or Destination columns.
Column | Description | Appears by default? | Sortable? |
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Type | The type of destination: PSTN, API, or — if enabled — webchat or SMS. | Yes | Yes |
Destination ID | The address used by a customer to contact the VCC account. | Yes | Yes |
Name | The name of the destination. | Yes | Yes |
Description | A description of the destination. | No | No |
Data source | Key-value pairs that have been set for this destination. | No | No |
Mapping | Mappings that the destination is included in. | Yes | No |
Production plan | The interaction plan to use for interactions that arrive at the destination. | Yes | No |
Testing plan | The interaction plan to use for test interactions that arrive at the destination. | Yes | No |
Service name for reports | The value to use for service name in reports. | No | No |
How do I create a new destination?
To create a new destination, perform the following steps:
1. From Interaction Plans Manager, click Create new and click Destination in the menu that appears. Create destination appears.
2. In Type, select the type of destination you want to create. Click Next step.
3. A new destination appears. Provide the following information:
Field | Description | |
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Destination ID | The destination used by a customer to contact your VCC account.
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Name | The name of the destination. If you have many similar destinations in your VCC account — such as +441234567890 and +441234567980, a suitable name may help identify a required destination. | |
Destination description | A description of the destination. | |
Service name for reports | In Dashboards, Insights Stats API, Advanced Reporting, and Analytics, you can report on the service names of interactions that arrived at VCC using this destination. You can report on interactions based on their:
The default value is Reporting group. | |
Data source | Key-value pairs that are set on interactions that use the destination. For more information about data sources, see Interaction Plans Manager. | |
Key | The name of the data source. | |
Value | The value of the data source. | |
Webchat snippet | If you are creating a webchat destination, Webchat snippet appears. While you are creating the destination, the snippet is not available. When you click Save destination, the snippet code appears. For Infomation about how to use the webchat snippet, see Configuring webchat for Agent Workspace. |
4. Click Save destination. Your new destination appears on the Destinations tab.
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Only Vonage can create PSTN destinations. |
How do I modify an existing destination?
To modify an existing destination, from the Destinations tab in Interaction Plans Manager, click the menu icon alongside the destination you want to edit and select Edit.
The destination appears. You cannot edit the Destination ID field, but you can modify all other fields, and add and remove data sources. For information about the fields, see How do I create a new destination?.
How do I delete a destination?
To delete an API destination or, if enabled, a webchat or SMS destination, from the Destinations tab in Interaction Plans Manager, click the menu icon alongside the destination you want to delete and select Delete.
If the destination is not mapped to an interaction plan, or plans, click Delete in the dialog box that appears to confirm that you want to delete the destination. The destination is deleted.
If the destination is mapped to an interaction plan, or plans, a dialog box appears informing you that you must remove the destination from any mappings to enable deletion.
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Only Vonage can delete PSTN destinations. You cannot delete mapped destinations. A mapped destination may be involved in handling interactions that are in progress. |