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How do I dynamically select the announcement to play to each caller?

If enabled for your account, you You can configure a Data Announcer applet and Menu applets to dynamically select the announcement or announcements that a Data Announcer applet plays the applets play to each caller. The Data Announcer uses a value or applets use values in a data source to identify the audio file or files to play. For information about the Data Announcer appletand Menu applets, see Announcer applet and Menu applet.

For more information about dynamic audio files and preparing to use them, see Dynamic audio files.

Ensure that you have a data source that contains the appropriate value or values available available to the Data Announcerapplets. The value or values in the data source must match (including the case) the file name or names of the appropriate audio file or files; multiple values must be comma-separated. You can also use relative paths rather than just file names if the audio file is stored within a folder.

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  1. In the same interaction plan as your data source, create a Data an Announcer or Menu applet.
  2. In Announcement Typetype, select Audio File Dynamic audio file. In Announce Fromfrom or Data source in Announcer or Menu applets respectively, select the data source that contains the required value or values. .
  3. Continue creating the applet as required. For more information about the Data Announcer or Menu applet, see Announcer applet or Menu applet.

The Data Announcer applet uses applets use the value or values in the specified data source to identify an audio file or files to play. If the data source contains a comma-separated list of values, the Data Announcer looks applets look for and plays play all corresponding audio files in the order in which they appear. If the audio file or any of the audio files do not exist, the Data Announcer plays applets play no audio and routes route the call to the applet specified in the Next Applet on Failure fieldthe On failure or Menu failure applet field accordingly.