Call Connect Router (CCR) applet
- Helen Griffith
The Call Connect Router applet can route incoming calls to numbers outside of Vonage Contact Center (VCC). The applet can route a call in several ways:
- To a third-party interactive voice response (IVR)
- To a third-party automatic call distributor (ACD)
- To a third-party hunt group
- In a follow me application
Data sources and IVR slots
Data sources and IVR slots are placeholders for values at run time. VCC replaces the placeholders with values for the target numbers before transferring the call.
Use the following format to specify a placeholder for a data source or IVR slot:
$(DataSourceOrIVRSlot)
Presented callback number
The callback number presented to the target number appears in the number display format configured for your account. For information about configuring the number display format, see the National Number Display Format setting in Editing Configuration (Account Settings).
Delivery Numbers
| Field | Options | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Number, Data Source, or IVR Slot | The phone number or numbers to route the call to. Click Add to add another field. Add up to 30 fields as required. Type one of the following values into each field:
You must provide target numbers—both hardcoded and dynamic, in data sources and IVR slots—in the E.164 format. For information, see the E.164 format section later in this page. Click Delete alongside a specific field to remove it. |
Delivery Settings
| Field | Options | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Distribution Type | Sequential Routing starting at 1st number | The type of routing used. Select Sequential Routing starting at 1st number to route the call to the first number. If the first phone is not answered, route to the second, then the third if the second is not answered, and so on. Select Rotary Routing to route the call to the number in the list (n). If phone number n is not answered, route to the number after that (n+1), then n+2 if n+1 is not answered, and so on. |
| No answer timeout (seconds) | Number | The time, in seconds, after which the applet diverts the call to the next number. The default is 15 seconds. |
| Try Agents more than once | Check box | Determines whether to try all the numbers more than once if the call does not connect. Select the Try Agents more than once check box to cycle through the numbers until the call is connected, or until the Group timeout period is exceeded. Clear the Try agents more than once check box to try all the numbers once and then route the call to the applet selected in the Applet to run if we do not connect field. |
| Group timeout (seconds) | Number | If the Try Agents more than once check box is selected, the applet continues to try to connect the call for the time period set in this parameter. If the applet cannot connect the call within the time period, the call is routed to the applet selected in the Applet to run if we do not connect field. The default timeout is 30 seconds. |
| Applet to run when dialled number complete | List of available applets | The applet that the call is routed to when the connected call is completed. |
| Applet to run if we do not connect | List of available applets | The applet that the call is routed to if the call is not connected. This will be either after the agents' numbers are all tried once, or the Group timeout period is exceeded. |
CCR Audio Options
| Field | Options | Description |
|---|---|---|
| On hold audio | Audio (.wav) file | The audio file that contains the announcement that is played when the call is on hold. Click Browse... to launch the Open dialog box. Select the audio file you want to use for the announcement. |
| Ringing audio | Audio (.wav) file | The audio file that contains the ringing tone that is played when the applet is trying to connect to an agent. You can use a ringing tone that is appropriate for the caller's locale, for example. Click Browse... to launch the Open dialog box. Select the audio file you want to use for the ringing tone. |
| Whisper audio | Audio (.wav) file | The audio file that contains the whisper that is played when the applet first connects the call to the agent. A whisper is a short message that you can use to inform agents about the call. For example, if agents are handling calls from multiple companies, the whisper can inform the agents which company the call relates to. This whisper overrides any previously set whispers using the Set Whisper applet. Click Browse... to launch the Open dialog box. Select the audio file you want to use for the whisper. |
| Whisper option | Off, Agent Only, or Both Agent and Caller | Determines whether to play the whisper or not, and who to. Select Off to play no whisper. |
For information about the format of the audio file, see Recording and preparing audio used in applets.
E.164 format
E.164 defines a format for international telephone numbers. Numbers are usually prefixed with the plus sign (+), include the international country calling code and are limited to a maximum of 15 digits.
Phone numbers include:
- a + sign to indicate that the number is international
- a country code, such as 44
- a region code, such as 1234 (remove any leading digits, usually a zero, if applicable)
- the subscriber number, such as 567890
Example telephone numbers in national and E.164 format
Country | National format | International format |
|---|---|---|
UK | 02072068888 | +442072068888 |
Australia | 0285993444 | +61285993444 |
US | 6463624888 | +16463624888 |
Belgium | 027933835 | +3227933835 |
Ireland | 015530073 | +35315530073 |
Finland | 0974790184 | +358974790184 |
Norway | 21953282 | +4721953282 |
France | 0170377180 | +33170377180 |
Austria | 01253010376 | +431253010376 |
Netherlands | 0207085097 | +31207085097 |
Sweden | 0850513830 | +46850513830 |
Luxembourg | 27860726 | +35227860726 |
Denmark | 32729282 | +4532729282 |
Poland | 221288260 | +48221288260 |
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