Northland iACD Call Center Agent User Manual
- June 6, 2024
- Northland
Table of Contents
iACD AGENT
USER MANUAL
WHAT IS AN iACD CALL CENTER AGENT?
An Integrated (iACD) Call Center Agent is a member of one or more Multi-Line Hunt Groups (MLHG). An MLHG controls how the calls arrive at your Call Center and whether they are distributed to the iACD Agents or held in a Queue until an Agent becomes available.
ACCESS THE AGENT DASHBOARD
To access your iACD Queues, you will log into CommPortal. Enter the following
in your web browser to bring you to the login screen:
https://bucommportal.northland.net/.
Enter your 10-digit telephone number and the password provided to you from
your System Administrator. You will be able to change the password later.
This will bring you to the HOME tab of your CommPortal.
In the Your Services section of CommPortal, select Agent Dashboard.
AGENT DASHBOARD VIEW
The Agent Dashboard Page displays the Queues that you are a member of and whether you are currently logged in.
The header shows you that you are viewing your Agent Dashboard and the Agent
State (in this case Do Not Disturb). See page 3 for more on Agent States.
The large gray area gives you information about incoming calls. In this case,
the Agent is unavailable to receive calls.
The last section gives statistics about the Queues you are a member of and
whether you are logged in or out.
Below is an explanation of the columns:
+ Name of the Queues you are an Agent in.
+ If calls are waiting, the average time the longest waiting call has been in
Queue.
+ How many callers are waiting in each Queue.
+ How many Agents are logged in to each Queue.
+ Whether you are logged in or out of each Queue. In this case, the Agent is
logged in to two Queues and Logged out of one.
LOG IN + OUT
From the Agent Dashboard
To log in to a Queue, click
To log out of Queue, click
From Desk Phone or Accession App
To log in: Dial 44
To log out: Dial 44
If you are a member of multiple MLHG’s, you must include the last 4 digits of
the Pilot Number. ie: *442205.
IMPORTANT: It is important to log out of a Queue or use an Agent State
when you are not available to take calls. There are statistical reports that a
Supervisor views that are affected if you do not do this.
You can also choose to go on Do Not Disturb, but this will stop all calls to
your phone including extension and direct dial calls from outside.
INCOMING CALL VIEW
When a call is presented to one of your Queues, your Agent Dashboard will display the call information.
The top of the call area will display the Pilot number that the call is being presented to and directly below that, the information regarding the current state of the Queue is displayed.
AGENT STATES
An Agent State is a “reason code” representing the reason that you are
unavailable to take a call. The Agent States are found in the header of the
Agent Dashboard. Your Supervisor has the ability to edit or add reason codes.
When you have finished a call and need to be temporarily unavailable for
another call, you should choose a reason code. This will make you unavailable
until you return to the current state dropdown and choose 4e.
CALL WRAP UP
Your Supervisor has the ability to preprogram a “wrap-up” time. This is a
number of seconds after each phone call when you will automatically be placed
in an unavailable state to complete any call-related follow-up, such as
paperwork.
When Wrap-Up time is enabled, your current state will show “in Wrap-up” for which Queue on the right and on the left in red, you will see how long is left in the wrap-up. You can place yourself back in an available state, or choose another Agent State to make yourself unavailable for a longer period of time. If calls are waiting in Queue, as soon as the Wrap-up timer is done, you will receive a call unless you choose another Agent State.
DISPOSITION CODES
Your supervisor may also assign Disposition Codes to your Queue. A disposition
code is an indication of how a call was resolved or used to track a type of
call. Disposition Codes are used in conjunction with the Wrap-up time.
If you cancel the wrap-up time, you will receive a screen pop asking you to
enter a disposition code.
When Disposition codes are required, you cannot return to an available state
until you select a code and click OK.
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