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joseph-roberts2973 suggested Aug 29, '16 leanne-k commented Jun 18, '20

Admin: View if "Accept Call Queue Calls" is toggled On/Off for users

We are a US based web hosting company with many remote users who are located in several different countries. We can see when a user has their phone set to available, but cannot see if they have toggled the "Accept call queue calls" switch on/off.

We need to be able to monitor this to ensure they are not turning this option off and only receiving direct calls. This feature would be used on a daily basis by our support managers to ensure that calls are being routed properly.

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stallings commented Apr 7, '17

We need this option too. Seeing who is in the queue is really important not only for call routing, but for work load of our support technicians.

We have a huge problem with technicians that will leave the call queue (and say they are still in the call queue). The team members that are actually in the queue get overburdened with all the calls. If I want to know if a team member is in the queue (so that they get call queue calls) I have to physically look at their ring central desktop app with them. There is no place to check it in the admin portal either.

It's easy enough for support technicians to just switch the button over to being back in the call queue when they see a manager approaching too. As a manager I need to be able to spot check this to see if people are actually doing their job.

They can also spend several minutes/or hours out of the call queue, and then when you ask them if they are in there, they will put themselves back in. There is no way for me to check on the accountability of this.

To compound this situation, there is a bug with the Desktop App. If you 'click and drag' the button over to 'accept call queue calls' it doesn't put you in the call queue (Even though the button moves over). You have to click (without dragging the mouse) to toggle the button off or on.

This is another way that some of our support technicians take advantage of 'being in the call queue' when they really aren't. They take advantage of this bug to pretend that they are in the queue.

Any help surrounding all this would be very helpful.

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todd-g16168 commented · May 08, 2019 at 01:37 PM

This is absolutely a feature that I must have, and it must update in real-time.

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luis-sanchez10504 commented · May 08, 2019 at 01:55 PM

You're best bet is to use the API and create a light-weight application that shows you the status of everyone and allows you to update it. Your next option is to wait until RingCentral deploys this as part of the HUB. But I wouldn't hold my breath for that. I wonder, does RingCentral have a posted product Road Map? Does anyone know?

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omar-ramirez3842 commented Aug 14, '17

I think even a report regarding how much DND time or how much time they spend with the "Accept call queue call" off. It is difficult to keep track of what CSRs are actually on the queue with out looking at their screen.

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omar-ramirez3842 commented · Aug 15, 2017 at 01:29 PM

Thank you Mike, I have reached out to our account manager for more information.

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mike commented · Aug 14, 2017 at 10:26 PM

Hi Omar... depending on the number of reps you have you may want to reach out to your Account Manager and ask them about the ContactCenter package. It has more sophisticated reporting that might work for you.

Mike

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hemingson14843 commented · Jan 19, 2018 at 10:20 PM

I hope this gets implemented since it's very vital for us to know if our agents are avoiding calls and it would be best to know what their activities are on the app from an admin's eye.

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will-fink8338 commented Mar 22, '18

This is definitely a critical missing feature. In addition, it should be possible to disable the ability for some users to leave the call queue.

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jen3779 commented Jun 1, '18

As an admin there is a way to see if a person is available in the queue.
You go to the Phone System > Groups and then click on the down arrow on the right hand side of the group. It will expand the group and tell you if a user is Available, Busy, or Unavailable.

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christine-massone11502 commented · Sep 14, 2018 at 09:05 PM

This is not refreshing the data in real time; We need something that displays the 'accepting queue calls' in real time
Any ETA on that Jennifer?

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jonathan-issler commented · Mar 22, 2020 at 01:42 PM

This really is a must. How can we get this escalated with the development team?

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saadetswift16514 commented · Sep 14, 2018 at 09:39 PM

Sorry, Christine. No ETA on that type of feature

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ashley-myers10679 commented Jun 26, '18

Though I like the option Jen put forth, it is too static for our users. I need to see something updated in real time. Having to refresh, a page outside of the HUD is not practical.

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luis-sanchez10504 commented · Aug 03, 2018 at 01:22 PM

I agree that this should be viewed in the HUD. To make matters even worse the custom status message set on the user profiles is also not viewable on the HUD. You can only see that information in the Favorites List of Contact Details page.

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marcel11131 commented Aug 2, '18

This method doesn't show who is on DND or actually Available. I think it picks from the fact that they are in their Office Hours AND they are on the Queue. Still not an accurate reflection of it they are actually available to take calls. How can I tell who is on DND and who is actually available?

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luis-sanchez10504 commented Aug 3, '18

We got around this problem by using the RingCentral API to create our own Web Application that combines everything we want to see on a single page. We branded the application "tyles". Using tyles we are able to turn accept queue calls on and off and we can see what other people have theirs set to. We can also see the custom status message for everyone and even change their custom status message for them. Check out the screenshot. This was all done using the RingCentral API's by our internal development staff.

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jb-ferguson commented · Aug 03, 2018 at 01:46 PM

Really nice!

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onpoint-medical-solutions10517 commented · Aug 14, 2018 at 04:45 PM

wow. If RC can't pull it all together, how can I accomplish such a thing?

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mike-gustavson13338 commented · Mar 11, 2019 at 05:09 PM

Luis, is this something you are able/willing to share?

We don't have the resources to build this internally, but it would certainly be useful....

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onpoint-medical-solutions10517 commented · Mar 11, 2019 at 05:17 PM

Not sure what line of business Luis is in but I'd be willing to pay for them to develop such an application for me! RC doesn't seem to have this on the radar and it is CRITICAL that admins can see all and edit all DND and Call Queue Status'. SUPER JEALOUS as I currently have to question people and monitor from their stations all by "word of mouth" and tattle tailing form others. No I don't work for a preschool! Keep the votes coming, not sure what it does but you never know. Luis, PM me too if this is something you can do.

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luis-sanchez10504 commented · Mar 11, 2019 at 06:08 PM

Hey guys... I feel your pain. Thankfully we had the resources to augment the RingCentral platform to adjust it for the needs of the business. The best solution is for RingCentral to incorporate some of these ideas in the "HUD".

I'm not sure if sharing the code will provide any value. But I can describe what we did a little.

We have a web server on premise running IIS. This is where the website "tyles" lives. Upon going to the site we require Active Directory username and password. One of our developers created the User Interface (the squares, images, text, etc). The name, number, department type of information is coming from Active Directory.

Another guy used the RingCentral API to develop all the actions. We have pretty simple business rules. For example, "As a Sales Manager, I want to be able to change someone else's 'Accept Queue Calls' status". To solve this, using tyles, the sales manager clicks on the the person and hits a "queue toggle" button. That triggers the code to send an API request to RingCentral to update the status of the person. Then, that change is reflected in tyles. RingCentral can easily incorporate this into the HUD by giving managers to ability to queue statuses for the people on their team.

We have about 10 or more of these custom rules baked into the tyles application and it works fairly well. There is only a 2 second delay from the moment we toggle something, to it showing up in RingCentral.

We even created a CRM screen-pop using RingCentral API. Upon answering a call, tyles grabs the caller ID phone number and searches our CRM for that number. If the number exists in CRM then the name of the company is presented to the Sales Rep along with a button to press. Pressing that button takes opens up a new tab in Chrome with the companies CRM Account record loaded.

The moral of the story is the RingCentral API is pretty useful for customizing the RingCentral offering. It would be nice if these features existed already. However, if you have access to a software developer, then the RingCentral Developers portal has all the info the developer needs to create these custom features.

Let me know if I can further help and good luck out there!

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jc-glancy commented Sep 25, '18

Can you not see missed calls when accept call queue calls is toggled off? I am the only person in the group so it's just me and sometimes if I'm working on other projects I will turn it off, I thought I could see the missed calls after and call them back but that appears to not be the case. Any ideas?

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saadetswift16514 commented · Sep 25, 2018 at 01:59 PM

Hi JC Glancy, I've created a separate thread for your question since it is different from the original thread Please reference the new conversation here: View Missed Calls when Accept Call Queue is Turned Off

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mike-gustavson13338 commented Mar 11, '19

There's a number of threads about this and similar topics - just adding my vote to another.

This is a constant problem for our team, with people removing themselves and then forgetting to turn back on.

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luis-sanchez10504 commented · Mar 11, 2019 at 06:14 PM

I agree! The I forgot excuse is getting a little old. Using the RingCentral API you can create a "listener". The listener will wait for a call terminated event to occur. Once that occurs you can find out who just got off the call, lets say it was Joe. Then, you can send an API request to place Joe on "Ready". Now, every time Joe hangs up, he is automatically placed on "Ready".

And by "Ready" I mean, toggle the "Accept call queue calls" option in RingCentral. What a cumbersome name for a feature.

However, doing this will just prompt your users to complain that they are receiving calls when they intend not to receive calls. Yup, that is what happened to us.

At the end of the day, it is a people/process problem not a technology problem. Those are much harder to fix. :)

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