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Visual Administrator

With the Visual call flow administrator (IVR), you get complete control of all calls to the main company number. You can drag and drop opening hours, menu selection, queues, SMS and voice prompting elements to create the optimal call flow for your company:

  • Get a visual overview of the company main number call flow.
  • You can easily administrate with the drag and drop interface.
  • You get complete control of the company main numbers, opening hours, and menu selection from one interface.
IVR call-flow

How to get started with IVR (Interactive Voice Response)

  1. Navigate to the Administrator page from the main menu
  2. Then select “Telephony Setup”
  3. Select Visual admin from the pane below and press the button “Click here to edit your Switchboard solution”

The Visual admin is available for the company administrators and users with role access to Visual admin. More about role access.

Basic information

  • The company IVRs are available via the menu. Here you will find a list of all your IVRs, as well as all previous versions of each IVR. Each time you save your IVR you can revert to a previous version at any time.
  • Each main number can be assigned to an IVR, via Menu and Main numbers.
  • When you have an open IVR, it is possible to do a test run of the IVR by pressing the “Play”(x). Input the number to be dialed up and the date/time that you want to use to test the IVR.
  • Functions that are used for building the IVR are under the “Elements” on the right side. You can drag and drop the elements and connect them in the IVR to create the call flow you need.
  • Some functions have advanced settings independent of each element in the call flow. Click on the element in the call flow and press the “Settings”(X) icon to access the settings on the right side.
IVR Main number
  • Press, drag and drop – Connect elements how you want your calls routed from the top and down
  • Some elements have access to advanced settings that can for the same element have different settings based on where it is placed in the call flow
IVR Advanced Setting

Elements and functions in Visual admin

  • Opening hours: This enables you to administrate the company opening hours. There are several possibilities like “Open”, “Closed”, “Lunch” and other exceptions.
  • Audio files / Voice prompts Record and setup of sound files that can be used in IVR to playback a message in several of the elements.
  • Queues: Connect main numbers to queues and distribute calls to a group of members. This has an advanced setting for each element in the call flow.
  • VIP list: This enables routing of calls based on callers a-number, for example, to playback a message or place them in a priority queue.
  • Basic menu: Playback an announcement and let the caller make a selection and route the call accordingly here
  • Advanced menu: Create routing destination based on number list, for example, zip code routing.
  • Call back: Give the caller the option to not wait in a queue, but get a manual or an automatic call back
  • Voice mail: Let the caller record a voice message when calling the company main number to be sent to an e-mail address.
  • SMS message: Send the caller information by SMS, for example with information about where to find the information they are waiting for.
  • Call counter: The call counter can be used for statistics.
  • Transfer to number: Transfer the call out of the IVR to an external number.
  • Link to IVR: Transfer the call over to another IVR inside the same company

Basic menu

With the Basic menu function, the caller can press a number to continue the call flow based on the reason for calling. You can upload an announcement that informs the caller about the options. For example “Press 1 for support, 2 for sales” etc. Each menu selection will then fork out in a new call flow for that selection, normally ending up in a queue for support or sales. For the “Basic menu” the options are 0-9 and invalid, and a no-dial value.

Example of a basic call flow using Basic Menu element:

IVR

Callback

With the “Call back” function the caller can be given an option to be called back instead of waiting and holding the line. Both automatic and manual callbacks are supported. With manual callback, an SMS or email is sent to the queue member with the caller contact information (phone number or email address). If an automatic call back is selected the next available queue member automatically calls the caller back.

Following fields are available for the “Call back” element:

  • SMS/E-mail: Mandatory for manual callbacks, where the information is sent with information of the caller.
  • Mandatory to input call back number: Yes/No selection, that can force the caller to enter the number to be called back on. For example, if the caller called from a fixed line, it is possible to enter a mobile number to be called back on.
  • Confirmation message: A confirmation message can be activated to play immediately after the caller has entered the callback number. If the callback is disabled, the announcement is played immediately before the caller enters the callback number.
  • Invalid number message: This message will be played if the caller adds an invalid callback number.
  • Info message: This message will be played if the caller gets the callback option, i.e. this is only used if a mandatory callback number is enabled.
  • Callback presentation number: The presentation number that will be used when enabling automatic callback.
  • Opening hours: Add opening hours to define when the call back should be enabled. This could for example be closed during lunch hours, or after work hours.

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