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What’s about
Agents are skilled Contact Center representatives who can manage customer interactions through the multi-channel environment.
You can find the Agents section under the Staff menu.
You must have an admin role or a user role with agents permission to be able to manage Agents in XCALLY Motion. Note that a user can only operate on agents that are added to the queues to which they are enabled.
Create a new Agent
Video Tutorial
To create an Agent click the New Agent button (you'll find it at the bottom right of the page):
Enter the Agent's details:
Full Name of the Agent
Username, which is used to login (only letters, numbers or special characters like ._ are allowed)
Alias: an alternative name for the Agent, which can be used to hide the real agent login name (e.g. in canned answer, email template, chat and so on)
Typology (choose the setting among: Phonebar, External, WebRTC and Mobile. The default proposed value is Phonebar). To find out more about the typology, see the info box below.
Email: the Agent email address. This field is used to receive a link to reset the password anytime the agent forgets it
Password: insert here the password. According XCALLY Motion Security rules, if the Security Suite is enabled, it must contain at least 8 characters and have at least 1 lowercase character, one uppercase character, one numeric character and one of the following special characters ~!@#$%^&-_=+[{]}.
By default, an Internal number (Extension) is automatically generated. You can manually specify the internal number you want to assign to the agent by editing his/her profile.
Description is optional
Optionally, you can enable Voicemail to automatically create a voicemail box for the agent.
Remember to enable the Remote Control in order to enable the Phonebar API web service (you can change this editing the Agent Motion Phonebar Setting).
The Agent can now login to the XCALLY general user interface (GUI) and Phonebar using the configured Username and Password.
Remember to enable the agent to the service queues through which they can receive calls!
After the Agent has been created, the Agents will appear in the Agents List.
You can view, edit and modify Agent details and add Agent to Queues.
Agent Typology
The Typology field must be online with the Agent's client configuration: the Agents with WebRTC use a different transport protocol from the Agents with the Phonebar (see the Voice Section).
A wrong agent configuration will not make possible
communication with the server, as shown in the Agent Status on the Phonebar:
There are four Agent typologies:
WebRTC
The agent will be able to login, logout, pause/unpause from the Web Interface. Bar integrated on the platform.
When red dot turns green, the bar is active:
Phonebar
Agent enters to phonebar with his/her credentials to activate calls from it. In fact any action should start on the Phonebar and the Web Interface reflects the changes:
External
The agent will be able to login, logout, pause/unpause from the Web Interface.
The Administrator can set an Hot Desk feature (available from XCALLY Motion Version 2.0.77) for a specific Agent:
If this option is set to on, at login time the Agents will be able to select which one of the available registered Telephones they want to be associated with (click on the down arrow to see the complete list. Telephones must already be configured):
Mobile
The agents login with XCALLY mobile app
Mobile typology is visible only if Mobile feature is enabled on license.
Available from version 3.33.0
If you create a Mobile Agent, you need to insert Mobile App Push Gateway you need to insert YOUR_IP_SERVER:5060
How to Edit an Agent
Find the Agent from the agents list (you can use the search box on the top-right of the page to filter)
and Click on the three-dots button menu and then select Edit Agent:
In the Agent Configuration form you'll find the tabs shown
While in the Header of the panel you find these buttons:
black button to add Agent to a Queue of the different channels
orange button to add Agent to a Team
red button to add Agent to a profile (if you have enabled multiprofile feature on your license)
key button to change password
Account
In Personal Info tab you can edit Full Name, Email or other description fields.
In addition to these, you can enable the following:
Login in Pause (default: Disabled): if enabled, the agent will be by default on pause for all the queues he/she belongs to when he/she logs in, until the status is changed.
In the Security Suite Section you have:
the last Agent's password reset time and date. This value is shown only if the Security Suite feature is enabled in the global Admin Settings
Disabled: switch on this toggle to disable the User Account (this action can be reverted, switching the toggle off)
Locked: if the Agent's account has been automatically locked out after a number of failed login attempts, switch this toggle off to manually unlock it (this only happens if this automation has been configured by the administrator for all users and agents of the system in the General Settings).
Mask Sensitive Data: select this option if you want the Agent not to see the personal data of the Contacts, such as the telephone number, the Name and the Email address
Remember to specify the number of characters / digits to mask in the Settings - General (Security section)
In the Authentication section:
you can active directory SSO, to login with the Active Directory credentials
disable MFA for the Agent, when active
Change Avatar: If you want to change the Agent's picture click upload and select the image file (Only PNG and JPG formats - max 8MB).
Notifications: here you can define the default position for displaying toast notifications throughout the application. Default: top-right.
You can choose among top or buttom + right/center/left
Voice
In the Voice Section, you can change parameters related to an agent's SIP client settings:
Where:
Transport: Set the default transports in order of preference. Use:
udp/tcp/tls if the Agent uses the Windows Phonebar
udp/tcp/ws/wss/tls (according to the external phone used) if the used Phone is External
wss if the Agent uses the WebRTC Bar (defaulted value not to select)
udp/tcp/tls if the Agent is Mobile type. In this case consider that you need to insert the same transport protocol used for your Push Gateway: we recommend to select udp,tcp (in this order) if you configure the push gateway without tls, otherwise you need to choose tls as trasport option
Host: insert Host IP (for fixed IP access only) or dynamic (for dynamic access) for SIP registration
Nat: this variable changes the behaviour of Asterisk for Agent's access behind a firewall. Choose a value among the following: yes, no, force_rport, comedia, never, route
Type: this field defines the role of SIP within Asterisk, so the relationship between agent and outbound provider. Insert a value among User (used to identify incoming calls), Peer (for outgoing calls) or Friend (which covers both User and Peer)
Allowed Codecs: Audio Codecs to be used during the call. Choose a value from the list: ulaw, alaw, gsm, g722, g729, opus
Caller ID: the default caller id shown to call recipients
Context: this value defines the Agent context (default and recommended value=from-sip)
Call Group: defines the Agent's call group
Pickup Group: defines the Agent's pickup group
Chanspy if enabled administrator can monitor agent’s phone calls (for more information see ChanSpy)
Video support: here you can indicate if your trunk supports stream video
Record calls to user extension (default=Inactive; other choices: waw, waw49, gsm) to allow the Agent who gets a call to be recorded automatically
Encryption (yes/no) using SRTP (Secure Realtime Protocol) Encryption
About Record calls to user extension
When this field is active, the Agent will be notified the call is being recorded by the record button 
Clicking on this button the Agent can pause the recording:
and start it again
or start a new recording clicking on (only two recording files maximum per call).
Other Channels
In the Other Channels Section, you can set the Channel Capacity (the maximum number of concurrent channel interactions per agent).
When the maximum number of interactions is reached, the Agent cannot receive any further interaction on the same channel: all the interactions already managed before (e.g.chat/mail/SMS interactions follow up) will be passed to the agent anyway (if available, otherwise they will follow the action flow).
You can change channel capacity for Chat, Email, SMS, Open Channel, Fax or WhatsApp (where the default value is 0=unlimited).
From Auto answer section, you can enable/disable the auto answer for the Agent selected.
The interaction is assigned to the Agent without him accepting the notification.
You can enable this feature for each channel (Chat, Email, SMS, Open Channel, Fax and Whatsapp)
You can also set the answer delay in seconds.
From Advanced Search section, you can enable/disable the advanced search for the Agent selected.
XCALLY Phonebar Settings
This Menu is available only if Agent's Setting for Typology is Phonebar. If the Agent's Setting is WebRTC, go to the next paragraph.
In the Motion PhoneBar Settings tab you can enable/disable the following parameters:
Enable Settings: Enable an agent to see and modify the settings on the phonebar
Auto Answer: If enabled, any call to the agent will be automatically answered (default delay time in seconds is asked)
Ring in Use: Enables or disables ringing when the agent is already engaged in a conversation
Enable Recording: Enable an agent to manual recording the incoming calls
Enable DTMF tones: When enabled, the Agent hears dtmf tones when he dials a number
Do not disturb during pause: When enabled the agent cannot receive direct or internal calls when in pause on the phonebar (default=enabled)
Show unanswered call badge: when enabled, it allows showing the number of unanswered calls on the Agent Phonebar Call History icon
Enable Jaws Integration allows the Agent to use the screen reader Jaws integrated with the Phonebar (for blind agents)
Enable Screen Recording by Agent allows the Agent using the Phonebar to record video sequences of what happens on his/her desktop clicking a specific button that will be displayed
Enable Automatic Screen Recording means that the system starts recording a video sequence every time a voice call is received or placed by the Agent using the Phonebar (it stops automatically when the call ends)
The files generated using one of the Screen Recording functions mentioned above will be available on the Agent PC. By default they will be saved in: Video/AgentId_AgentName/<year>/<month>/<day>/
A different path (e.g. on a network drive) can be specified in the Settings/General section, and it will be used for all Agents.
Remote Control: switch on to enable Phonebar API Web Service
SIP section with:
SIP Expires: Time in seconds between consecutive SIP registration
SIP Source Port: by default 5160
SIP Destination Port: by default 5060 port (required)
Call Forwarding=Unconditional: set this flag if you want your agent can set this feature on the phonebar and insert the chosen forwarding phone number (it can be changed by the agent on the phonebar)
Motion App Settings
In this section you can see Mobile App configurations, where you can insert Mobile App Push Gateway, so push gateway address and port (you need to insert YOUR_IP_SERVER:5060)
Motion WebRTC Settings
This Menu is available only if Agent's Setting for Typology is WebRTC.
WebRTC Settings include the following parameters:
TLS certificate and TLS certificate's private key: To use a WebRTC function, you need to have valid SSL certificates (self-signed certificates cannot e used).
To verify these settings, please check the following configuration:
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(Please do not change the extension of .key and .crt files) Whenever a change is applied, remember to run the following commands: -service nginx restart -service asterisk restart |
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WSS Port: Show the port being used by the Bar for WebRTC signaling.
Enable Settings: Enable an agent to see and modify the settings on the phonebar
Auto Answer: If enabled, any call to the agent will be automatically answered (default delay time in seconds is asked)
Enable Recording: Enable an agent to manual recording the incoming calls
Enable DTMF tones: When enabled, the Agent hears dtmf tones when he dials a number
Do not disturb during pause: if you enable this feature, the Agent will not be disturbed when on pause
Ignore agent break status for preview calls: if you enable this feature, the Agent, even if in Pause status, will be able to make a call with the preview mode. The Agent could dial the contact from the Motion Preview button.
Ring in Use: Enable this option to allow the system to forward calls to this agent even when busy. If the option is disabled and the agent is already busy, the system will automatically reject any incoming calls.
Sip Expires: Time intervals in seconds for client SIP registrations
Permissions
In this section, the admin can give permission to a specific Agent to:
General
Enable Internal Messenger: Allow/disable the use of the internal messenger on the Agent's Desktop
Messenger sound notification: When receiving a new Internal Message, the Agent will be notified by a sound
Prefix Required: Compel the Agent to choose a service label "prefix" when placing a call
Select Recall Me Campaign: If enabled, the Agent can choose the Motion Bull- Queue Campaign to which the Recall me option will be associated.
Reschedule Hopper calls: If enabled, the Agent can schedule and edit the date, time and agent assigned for all the calls in his queue.
Download Permissions
Attachments: Download interactions' Attachments (Chat, email, openchannel)
Omnichannel Interactions: Download interactions carried out for each channel (Chat, email, SMS, openchannel, fax, WhatsApp)
Voice Recordings: Download recordings of the calls
Permissions: Enable/Disable Agents to use features and applications.
When you create a new Agent, all Modules Permissions are enabled by default.
If you disable one or more applications, they will not be shown on the Agent Omni Channel Desktop sidebar.
From time to time we release new sections but they will not be automatically applied to previously created Agents: if you want the new modules to be displayed in the menu, check the permissions and for each Agent and enable the section!
Clicking on the Enable/Disable switch will cause immediate changes in the Agent Settings.
Client Logs
From the Client Logs section of the single Agent, you can enable client-side logging for debug and issue troubleshooting.
Click on the toggle button to enable all Client scopes
Select the minimum logging level:
There are 4 levels available. Below, the basic information in this regard:
DEBUG_LEVEL | DEBUG | LOGS |
ERROR | The ERROR level designates error events that might still allow the application to continue running | error log |
WARNING | The WARNING level designates potentially harmful situations | error log, warn log |
INFO | The INFO level designates informational messages that highlight the progress of the application at coarse-grained level. | error log, warn log, info log |
DEBUG | The DEBUG Level designates fine-grained informational events that are most useful to debug an application. | error log, warn log, info log, debug log |
As logs are enabled, the Agent receives a corresponding notification, as in the following example:
This feature allows the logs file output on the server (i.e. client/role-username folder), for the Agent/User logs have been enabled.
Change agent password
Administrators can change agent password.
In order to change the password, find the agent from the list (you can use the search box on the top-right of the page to filter), click on the and then on Edit Agent, after that click on the red Change Password Button :
According XCALLY Motion Security rules, if the Security Suite is enabled, the password must contain at least 8 characters and have at least 1 lowercase character, one uppercase character, one numeric character and one special character like ~!@#$%^&-_=+[{]}.
How can an agent recover a forgotten password?
open the login panel
click on
Enter the e-mail address associated to the login name
the agent will receive a link via email. Click on this link and change the password (This link expires in one hour: if the agent cannot use it, it’s necessary to start a new reset procedure).
This function works only if SMTP service is set properly.
According to XCALLY Motion Security rules, if the Security Suite is enabled, the new password must comply to the following security rules: it must contain least 8 characters and have at least 1 lowercase character, one uppercase character, one numeric character and one of the following special characters ~!@#$%^&-_=+[{]}.
Add an Agent to a Team
Administrators can add agents to teams. To do so, find the agent from the agents' list and click on and then on Add Agent to Team.
You can also add an agent to a Team by clicking the orange button in the Edit Agent panel.
Add an agent to a queue
Administrator must add an agent to a queue to enable him/her handle calls headed to the queue.
In order to add an agent to a queue, find the agent from the list (you can use the search box on the top-right of the page to filter), click on and then on Edit Agent.
Now click on and you will see the list of the available Queue Channels (the list may vary according to your system modules):
When you click on the icon referred to the chosen Channel (Voice, Chat, Email, SMS, Other Channels) the pop-up screen will show you the list of available queues for each of them.
In order to add the agent to one queue you just need to click on the queue name.
You can add more than one queue.
Click on to add ALL the queues to the agent.
Delete Agents
To delete a single agent, find the agent in the agents list and Delete:
To delete multiple agents you can select the list of agents to delete by marking the checkbox on the left side and then click on Delete button (ok to confirm).
Export list of agents
To export list of agents in CSV, select the list of agents to export by marking the checkbox on the left side and click on the Export button:
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