
Handling Incoming Calls
Understanding Automatic Call Distribution
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Administrator’s Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003
Viewing vector directory numbers
To see the VDNs already associated with your vectors:
1
Type list VDN and press
ENTER
.
The
Vector Directory Number
screen appears.
2
Each VDN maps to one vector. Several VDNs can map to the same vector.
Understanding Automatic Call Distribution
Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) is an Avaya Communication Manager feature used in many contact
centers. ACD gives you greater flexibility to control call flow and to measure the performance of agents.
ACD systems operate differently from non-ACD systems, and they can be much more complex. ACD
systems can also be more powerful because they allow you to use features and products that are not
available in non-ACD systems. See the Avaya Communication Manager Contact Center Guide to ACD
Contact Centers for more information on ACD call centers.
Enhancing an ACD system
First, all call center management systems (such as Avaya’s Basic Call Management System (
BCMS
),
BCMSVu, and the sophisticated Avaya IP Agent Call Management System) require ACD. These
management systems give you the ability to measure more aspects of your center’s operation, and in
more detail, than is possible with standard Avaya Communication Manager reports.
Call vectoring greatly enhances the flexibility of a call center, and most vectoring functions require ACD.
Vectoring is a simple programming language that allows you to custom design every aspect of call
processing. See
What are vectors?
on page 199 for more information.
Together, ACD and vectoring allow you to use Expert Agent Selection (
EAS
). For a variety of reasons,
you may want certain agents to handle specific types of calls. For example, you may want only your most
experienced agents to handle your most important customers. You may have multilingual agents who can
serve callers in a variety of languages.
EAS allows you to classify agents according to their specific skills and then to rank them by ability or
experience within each skill. Avaya Communication Manager uses these classifications to match each
call with the best available agent. See the Avaya Communication Manager Contact Center Call Vectoring
and Expert Agent Selection (EAS) Guide for more information on call vectoring and EAS.
VECTOR DIRECTORY NUMBER
Event
VDN
Vec
Orig
Notif
Skills
Name
Ext
Ovrd COR TN Num Meas Annc Adj 1st 2nd 3rd
Tech Support 5000 y 59 1
234
none
301
Customer Serv. 5001 n 1
1
1 none 302
New Orders 5002 y 23 1
5 none 303
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