
System Manager’s Guide, Chapter 6 – Expanding Your System With Call Routing
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Use the Call Routing Planning Worksheet to record call-routing key assignments and
draft the opening and call-routing box greetings that you will record when you set up
call routing for your voice messaging system. You can also use the worksheet to plot
the system’s default action when a caller enters an invalid call-routing key or does not
press a key after hearing a greeting.
Steps for setting up call routing
1.
Complete the Call Routing Planning Worksheet on the following page.
2.
Set up call-routing keys for the opening greeting. Set up call-routing keys for
each call-routing box that will offer a submenu of additional call-routing
options.
3.
Change the default actions for each call-routing greeting (optional).
4.
Record greetings for call-routing boxes. Rerecord the opening greeting for
day (and night if desired) to reflect available call-routing keys.
5.
Test call-routing keys.
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Avoid assigning call-routing keys that begin with the same digit as subscriber
extensions. For example, avoid using 1 as a call-routing key when extensions
range from 10-19.
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Complete the Opening Greeting portion of the Call Routing Planning Worksheet,
and then make a copy of the worksheet for each call-routing box you plan to
include in your call-routing setup.
Keep greetings simple. Guide callers to the right person or information clearly
and quickly. If the choices are clear and short, callers will find your call-routing
keys easy to use.
Tell callers the choice or destination first, and then the key to press (For Sales,
press 1...).