Outbound Feature for Unified CCX
The Outbound feature provides outbound dialing functionality in addition to existing Unified CCX inbound capabilities.
The Unified CCX Direct Preview Outbound feature is bundled along with the Unified CCX Premium license package. The Unified CCX IVR and Agent Progressive and Predictive Outbound feature is available with the Unified CCX Outbound license. When you upload the Premium license, the Outbound subsystem will automatically appear in the Subsystems menu. With this Outbound feature, you can maintain high agent productivity by configuring contact centers for automated Outbound activities to perform Outbound calls.
Outbound Characteristics
The Outbound feature has the following characteristics:
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An Outbound subsystem that can be monitored from the control center
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IVR and Agent Progressive and Predictive Outbound
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Dialing modes - Direct preview, Progressive and Predictive
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Unified CCX Administration web pages, REST API to configure the Outbound feature
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Outbound Historical reports
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Outbound Live Data reports (Unified Intelligence Center)
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Real-Time reports are part of the Unified CCX Administration GUI real-time reporting applet.
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Calls made by the Outbound subsystem will not be displayed in the Contacts Summary Real-Time Report
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Access to real-time Outbound data from the GetReportingStatistics step for Direct Preview Outbound
Unified CCX Requirements
To use the Outbound feature, you must adhere to the following requirements:
Unified CCX Licensing Requirements
The licensing requirements for Outbound feature in Unified CCX will vary depending on the dialing modes.
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For Unified CCX Outbound Direct Preview Dialer—The Unified CCX Outbound Direct Preview Dialer feature is automatically available with Premium license package without any additional license. It is no longer available with Enhanced license.
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For Unified CCX Outbound IVR Dialer—You need to upload an Outbound license on top of the Unified CCX premium license with the required number of IVR ports that you would like to use for the Outbound feature.
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For Unified CCX Outbound Agent Dialer—You need to upload an Outbound license on top of the Unified CCX premium license with the required number of agent seats that you would like to use for the Outbound feature.
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The sum of inbound and outbound IVR ports should be less than or equal to a maximum number of IVR ports supported for your hardware model. |
You can view the licensed IVR ports for outbound and inbound and the dedicated ports for both outbound and inbound calls by navigating to
submenu from the Unified CCX Administration menu bar.Scenario 1:
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Inbound calls will take precedence over the configured Outbound IVR calls.
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If IVR ports are dedicated for a campaign, then the Outbound IVR ports available for the campaign will be gradually incremented as and when the inbound ports become free.
For example, if you have an UCS C220 hardware that supports maximum of 300 IVR ports and if you have 200 premium seats, then the current licensed IVR ports = 300 (Minimum of [seats*2, maximum supported for platform]).
In this case, if you upload an Outbound add-on license for 100 IVR ports and add 3 campaigns with 20 dedicated ports each running at the same time, then the 60 Outbound IVR ports will be available to the campaigns only when the number of inbound ports are freed up to support the Outbound IVR calls.
In other words, if the number of inbound ports that are used during the outbound IVR campaign time is 280, then only 20 Outbound IVR ports will be available to the campaigns. The number of Outbound IVR ports will be gradually incremented depending on the availability of free inbound ports.
Scenario 2:
If your Contact Center is close to utilizing the maximum IVR ports supported for your hardware model, then:
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Inbound calls will take precedence over the configured Outbound IVR calls.
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If IVR ports are dedicated for a campaign and if you reach the maximum inbound call limit, then the Outbound IVR ports available for the campaign will be gradually incremented as and when the inbound ports become free.
For example, if you have an UCS C220 hardware that supports a maximum of 300 IVR ports and if you have 130 premium seats, then the current licensed IVR ports = 260 (Minimum of [seats*2, max supported for platform]).
In this case, if you upload an Outbound add-on license for 50 IVR ports and add 2 campaigns with 25 dedicated ports each running at the same time and if you reach the inbound call limit of 260 during the outbound IVR campaign time, then only 40 ports (300-260) will be freed up initially for Outbound IVR calls. The number of Outbound IVR ports will be gradually incremented depending on the availability of free inbound ports.
Scenario 3:
If your Contact Center is using fewer ports than the maximum licensed ports supported for your hardware model, then the number of available IVR ports for inbound will continue to remain the same.
For example, if you have an UCS C220 hardware that supports maximum of 300 IVR ports and if you have 60 premium seats, then the current licensed IVR ports = 120 (Minimum of [seats*2, max supported for platform]).
In this case if you upload an Outbound add-on license for 50 IVR Outbound ports, and add 2 campaigns with 20 dedicated ports each running at the same time, then Unified CCX will support 40 IVR Outbound calls, and the inbound port limit will continue to be 120 as the sum of both inbound and outbound ports (160) are within the maximum licensed ports (300) for the platform.
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The total number of dedicated IVR ports in all the IVR campaigns must be less than twice the number of Premium Seats that is equivalent to the Total Licensed Inbound IVR ports. |
Unified CCX Subsystem Requirements
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The Outbound subsystem must be IN SERVICE.
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The RmCm subsystem must be IN SERVICE.
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The Unified CM Telephony subsystem must be IN SERVICE.
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The Unified CCX Database must be IN SERVICE.
Geographic Region Support
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The Outbound feature can be used in any geographic region supported by Unified CCX. The area codes and time zones mapping for North America are automatically prepopulated in the system. The system uses this information to determine the time zone of a customer’s phone number.
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For regions outside North America, administrators must enter the mapping of the international area codes and their time zones using the Unified CCX Administration GUI or REST API.
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The national do_not_call list is not supported in this release. Be sure to abide by the national do_not_call list.
Outbound Components
This section provides details about the following Outbound feature components:
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Unified CCX Administration—Enables the Outbound subsystem configuration, creates campaigns, and imports contacts to generate the dialing list.
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Outbound subsystem—Is responsible for the following tasks:
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Manages campaigns
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Maintains Outbound system configurations
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Manages the dialing list
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Reserves agents
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Makes Outbound calls
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Updates the call data in the dialing list based on the outcome of the call
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Decides which contact records to retrieve from a campaign
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The Outbound subsystem views campaigns as logical entities that group a set of contacts together in a dialing list. Campaigns deliver outgoing calls to agents. Agents are assigned to campaigns using CSQs.