Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

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DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide  
555-233-506  
Issue 1
April 2000
Features and technical reference 
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Hunt Groups 
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Detailed description
The following sections describe how a hunt group works.
Hunting methods
The system uses one of two types of hunting method to distribute calls:
NOTE:
Expert Agent Selection uses uniform call distribution and expert agent 
distribution. Refer to DEFINITY ECS Guide to ACD Call Centers.
Hunt group queues
You can set up a queue for a hunt group. When all extensions in the group are 
busy, calls wait in queue for the next available extension. You determine how 
many calls can wait in queue by setting the queue length.
Direct 
department 
calling
The system hunts for an available extension in the hunt 
group, always starting with the first extension in the group.   
If the first extension is busy, the system checks the second 
extension. If the second extension is busy, the system 
checks the third, and so on. When an extension is available, 
the system rings that extension to connect the call.
Uniform 
call 
distribution
The system hunts for the extension that has been available 
for the longest time. The system then rings that extension to 
connect the call. This type of hunting provides the most 
equitable distribution of calls. Also, this type of hunting is 
required for a modem pool, data-line circuit ports, and data 
modules
.
Circular
Enter 
circ
 when the call should be routed in a “round-robin” 
order. The order in which the participating extensions are 
administered is the order in which calls are directed. The 
switch keeps track of the last extension in the hunt group to 
which a call was connected. The next call terminating on the 
hunt group is offered to the next station in the circular list 
independent of how long that station has been idle. The 
switch does not start searching at the same place each time.