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Chapter 7 Cisco Unified Expert Advisor Option
Call Flow Descriptions
Unified Expert Advisor closes the translation route with Unified ICM by sending a Route Request via
the Expert Advisor PG. Unified ICM returns the label for the targeted skill group. At this point it is up
to Unified Expert Advisor to find an expert advisor in that skill group, called an Assignment Queue (AQ)
within Unified Expert Advisor, who is willing to accept the call.
the Expert Advisor PG. Unified ICM returns the label for the targeted skill group. At this point it is up
to Unified Expert Advisor to find an expert advisor in that skill group, called an Assignment Queue (AQ)
within Unified Expert Advisor, who is willing to accept the call.
Unified Expert Advisor then orders the list of available experts as specified in the AQ configuration and
begins offering the task to one or more of them at a time. If all advisors reject or do not respond at all
during the configurable offer-task time-out period, then the next set of advisors in the selected AQ
receive the offer. If the entire list is exhausted without any advisor accepting the call, then the call
remains in queue in Unified Expert Advisor, with the caller listening to ring tone until either a new
advisor becomes available (Unified Expert Advisor will offer the task to him) or Unified CVP withdraws
the call and invokes a Unified ICM re-query.
begins offering the task to one or more of them at a time. If all advisors reject or do not respond at all
during the configurable offer-task time-out period, then the next set of advisors in the selected AQ
receive the offer. If the entire list is exhausted without any advisor accepting the call, then the call
remains in queue in Unified Expert Advisor, with the caller listening to ring tone until either a new
advisor becomes available (Unified Expert Advisor will offer the task to him) or Unified CVP withdraws
the call and invokes a Unified ICM re-query.
Assuming an expert advisor accepts the call, Unified Expert Advisor immediately delivers the call to
that advisor. If the advisor can be reached at several different addresses, Unified Expert Advisor rings
only one specific number: either his preferred destination address, one of his non-preferred destination
addresses, or any other address that he specifies in his response. The selected address could be a
hardware phone, a software phone, a third-party phone, a home phone, a cell phone, or any other device
that can be addressed through Cisco Unified CM.
that advisor. If the advisor can be reached at several different addresses, Unified Expert Advisor rings
only one specific number: either his preferred destination address, one of his non-preferred destination
addresses, or any other address that he specifies in his response. The selected address could be a
hardware phone, a software phone, a third-party phone, a home phone, a cell phone, or any other device
that can be addressed through Cisco Unified CM.
When the expert advisor answers, he and the caller conduct a conversation. If the expert advisor then
wishes to hand off the call to another destination or back into the contact center, he may do so using the
normal consult, conference, and transfer functions of his phone (assuming he has contracted for such
functions from his service provider). That can result in the call returning to Unified Expert Advisor, but
it does so as a new call. Unified Expert Advisor is not aware of the relationship between the two calls.
wishes to hand off the call to another destination or back into the contact center, he may do so using the
normal consult, conference, and transfer functions of his phone (assuming he has contracted for such
functions from his service provider). That can result in the call returning to Unified Expert Advisor, but
it does so as a new call. Unified Expert Advisor is not aware of the relationship between the two calls.
Consult Call from Unified Contact Center Enterprise Agent
This call flow is actually no different from that of an inbound call from the PSTN, as far as Unified
Expert Advisor is concerned. The call can come from Cisco Unified CM to Unified CCE either on a route
point through its JTAPI interface to Unified CCE or on a route pattern through a SIP trunk to Unified
CVP. In either case the same routing script would be executed, and the call flow continues through
self-service, queuing, and Unified Expert Advisor as described above. However, the actual SIP-level
routing depends on whether the call ends up passing through Unified CVP. For more information, see
Expert Advisor is concerned. The call can come from Cisco Unified CM to Unified CCE either on a route
point through its JTAPI interface to Unified CCE or on a route pattern through a SIP trunk to Unified
CVP. In either case the same routing script would be executed, and the call flow continues through
self-service, queuing, and Unified Expert Advisor as described above. However, the actual SIP-level
routing depends on whether the call ends up passing through Unified CVP. For more information, see
Post-Expert Advisor Transfers
After an expert advisor has completed his time with the caller, he might want to consult, transfer, or
conference another party. These activities are handled by using only those methods provided by the
expert advisor's own switching system. For example, if the advisor is using a Cisco Unified CM hard
phone, he can make use of the soft keys on his phone to place the caller on hold and dial another person
or route point. This action could end up queuing the advisor or the caller for a traditional contact center
agent, or even for another expert advisor. These cases, however, are considered to be new calls into
Unified ICM and/or Unified Expert Advisor; call context information is not carried over from the
original call into the new call.
conference another party. These activities are handled by using only those methods provided by the
expert advisor's own switching system. For example, if the advisor is using a Cisco Unified CM hard
phone, he can make use of the soft keys on his phone to place the caller on hold and dial another person
or route point. This action could end up queuing the advisor or the caller for a traditional contact center
agent, or even for another expert advisor. These cases, however, are considered to be new calls into
Unified ICM and/or Unified Expert Advisor; call context information is not carried over from the
original call into the new call.
While this activity is fully supported in Unified Expert Advisor deployments, Unified Expert Advisor
itself plays no role in carrying it out. However, Unified Expert Advisor does pay attention to the
information about such actions that are available at the SIP signaling level. If Unified Expert Advisor
detects that the expert has transferred the call, or conferenced the call and then dropped out of the
conference, it automatically declares that expert to be available again for additional calls. Note, however,
itself plays no role in carrying it out. However, Unified Expert Advisor does pay attention to the
information about such actions that are available at the SIP signaling level. If Unified Expert Advisor
detects that the expert has transferred the call, or conferenced the call and then dropped out of the
conference, it automatically declares that expert to be available again for additional calls. Note, however,