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Siebel Universal Queuing Administration Guide



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Introduction

Revision History


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Overview of Siebel Universal Queuing

Communications Business Scenarios

Routing Voice Calls

Routing Email Requests

Routing Incoming Faxes

About Siebel Universal Queuing

Universal Queuing Architecture

Overall Architecture

Siebel Universal Queuing Elements

Work Items

Configurations

Channels and Channel Types

Employee Skills and Expertise

Simultaneous Sessions

Routes, Route Properties, and Escalations

Real-Time and Historical Statistics

Alarms and Errors

How Siebel Universal Queuing Works

Agent Login

Receiving Work Items

Routing Work Items

Escalations

Agent Availability and Sequential Assignment

Siebel Universal Queuing Implementations

Using Siebel Universal Queuing with Other Siebel Modules

Siebel Server Requirements for Siebel Universal Queuing

Siebel Universal Queuing and Siebel Communications Server

Siebel Universal Queuing and Siebel CTI

Siebel Universal Queuing and Siebel eMail Response

Siebel Universal Queuing Data Flow

Voice Call Data Flow

Email Data Flow


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Installing and Running Siebel Universal Queuing

Preparing to Install Siebel Universal Queuing

Server Configuration for the Routing Engine

Database Configuration for Recovery Table

Optimizing IBM AIX and IBM DB2 Universal Database

Installing Siebel Universal Queuing

Preinstallation Checklist

Installing the Routing Engine on Microsoft Windows

Installing the Routing Engine on UNIX

Creating the DUStore Recovery Table

Reconfiguring Siebel Universal Queuing After Installation

Running the Siebel Universal Queuing Routing Engine

Verifying and Running Routing Engine Processes on Microsoft Windows

Verifying and Running Routing Engine Processes on UNIX

Implementing Failure Recovery

Heartbeat Protocol

Siebel Universal Queuing Failure

Siebel Communications Server Failure

Configuring Siebel Universal Queuing

Views in the UQ Administration Screen

Defining Configurations

Defining Channels

Assigning Employee Skills

Defining Employee Channel Capacity

Defining Communications Configurations

Configuring Sequential Assignment

Using the Wrap Enabled Parameter

Using Sequential Assignment as Defined in File callrouteA.def

Event and Command Definitions for Sequential Assignment

Configuring Session Timeout for EAI Object Manager


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Using Siebel Universal Queuing

Creating Routes and Escalations

Notifying Siebel Universal Queuing of Updates

Defining Routes, Route Properties, and Escalation Rules

Adding Route Properties

Defining a Route Escalation

Creating Route Escalation Rules

Creating Skill Definitions

Editing a Route Definition in Real-Time

Inactivating a Route Definition

Receiving and Handling Work Items

Transferring Work Items to Another Route

Selecting Work Items from My Qualified Work Items View

Routing Service Requests or Activities

Abandoning a Phantom Work Item

Resetting the Siebel Universal Queuing Connection

Resetting the Siebel Universal Queuing Agent Session

Viewing Alarms and Errors


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Siebel Universal Queuing Reporting

Viewing Real-Time Status Data

Setting the Refresh Interval

Viewing Channel Status Data

Viewing Employee Status Data

Viewing Route Status Data

Viewing Historical Data

Viewing Historical Channel Statistics

Viewing Historical Route Statistics

Business Objects and Business Components

Siebel Universal Queuing Business Objects

Siebel Universal Queuing Business Components


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Interfacing with Siebel Universal Queuing

Business Service Methods

AddWorkItem

CompleteWorkItem

RequestAgentState

RequestWorkItemState

Return Codes for Business Service Methods


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Troubleshooting Siebel Universal Queuing

Installation Issues

Network Issues

Application Issues

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Siebel Universal Queuing Administration Guide