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Genesys Cloud system requirements detail supported browsers, operating systems, hardware, and components. Self start provides Resource Center access, training, and events for self-service onboarding. Genesys Cloud Collaborate enables people management, user roles, document workspaces. Communicate adds telephony for phone, conferencing, voicemail. Contact center includes multichannel routing, campaigns, IVR, quality management, reporting, and scripting.
Account settings
Genesys Cloud's Account Settings allows administrators to view usage information like users, devices, and resources, upgrade subscriptions to access more functionality, configure organization settings like voicemail and language, set data filtering rules to redact sensitive information in digital channels, and manage licenses.
Architect
Genesys Cloud Architect is a comprehensive flow design and management platform that enables organizations to create and configure automated customer communication flows across multiple channels including calls, emails, chats, and messages for both inbound and outbound interactions. The platform provides administrators with sophisticated tools to build menu applications using predefined operations with core functionalities encompassing customizable call management, secure payment processing, multilingual voicemail systems, and integrated chat capabilities with web widgets.
The platform supports multiple flow types including inbound and outbound call flows, in-queue flows for managing calls and messages with customizable hold music, secure call flows for protecting sensitive information during transactions, voicemail flows with speech recognition and caller opt-out options, inbound chat flows with web widget creation, inbound email flows with ACD routing management, and inbound message flows for multi-platform agent responses. Bot integration capabilities are available through the Genesys Dialog Engine for call, chat, and message flows, enabling developers to build and integrate bots with visibility into component execution frequency through Flow Insights.
Technical capabilities include YAML-based flow definition, comprehensive permissions management, multi-language support with text-to-speech integration, version control, and dependency tracking with visualization tools. The platform supports advanced features such as expression handling with design-time validation, decimal value processing, phone number data management, non-menu digit collection, data dips, conditional logic, and customizable voicemail flows. Administrative tools provide flow outcomes and milestone tracking for measuring self-service success metrics, dependency management for identifying resource usage, and flow management functions including importing, exporting, publishing, validating, and version history viewing.
AI-powered capabilities include Detect Intent actions, Genesys Virtual Agent, and Genesys Copilot for intent and utterance generation, along with knowledge base content search functionality. Survey functionality enables customer feedback collection through web and voice survey flows with configurable user input settings and post-flow transfer options. Workflow automation features include task-based integrations in Predictive Engagement and workitem flows for work automation task management. Common module flows enable logic reuse across multiple flow types and channels. The platform provides comprehensive configuration options for default flow behaviors, menu settings, speech recognition parameters, data and prompt resource management, and TTS engine selection with language support. Implementation support includes permissions management, comprehensive tutorials, downloadable flow examples, detailed FAQs, design best practices guidance, and community support mechanisms for users requiring additional assistance.
Bots
Genesys Cloud delivers extensive bot integration capabilities through Architect flows, supporting multiple solutions including Digital Bot Flows, Dialog Engine Bot Flows, Amazon Lex V2, Google Dialogflow, and Nuance Mix Bot. The platform incorporates text-to-speech functionality, Digital Bot Connector for third-party integration, and Agent Assist for FAQ suggestions during customer interactions. Knowledge management features include a workbench for document creation in English and German, while Intent miner analyzes conversation transcripts to identify customer intents and provide analytics. Rich media elements enhance bot interactions through quick replies, interactive cards, and carousels via the postUtterance API. Advanced chat routing capabilities integrate with Predictive Engagement to enable natural language interactions instead of traditional menus. The system offers comprehensive feature comparisons and documentation to help organizations optimize their implementation and maximize the value of automated conversation flows and customer engagement tools.
Bring your own technology (BYOT)
Genesys Cloud is an extensible customer experience platform that enables Bring Your Own Technology through integrations with third-party text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and bot engines. It offers per-turn and per-invocation pricing models, integration with engines like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon Polly, and Nuance, and capabilities like PCI DSS compliance, language support, and testing playback. Architect flows can leverage these integrations to enable voice bots, transcribe utterances, and customize voice playback.
Co-browse
Genesys Cloud co-browse allows agents to see and interact with a customer's view of your website during Messenger web messaging and voice interactions. Administrators can configure Messenger to enable website visitors to share screens from your website with agents. Key capabilities include setting up and using co-browse for Messenger, managing co-browse sessions, and meeting co-browse requirements. Use cases include enabling website visitors to get live agent assistance as they navigate your site.
Contact center
Genesys Cloud provides comprehensive contact center management capabilities through various features including ACD skills, queue management, and analytics tools. The platform uses ACD skills to match customers with appropriate agents based on specific needs and expertise. Queue management allows administrators to create, edit, and delete queues, assign members, set alert timeouts, and associate wrap-up codes. The system supports customizable wrap-up codes for interaction documentation, ACD routing for emails and messages, and canned response libraries for common inquiries. Analytics configuration options enable customization of metric calculations in views and reports. Additional features include Panel Manager for controlling agent interaction displays and Agent Assist functionality that provides FAQ suggestions during customer calls. The platform integrates with Google CCAI for enhanced agent assistance capabilities.
Directory
. Work teams allow supervisors to organize and monitor agents, track adherence, manage schedules, and filter performance views. The location feature supports adding office buildings and cities, including floor plan uploads for precise office locations. Profile configuration allows customization of sections, fields, labels, and translations for organizational needs. External contact management provides a repository for customer data, including organizations, contacts, relationships, and notes, creating a simplified view of all external contact information. The Directory menu can be disabled if needed.
Documents
Genesys Cloud provides capabilities for administrators to manage group workspaces, control access through membership, and audit changes made to files and workspaces. Administrators can create and configure group workspaces with default tags, add or remove members to control access, and assign different access levels. The audit trail provides detailed records of all changes to enable oversight. My workspace is a personal workspace for each user. Administrators can also create, delete, and manage membership of shared group workspaces.
Genesys Cloud supports outbound and inbound email interactions. Outbound emails can be used for campaign management or agentless email notifications. Inbound emails are routed to agents like calls and chats using routing and evaluation methods. Agents can send emails to customers and respond to incoming emails. Email interactions can be analyzed for details and performance. Specific email features in Genesys Cloud include ACD email routing, outbound email campaigns with personalized templates, campaign management, agentless email notifications, email interaction analytics, email threading configuration, email delivery receipts, canned responses, and email interaction search. Key technical details include email rate limits and pricing models for campaigns and notifications.
Genesys Cloud Voice
Genesys Cloud Voice integrates comprehensive Internet-based telephony services through AWS global infrastructure, providing complete public telephony access for call centers. The platform features WebRTC phone integration, number purchasing and porting capabilities, and Enhanced 911 services compliant with Kari's Law. Users can manage both DID and toll-free numbers across EMEA and LATAM regions through a dedicated portal, with numbers assignable to various endpoints including users, IVRs, and campaigns. Administrative capabilities encompass location management, phone provisioning, and emergency service configuration, while organization linking facilitates traffic routing between regions during disruptions. The system supports detailed billing functions with usage reports, cost accounting, and invoice reconciliation, alongside comprehensive E911 configuration options for remote workers. Phone management includes filtering, status monitoring, and export functions, with support for both WebRTC-based and physical devices. Emergency services remain operational subject to power and internet availability, with mandatory warning labels and Kari's Law compliance. The platform maintains E-Sign Act compliance and includes specific provisions for emergency dialing and third-party licensing, while offering transparent pricing through rate schedules and billing cycle management tools.
Integrations
Genesys Cloud provides a comprehensive integration ecosystem that connects multiple external systems and services to enhance contact center operations. The platform's integration capabilities include preconfigured CX Accelerators, an AppFoundry marketplace, and secure OAuth scope controls for application access. Core functionalities encompass voice and chatbot integrations with Amazon Lex and Google Dialogflow, seamless CRM connections with Salesforce and ServiceNow, and data actions integration with AWS Lambda, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Zendesk. The Genesys Cloud Embeddable Framework supports both private and public integrations across various platforms, including Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Teams, and Salesforce. Identity management features utilize SCIM APIs for user synchronization and single sign-on capabilities, while speech functionalities incorporate third-party engines for text-to-speech and speech-to-text services. Unified Communications integration supports multiple platforms including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and 8×8 for cross-platform communication. The webhook system enables automated workflows and notifications, while data actions allow custom responses across integrated platforms. The solution includes specialized implementations like Genesys Cloud for Salesforce and supports custom SMTP server integration for outbound communications.
Interaction routing (ACD)
Genesys Cloud ACD dynamically matches customer interactions and agents, processing and assigning interactions to the appropriate agent. Genesys Cloud ACD concepts include processing, flow, queue design, routing methods, and making rule-based decisions. Interaction routing is configured for each queue to indicate routing methods, assign queue members, and define capacity. Skills-based routing requires adding ACD skills and languages and assigning them to agents. Other features include email, callback, and SMS routing. Key capabilities include matching interactions to agents, configuring queue routing, and skills-based routing. Use cases include efficiently routing calls, chats, emails, and messages to available and qualified agents.
Knowledge
Genesys Cloud's knowledge workbench allows knowledge authors to create and manage knowledge bases with predefined question and answer articles that respond to customer queries. Key capabilities include adding questions and answers to knowledge bases to enable responses to conversations, organizing articles into categories and labels, creating and editing articles for different touchpoints like bots and agents, viewing article analytics, optimizing knowledge bases by improving article quality, and integrating third-party knowledge sources. The knowledge portal presents knowledge articles to customers so they can self-serve and search articles or initiate conversations with bots or agents. The portal provides resources to help design and build bots and bot flows in Architect, including guides on Genesys Cloud AI, adding knowledge to bots, Genesys Dialog Engine, creating bot flows, building digital bots in Architect, and general bot information. Key capabilities covered include leveraging AI, designing conversations and dialog flows, integrating bots with Genesys Cloud, and using Architect to develop bots. The portal aims to provide comprehensive materials to enable building capable and effective bots on the Genesys Cloud platform.
Messaging
Genesys Cloud messaging system enables agents to handle customer interactions across multiple asynchronous channels, including third-party platforms, SMS, web messaging, and open messaging. The platform supports integration with Facebook Messenger, Instagram Direct Messaging, and WhatsApp, allowing customers to communicate through their preferred messaging platforms. SMS capabilities include both long codes and toll-free numbers for inbound text communications. Web messaging features a customizable messenger window that follows customer journey lifecycles, while open messaging facilitates integration with external messaging services and third-party systems. All messaging interactions maintain consistency with other Genesys Cloud ACD interaction types, providing a unified agent experience. The system includes comprehensive configuration options for each messaging channel, including number purchasing for SMS, messenger window deployment for web messaging, and integration setup for third-party platforms.
Outbound dialing
. The platform's list management system enables sophisticated contact handling through CSV imports, template customization, and automated time zone mapping. Key features include do-not-call list integration, attempt controls, and customizable dialing schedules. Advanced rule management capabilities govern pre-call, wrap-up, and digital campaign operations, while scripting functionality ensures consistent agent interactions. The system incorporates comprehensive analysis tools, including call disposition tracking, response table configuration, and campaign performance monitoring through the Event Viewer. Time zone compliance, contact attempt limitations, and regional call analysis support ensure efficient and compliant outbound operations.
People and permissions
Genesys Cloud provides comprehensive people and permissions management capabilities for organizing users, controlling access, and automating user assignments within organizations. The platform enables administrators to add people individually or through bulk CSV import, edit user profiles, assign roles and permissions, manage phone assignments, and track agent attrition. Users can be set as inactive, have their passwords reset, and MFA devices managed as needed.
The roles and permissions system allows creation of customized role sets with granular permission controls for tasks including group creation, integration setup, and contact center supervision. Administrators can assign roles and divisions to users, automatically backfill roles with new permissions, and identify unused roles to optimize access management. Authorized organizations functionality enables pairing between Genesys Cloud organizations to manage cross-organization user and group access.
Divisions provide organizational structure for separating and grouping configuration objects, with the ability to assign roles to divisions and manage access to specific resources such as outbound dialing objects. Access Policies implement Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for additional granularity, supporting policy creation from scratch or using predefined templates, with options to view, edit, enable, and delete policies as needed.
Users Rules automate user, group, and learning module associations based on configurable inclusion or exclusion criteria, reducing manual administrative effort through systematic auto-assignment logic evaluated during user provisioning. The Rule Management page provides centralized administration for viewing, configuring, and maintaining these automated assignment rules.
Performance management
Genesys Cloud provides tools to improve agent performance and engagement through development and feedback training modules, gamification, and performance management capabilities. Agents can be assigned prepackaged or custom training modules to bridge knowledge gaps. Gamification applies game mechanics to motivate agents, manage performance, and drive development. Agents access assigned training modules and track their gamified performance scorecard and leaderboard.
Platform usage
Genesys Cloud provides detailed API usage metrics through its API Usage report, enabling administrators to monitor the number of API requests made by their contact center and identify which clients generate those requests. This functionality allows organizations to optimize API usage, reduce unnecessary API calls, and lower subscription charges. The platform delivers both detailed and overall metrics on API consumption, with future releases planned to expand platform usage monitoring capabilities for enhanced optimization of Genesys Cloud resources.
Predictive Engagement
Genesys Cloud Predictive Engagement is an AI-powered customer engagement solution that analyzes website visitor behaviors, predicts desired outcomes, and personalizes engagements to achieve those outcomes. The platform enables organizations to track customer journeys through segmentation, configure engagement actions including web messaging, web chat, and content offers, and integrate workflows with third-party systems and Salesforce through Architect flows.
Core technical capabilities include advanced chat routing, tag manager integration with Google Tag Manager and Adobe Launch, JavaScript SDKs for web and mobile journey tracking, and app event APIs for mobile experiences. The solution provides agents with comprehensive customer journey visualization through journey maps, session information, and interaction data accessible within Genesys Cloud CX, enabling informed customer interactions.
Implementation requires tracking journey events using segments, outcomes, and attributes; creating actions and action maps; and managing interactions with embedded customer journey information. Web messaging is the recommended engagement channel, though web chat remains available as an alternative. Mobile journey tracking and targeted messaging offers support proactive customer engagement through action maps.
Analytics functionality allows contact center managers and supervisors to access live visitor tracking, visitor activity reports, action map performance metrics, and historical journey data integrated into existing Genesys Cloud performance views. The platform supports campaign tracking capabilities, enabling teams to track campaign-related web activity, create leads with campaign attributes, and allow agents to view and update lead information using scripts.
The system includes pre-configured settings with defined limits on maximum entities and web tracking entries per organization. Pricing operates on an event-driven model. Genesys Cloud maintains GDPR compliance for Predictive Engagement data and provides detailed glossary and FAQ resources. Organizations using web messaging exclusively should note that certain Predictive Engagement features may not apply to their configuration.
Quality management
Genesys Cloud's quality management system enables recording and evaluation of agent interactions to enhance contact center performance. The platform features comprehensive evaluation tools, including customizable evaluation forms, scoring policies, and AWS recording export capabilities. Key functionalities include real-time interaction monitoring, coaching appointments, dispute management, and AI scoring. The system supports both in-progress and recorded interaction evaluations, with annotation capabilities and assignee delegation options. Speech and text analytics automatically analyze 100% of customer-agent conversations, providing detailed insights into interactions. Quality administrators can create and modify evaluation forms, set weights for scoring criteria, manage security policies, and coordinate coaching sessions to improve agent performance. The platform includes a quality evaluator dashboard and supports calibration processes for consistent evaluation standards.
Recording
Genesys Cloud supports call recording and screen recording capabilities. Call recording allows policies to determine which ACD calls to record and retain. Users can choose to record calls and access recordings later. Screen recording enables recording an agent's screen during ACD interactions for quality management.
Reports, views, and dashboards
Genesys Cloud delivers comprehensive contact center monitoring and performance analytics through customizable real-time and historical dashboards that enable supervisors, managers, and agents to track queue management, agent performance metrics, interaction tracking, and workforce optimization across multiple dimensions.
The platform provides specialized monitoring tools including agent status management, campaign analytics, digital channel performance (email, messaging), quality evaluation, skills assessment, virtual agent performance, and survey metrics analysis. Advanced analytics encompass flow performance tracking, milestone monitoring, journey mapping, topic analysis, intraday tracking, and predictive routing analytics with queue impact analysis.
Dynamic views display historical and real-time metrics for contact centers, queues, agents, interactions, outbound campaigns, scheduled callbacks, and workforce management with customizable date ranges, filters, columns, and data export functionality including scheduled exports. Key performance indicators such as service level, average speed to answer (ASA), and customer interaction volumes are monitored through real-time dashboards that track waiting customers and aggregate performance data.
Personal performance views enable agents to access their own metrics including My Performance, My Queues Activity, My Status, My Interactions, and My Evaluations. Queue and performance management capabilities allow agents to be activated or deactivated in specific queues with manageable status changes, logout capabilities, and station disassociation.
Additional features include limited PII masking in performance views and exports, API monitoring, bot performance tracking, data actions performance, knowledge management analytics, social listening, wrap-up performance analysis, agent development and evaluation, channel insights, and an analytics workspace for comprehensive reporting. The platform supports mobile accessibility through supervisor mobile apps (iOS/Android) and enables users to customize views by date range, save configurations for quick access, download data for external analysis, and manage alerts through configurable alert rules. Advanced capabilities include custom calculations, detailed metric definitions, recovery of deleted performance dashboards, and Analytics-as-a-Service (A3S) add-on functionality for enhanced reporting and analysis capabilities.
Routing
Genesys Cloud provides comprehensive routing capabilities for managing customer interactions and workflow automation. The platform includes features for interaction routing (ACD), call routing, message routing, and work automation with configurable tasks and performance tracking. Administrators can create schedules with recurrence types and time spans, organize them into schedule groups with specific time zones, and map call flows to dialed addresses. The system supports emergency routing through emergency groups that can modify routing behavior during critical events, with testing capabilities through activate/deactivate functions. Data tables enable local data storage for Architect interactions, particularly useful for large data sets exceeding switch statement limits. Flow outcomes and milestones functionality allows tracking of self-service success metrics through Architect flows, with reporting capabilities through performance views, dashboards, and reports. Skills-based routing and queue configuration options are available for optimizing interaction distribution.
Rule-based decision
Genesys Cloud's rule-based decisions allow users to define specific input conditions to produce outcomes aligned with business requirements. With a combination of rule schemas, decision tables, and Architect flows, robust logic can be implemented to manage system inputs effectively. Users can create rule schemas and decision tables, which Genesys Cloud executes when defined conditions are met, taking the corresponding action. Architect flows execute the decision tables. Key capabilities include creating, editing, and viewing rule schemas and decision tables, as well as executing decision tables through Architect flows. This allows complex scenarios with multiple variables to be handled through customized conditional logic.
Scripting
Genesys Cloud's scripting functionality enables contact center managers and script designers to create guided instructions for agents processing interactions. The platform offers comprehensive scripting tools including script creation, editing, and management capabilities. Key features include customizable script pages, templates for reuse, external data integration, and various component types such as text, buttons, input fields, and web pages. Scripts can incorporate variables (basic, dynamic, and list), arithmetic operators, and custom actions triggered by specific events. The system supports secure pause actions, callback scheduling, and CRM record screen pops. Script components can be organized using vertical and horizontal stack containers, while properties like validation, visibility, and formatting can be configured globally. Contact list integration and template management facilitate efficient script deployment. The platform allows for importing/exporting scripts, division management, and preview/publish functionality. Agents can access these scripts during both inbound and outbound campaign calls, with specific features supporting outbound administration needs.
Speech and text analytics
Genesys Cloud's speech and text analytics features provide automated capabilities to gain insights into customer-agent conversations through sentiment analysis, topic trends, voice transcription, agent empathy analysis, interaction categories, digital transcripts, interaction overview, and more. These insights highlight areas of improvement, recognition, and concern to better understand and serve customers and employees. Key capabilities include analyzing 100% of interactions, discovering topics and phrases of interest, determining customer sentiment, evaluating agent empathy, categorizing interactions, transcribing calls, monitoring audio, and enhancing transcription with dictionary management. The platform enables businesses to uncover deep insights from conversations to boost customer experience.
Telephony
Genesys Cloud offers three telephony connection options - Genesys Cloud Voice, Bring Your Own Carrier (BYOC) Premises, and BYOC Cloud - to provide convenience and flexibility. Administrators can configure trunks, sites, phone management, certificate authorities, DID numbers, extensions, and extension pools. Key capabilities include managing SIP phones, configuring managed and unmanaged phones, assigning DID and toll-free numbers, and adding extension number ranges. The telephony features enable call routing, classification rules, and interoperability between Genesys Cloud and third-party devices.
Triggers
Genesys Cloud triggers are configurable resources that automate reactions to specific platform events through defined conditions and responses. The system requires appropriate licensing and user permissions before implementation. Users can create, edit, and delete triggers based on various event types, including unanswered outbound calls, operational console emails, and webhook events. The platform supports advanced filtering capabilities with features for topic detection, sentiment analysis, and empathy monitoring. Key use cases include automated responses to missed calls, email-based operational alerts, and webhook event filtering, enabling organizations to streamline communication workflows and automate responses to predefined scenarios. Trigger management involves reviewing licensing requirements, creating and managing trigger conditions, and implementing examples across different operational contexts.
Troubleshooting
Genesys Cloud troubleshooting provides links to conceptual information and best practice recommendations for various Genesys Cloud features. Work with Product Support to open cases to resolve issues. Troubleshoot before calling Product Support by gathering conversation IDs, console logs, network logs, and correlation IDs. Pair your Genesys Cloud organization to Product Support's organization. Watch troubleshooting videos for common problems. Investigate events and diagnose issues using Audit Viewer, Scheduled log capture, On Demand capture logs, and Operational Console. Troubleshoot general features like System Status, desktop app, calling, and Architect flow authoring. Solve third-party technology integration issues with Amazon Lex and Google Dialogflow. Troubleshoot integrations like embedded clients and data actions. Address phone, WebRTC, and video chat problems. Troubleshoot Edges, trunks, and networks by viewing topology, assessing readiness, and managing firewall settings and bandwidth.
Customer surveys
Genesys Cloud provides comprehensive customer feedback capabilities through its integrated survey and workforce engagement management system. The platform supports six question types, including Net Promoter Score, and enables custom survey creation for different interaction scenarios. Survey distribution occurs through two main channels: web surveys via configurable email invitations and voice surveys implemented through Architect flows post-agent interaction. The system features customizable forms, opt-out options, and the ability to transfer customers to surveys during or after interactions. Administrators can manage survey delivery policies while agents can initiate voice surveys or share web survey links during conversations. Performance tracking and analysis are available through dedicated views, including Performance and Detail views, with results accessible via the Quality tab. The platform integrates these survey tools with workforce engagement management features, interaction history tracking, and policy creation capabilities. Data visualization is supported through customizable dashboards, while privacy compliance and community support ensure proper implementation and troubleshooting assistance
Widgets for web chat
Genesys Cloud provides web chat widgets that enable direct customer-to-agent communication through websites. The platform offers two widget versions with features including Predictive Engagement, user authentication, and customizable user interfaces. Implementation requires a two-step process: widget creation in Genesys Cloud followed by website code integration. The system supports authenticated web chat requiring user verification before conversations begin, agent image and name customization during interactions, and integration with third-party chat providers. Key technical capabilities include advanced chat routing, guest chat APIs, agent chat APIs, and browser compatibility specifications for version 2 widgets. The platform allows agents to answer, respond to, and complete web chats while accessing Predictive Engagement customer journey information. Developers can test functionality using the web chat developer tool and customize widget appearance. Additional features include screen sharing capabilities, customer experience data collection, and advanced routing solutions with Predictive Engagement.
Workforce Engagement Management
Genesys Cloud's Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) offering provides a comprehensive workforce optimization solution to drive results and employee satisfaction. Key capabilities include call and screen recording, quality management, performance management, speech and text analytics, workforce management, development and feedback modules, gamification, and web surveys. WEM simplifies the agent experience and helps organizations manage and improve contact center interactions. Specific features include recording ACD calls based on policies, evaluating agent interactions, automated analytics of conversations, configuring and managing the workforce, creating feedback modules, gamifying performance metrics, and surveying customers post-interaction. WEM provides deep insight into customer-agent conversations and helps drive agent performance and knowledge.
Workforce management
Genesys Cloud's workforce management system delivers comprehensive AI-powered forecasting, scheduling, and resource optimization capabilities organized through hierarchical business units and management units to manage workloads across six communication channels: voice, email, chat, callback, messaging, and workitems. The platform utilizes service goal templates defined at the business unit level to establish reusable metrics for service level, average speed to answer, and abandonment rates, while planning groups organize workloads by specific media types and route paths, and staffing groups cluster agents with similar skillsets to handle shared workloads and pool absence allowances.
Work plans centralize shift definitions, weekly and multi-week scheduling rules, and labor contract compliance through configurable shift patterns, breaks, meals, and weekly constraints. The system supports work plan allocation both permanently and temporarily, with rotational patterns distributing workload equitably across agents on a weekly basis. Work Plan Bids enable employees to bid on preferred schedules based on seniority or performance, promoting engagement through transparent assignment processes. Activity codes define specific activity types placed on schedules, indicating paid time, work time, shrinkage time, and interruptibility parameters.
Forecasting utilizes multiple methods including Automatic Best Method, Weighted Historical Index, CSV data import, and integration with existing systems, with continuous calculation updated nightly to reflect current trends. The platform offers load-based automated scheduling to meet service goals and manual schedule creation for consistent work patterns, supported by capacity planning tools that identify over/under-staffing and determine hiring needs. Time-off management features automated request evaluation against predefined criteria, with auto-approval for qualifying requests and manual review for others, while administrators set daily maximum hours per management unit and create time-off plans linking activity codes to limits.
Real-time intraday monitoring tracks agent schedule compliance at 15, 30, or 60-minute intervals with visual indicators highlighting discrepancies, while historical adherence analysis identifies trends and allows agents to submit explanations improving adherence scores. Historical shrinkage records both scheduled and actual agent downtime to refine staffing models. Agent self-service capabilities enable schedule viewing, time-off requests, and shift trades through desktop and mobile interfaces, with shift trade functionality allowing agents to exchange entire shifts while administrators configure rules ensuring trades match operational requirements like skills or queue assignments.
Data management encompasses historical data import/export, validation error handling, and comprehensive API integration with detailed documentation. The system includes audit logging and permission management ensuring labor contract compliance, HR system integration for comprehensive time-off , and a dedicated developer center and community support ecosystem where users can access additional resources, post questions, and provide feedback
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