Getting started
    • 29 Apr 2025
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    Who should read this article: Agents

    The Agent Panel is a powerful yet simple-to-use tool that enables you to easily make and receive calls, join outbound campaigns, and monitor your performance.

    Introduction

    The Agent Panel is a web application for Agents to perform their work in a contact center. The Agent Panel lets you:

    Sign-in

    For information about signing in to your Voiso account, refer to the articles in the Signing in topic area.

    Home screen

    The Voiso Agent Panel home screen is a dial pad that you can use to make outgoing phone calls to contacts (external people your organization interacts with, such as clients, customers, patients, and sales leads) or internal targets, such as another agent, a calling queue, or back office personnel.

    Agent Panel Default Home Screen

    Refer to Outbound calls for information about how to use the dial pad to make a call.

    Switch screens

    There are four icons at the bottom of the Agent Panel that enable you to switch between screens.

    Agent Panel Switch Screen Buttons

    From left to right, the icons are:

    Status menu

    Your current availability status, and how long you have been in that status, are displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Agent Panel.

    Agent Panel Status Menu Available

    StatusDescription
    AvailableReady to accept an inbound call or an outbound campaign call
    Dialer outboundYou are handling an outbound dialer campaign call.
    Dialer waitingYou are in an outbound dialer campaign and you are available and waiting to be connected to the next call
    Dialing inYou have joined an outbound dialer campaign and the dialer is dialing you.
    IdleThis status is set automatically if you have not used the Agent Panel for a while but you are still logged in
    InboundYou are currently engaged in an inbound phone call
    LogoutThis status is set automatically if you have not used the Agent Panel for a while or if Agent Panel has become disconnected from your network, but you are still logged in
    OutboundYou are currently engaged in an outbound phone call or an outbound campaign call
    RingingYou have an active inbound call that you have not answered.
    Unavailable reasonNot ready to accept an inbound call or an outbound campaign call. Unavailable statuses are displayed as reasons for being unavailable, such as meetings, training, or lunch break

    Use the Status menu to manually set your availability or unavailability (with a reason) to take calls or to log out from Voiso. To display the Status menu, click the Status bar at the bottom of the Agent Panel.

    Agent Panel Status Menu Click To Open

    Dialer campaigns screen

    The Dialer Campaigns screen contains a list of all the active outbound calling campaigns that you are assigned to.

    Click the Dialer campaigns icon to switch to the Dialer campaigns screen. To join a campaign, select it.

    Agent Panel Joining a Dialer Campaign

    For more information about the Dialer campaigns screen, refer to Outbound campaigns.

    Call history screen

    The Call history screen contains a list of all the phone calls you have handled. You can access your call history in three different views, All calls, Inbound, and Outbound. Scroll the screen to see more calls.

    To call a number again, click it.

    Agent Panel Call History Screen

    To view the details of a call, click the kebab menu button. The Call details screen displays the contact's number, the date and time of the call, the call duration, the call result, and the Wrap-up code you assigned to the call.

    Agent Panel Call Call Details View

    To call a contact from the Call details screen, click Call.

    The contents of the Menu screen depend on how your account has been set up by your administrator. By default, it contains the CID groups and Agent metrics menus.

    Agent Panel Default Menu Screen

    CID groups

    The CID groups menu displays the current Caller ID (CID) group that is displayed to contacts on their phone when you make an outbound call. For Outbound campaigns, your CID groups setting is overridden by the campaign settings.

    To change your CID group, click CID groups, then find and select a new CID group from the Select a Caller ID group menu. You can use the search feature or scroll the menu to find a CID group.

    Agent Panel Select a CID Group Menu

    Agent metrics

    The Agent metrics menu displays a list of metrics and KPIs that tell you about your work performance. For details, refer to the Agent metrics article.

    Using Call notes

    Users with the Call notes feature enabled have the Notes button availble in the call controls.

    Call Notes Using Call Notes In Agent Panel

    To use the Call notes feature, follow these steps:

    1. During a phone call, click the Notes button in the call controls page.
    2. Enter your notes in the Notes page.
    3. Click Back to return to the call controls page.
    4. After the call ends, during the After Call Work stage, the Notes page displays again. Add or edit your notes.
    5. Click Next to save your notes.
    6. Select a wrap-up code.


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