Automation Rules - Cases

Automation Rules - Cases

This article provides a guide to set up and manage the automatic case assignment.
Automatic case assignment allows you to create Automation Rules - Cases that apply and / or remove a configurable set of layers to calls selected by the specified criteria.

Enabling the Automation Rules - Cases

Step 1 - Login to the web interface with System administrator rights.

Step 2 - Navigate to the System / Servers menu item and select one of your Verba Media Repository servers.

Step 3 - Click on the Service Activation tab.

Step 4 - Activate the Verba Label Processor Service using the 

 button.

Step 5 - Go to the Service Control tab.

Step 6 - Start the Verba Label Processor Service by clicking on the 

 icon.

Step 7 - After the Verba Label Processor Service was started, the restart of the Verba Web Application Service is required.

Creating Automation Rules - Cases

To set up and manage Automation Rules - Cases, open the Verba Web interface and select Data > Automation Rules - Cases.

A list of Automation Rules - Cases is displayed showing the previously created rules.

To create a new rule, click the 'Add New Case Rule' button. On the rule configuration page, you have the following options:

Configuration option

Description

Configuration option

Description

Name

The name of the rule. This is a mandatory field.

Enabled

The rule is only in operation if this field is set to 'Yes'

Add Cases

Choose the cases you want the rule to apply by selecting them in the list on the left then moving them to the list on the right using the '>>' button.

Remove Cases

Choose the cases you want the rule to remove by selecting them in the list on the left then moving them to the list on the right using the '>>' button.

Send to recorded user

Enable this to send an email notification to the recorded user of the conversations when the rule is executed on them

Send to all participating users

Enable this to send an email notification to all of the participating users of the conversations when the rule is executed on them

Send to all participating email addresses

 

Send email to

Sends an email to the given email addresses in the list.

Conversation Detail Fields

Use this interface to specify filters for selecting calls to apply the rule to. Click the '+' button to add a new filter, select the call detail record field you wish to base it on, then add your criteria.
You can add more filters by repeating the previous step.

To delete a filter, click the trash icon next to it. 

When finished, click Save to save the rule. If the Enabled option was set to 'Yes', the rule is now active.

Filtering Criteria

The table below summarizes the available conversation details fields which can be configured as a filter for the Automatic Case Rule.

Category

Field

Description

Category

Field

Description

Participants

From

The number of the caller party in the conversation

From Info

The number of the called party in the conversation

From (digits)

The number of digits in the phone number of the initiator of the conversation

From Device ID

The Device ID of the initiator of the conversation

From IP

The IP address of the caller party in the conversation

To

The name of the caller party in the conversation

To Info

The name of the called party in the conversation

To (digits)

The number of digits in the phone number of the target of the conversation

To Device ID

The Device ID of the target of the conversation

To IP

The IP address of the called party in the conversation

Both To or From

The number of any party participating in the conversation

Both To or From Info

The name of any party participating in the conversation

Dialed Number

The original dialed number

User

The user associated with the conversation based on the extension configuration

User Location

The location of the user, defined in the user configuration

Extension

The extension numbers in a conversation, a selection list of the configured extensions, otherwise similar to the 'Any party number' field below

Group

The group where a conversation belongs to based on the users associated with the conversations

User ID

The User/Agent/Trader ID obtained from the recorded platform

Details

Start Time (UTC)

The start time of the conversation in UTC timezone

Recent Than

Only conversations selected where the start time is recent than the defined value.

Make sure it is not used with a recurring schedule, otherwise conversations can be skipped if the defined value is close to the recurring period.

Direction

The direction of the conversation (e.g. internal, inbound, outbound, etc.)

End Cause

The end cause of the conversation (e.g. normal, hold, transfer, etc.)

Duration Interval

The length of the conversation

Conversation Type

The type of conversation. Available options:

  • Voice

  • Video

  • Instant Messaging

  • SMS

  • Desktop Screen

  • Screen & Application Share (Lync/SfB)

  • Whiteboard (Lync/SfB)

  • Poll / Q&A (Lync/SfB)

  • File Share (Lync/SfB)

Forward Reason

The forward reason for the conversation (e.g. forwarded, transferred, team call, delegated, etc.)

On-demand

Defines whether a call was recorded as on-demand

Marked for recording

Defines whether an on-demand conversation was marked for recording

Protected

Defines whether the conversation is protected

Case

The cases containing the conversation

Encrypted with Certificate

The certificate used to encrypt the conversation

Signed with Certificate

The certificate used to sign the conversation

Quality Management Scorecard exits

Checks if there is a Quality Management Scorecard assigned to the conversation

Analytics

Silence ratio

The silence ratio in a conversation

Talkover ratio

The talkover ratio of the conversation

Longest Silence

The longest silence present in a conversation

Technical

Recording Server

The hostname of the server that recorded the conversation

Media file name

The name of the stored media file

Storage target

The current storage location of the media file(s)

Source Platform

Defines which telephony / unified communications system the conversation was recorded on (Cisco, Sfb, Avaya, etc.)

Secondary

Defines whether the conversation is recorded on a server marked as secondary (using 2N / duplicate recording)

CDR/Media Record

Defines whether the conversation is a Standard, CDR-Only or Media-Only record. CDR-Only and Media-Only records are used for trader voice recording.

Elapsed Time Since Transcoding (UTC)

The time elapsed since transcoding in UTC timezone

Time of Transcode (UTC)

The date and time of transcoding in UTC timezone

Metadata Fields

Custom Metadata Fields

Custom metadata fields configured in the system, the list of available fields might vary depending on the integration configured and the metadata templates added

 

Editing existing Case rules

To edit an existing rule, select it from the rule list then modify any of the options described in the previous section. To apply the changes, click Save.

You can use the 'Delete' button  to delete the rule.

At the bottom of the screen, you can find some additional properties for the rule (creation and modification dates) and you can also view a detailed change history by clicking the 'View Change History' link.