Overview
The Agent Desktop Native (ADN) application, supported by LiveVox U10 and later versions, is designed to enhance the agent experience by offering the following features:
- Browser-independent access to the Agent Desktop
- Integrated voice through WebRTC
- Access to the screen recording feature
- Enables the use of Desktop Native commands
This document provides a summary of the changes across the different releases, and instructions about how to download, install, configure, and use the Agent Desktop Native application. This document is intended for individuals who are responsible for the setup and training of contact center agents, and individuals who have access to the Agent Desktop configurations.
Summary of Changes
The following table summarizes the changes to the Agent Desktop Native application across different releases.
| ADN Version | Platform Release | Changes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | U10 |
| December 13, 2019 |
| 7.3 | U12 |
Contact your internal IT team for the Microsoft installer (MSI) package required to install the Agent Desktop Native application. | January 28, 2020 |
| 7.4 | U15 |
Contact the LiveVox Customer Care Team for the MSI installer package required to install the Agent Desktop Native application. For contact information, go to the LiveVox Customer Care Contacts section in this document.
| December 22, 2020 |
| 7.5 | U16 |
| February 10, 2021 |
| 7.6.1 | U17 |
| October 20, 2021 |
ADN Compatibility with Platform Release
| Platform Release | ADN Version |
|---|---|
| U10, U11, U12 | ADN 7.3 |
| U13 | ADN 7.3, ADN 7.6.1, or later versions |
| U15, U17 | ADN 7.6.1 or later versions |
Downloading and Installing the ADN Application
You can download the ADN application v7.6.1 on the agent’s station either through the LiveVox portal, Agent Sign In page, or by contacting the LiveVox Customer Care Team.
Due to limitations of the AppImage portable packaging system, you cannot use the auto-upgrade feature in Linux. This issue will be fixed in upcoming versions.
Downloading the ADN Application
LiveVox Portal
To download the Agent Desktop Native application through the LiveVox portal:
- Log in to the LiveVox portal with an account that has administrator privileges and navigate to Configure > Agents > Agent Desktop > Desktop Native tab.
- Scroll down to the Desktop Native Commands section and click a platform (Windows, Mac, or Linux) for which you want to download the ADN application.
Agent Sign In Page
To download the ADN application through the Agent Sign-In page, navigate to the Agent Sign-In page, sign in with your credentials, and then click the Get The App link.
Installing ADN Application on Windows
To install the ADN application on a Windows system, follow the procedure below:
- Run the agent-desktop-native-<version>.exe file to launch the installer. The following message appears.
- Click the Yes button to begin the installation process. An Agent Desktop Native Setup window appears.
- The application is installed on the local machine. You can launch the ADN application from the applications folder, or the icon placed on the desktop.
Installing ADN Application Using the MSI Package
For ADN mass installation, you can use the MSI installer package, which supports provisioning using the config.mst and config.json files.
- This is applicable only to the Windows platform.
- Contact the Customer Care Team for the MSI installer package required to install the Agent Desktop Native application. For contact information, go to the LiveVox Customer Care Contacts section in this document.
- Copy the Microsoft installer package ADN 7.6.1.msi and config.mst file to the specific folder. For Example, C:\temp\ADNInstall\
- Create the config.json file using Notepad in the same folder with the following contents. Update the Value field with your appropriate Client code.
{"clientCode":"Value"} - Open the Windows command prompt and go to the MSI package directory. For example, cd C:\temp\ADNInstall\
- Execute the following command:
msiexec /i agent-desktop-native-7.6.1.msi TRANSFORMS=config.mst
After the successful installation, the config.json file is available at the following locations depending on the installation method:
If the MSI or the EXE is executed by clicking the installer, the config.json is available in the user folder.
For example, C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Agent Desktop NativeIf the MSI installer is executed by a command running as admin and passing the config.mst file, the config.json is available at system level.
For example, C:\Program Files\Agent Desktop Native
When upgrading the ADN version, the installation works as below:
- The EXE installer removes the previous EXE installation.
- The MSI installer removes any previous installation.
- The EXE installer doesn't remove the previous MSI installation. The upgrade process with ask/force strategy uses the EXE installation in the CDN (Content Delivery Network). If you try to use an EXE installer to upgrade an ADN version installed using an MSI installer, the following message appears:
Installing an ADN Application on a Mac
- After downloading the ADN application, run the .pkg file to launch the installer.
- Follow the installation on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
After the installation process is complete, launch the ADN application from the applications folder.
Configuring the ADN Application
You can configure the Agent Desktop Native settings on the Configure tab of the LiveVox portal. Log in to the LiveVox portal with an account that has administrator privileges and navigate to Configure > Agents > Agent Desktop > Desktop Native. On the LiveVox U10 platform and above versions, the Desktop Native tab is available by default in the Agent Desktop screen of the LiveVox admin portal.
- Click the Associated Entities tab and ensure that the selected desktop is associated with the service to which the agent must log in. You can configure the association in the Client or Service editor.
- On the Desktop Native tab, ensure that the Native Mode is set to Optional or Required. The Native Mode drop-down menu has the following options:
- Disabled: Agent cannot log in using ADN.
- Optional: Agent can use the browser or ADN to log in.
- Required: Agent can log in only using ADN.
- Choose an Update Strategy to define the version of the Agent Desktop Native application:
- Ok: No restriction to use any version of ADN.
- Ask: If an agent has a different version installed than the one configured for the site, a pop-up window prompting an update appears. An update notification appears after the agent logs in to the Agent Desktop Native application and selects a service.
- Force: After login, the update process installs and starts the new version without intervention. The update automatically launches when an agent logs in to the Agent Desktop Native application and selects a service.
- Set Whitelist Addresses to define trusted domains. If the domain is not added in the Whitelist address list, the Agent Desktop displays an error message.
- By default, only the trusted LiveVox domains are listed. This mechanism blocks the loading resources that do not match the information contained on the whitelists. Click the ellipsis next to the Whitelist Addresses to open the Whitelist Addresses pop-up window that allows you to view and manage the list of all the approved addresses for the Desktop Native application.
- Add: Adds a new entry. Enter the address to be added as a whitelisted address in the Address field.
- Delete: Deletes an entry. Select the address and click the Delete button to delete an entry.
- OK: Click OK to save the changes.
- Close: Click Close to discard the changes.
- Typically, when enabling access, you should create a specific top-level-domain entry, and a wildcard-subdomain entry, such as: *://yahoo.com/** , *://*.yahoo.com/**
- If you have a single-sign-on provider, you must allow access to the provider. For example, *://yourcorp.okta.com/**
- To discover what URLs need to be whitelisted, check the information in any of the BLOCKED errors that appear in the application window or the ADN logs. For more information about the ADN logs, go to the ADN Logs section of this document.
Configuring the ADN Application on the Agent Workstation
Launch the ADN application.
You are prompted to configure your client code by the following message.
- Show notification: When selected, chat notifications appear on the screen through the minimized ADN application from the system tray.
- Keep running minimized in system tray when window is closed: When selected, the ADN application runs in the background even if the ADN application window is closed by using the cross (X) button. You can open it again using the ADN icon from the system tray. If this option is not selected, clicking on the cross (X) button exits the ADN application.
- Notify when minimized to system tray: When selected, the following notification appears if you minimize the ADN application window to the system tray by closing the ADN application.
Client Code: Specify your client code. If you don't know your client code go to Step 2; otherwise, go to Step 3.
Alternatively, you can set the Client Code from the Settings options.- On a Windows system, go to Application > Settings.
- On a Mac system, go to Agent Desktop Native > Settings.
- To copy your Client Code, go to the General tab of the Client editor.
Enter or paste your Client Code in the Agent Desktop Native-Settings window, and click the Save button.
Specify your login credentials and click the Next button.
- You can select the Remember Me checkbox to save your Login ID for the next logins. Your password is not saved.
- You can use the Clear option to remove your entered credentials.
- In the Service drop-down menu, select a service to which you want to log in, and then click Sign In.
Now, you are logged into the Agent Desktop. Depending on the selected service, you are prompted to either dial in or connect by using your computer audio using WebRTC.
The ADN Icon in the System Tray
Once the ADN application is installed, you can see the ADN icon in the system tray as follows. This tray icon allows agents to do certain tasks even when the application is closed.
When an agent clicks the close (X) button in the upper right corner of the ADN application, the ADN application does not completely quit. This action only minimizes the application into the lower right corner (system tray), but retains the logon status of the agent and allows the agent to accept phone calls.
The icon color changes depending on the agent's state. The following table shows the icons for an agent's state.
| Icon | Description |
|---|---|
 | Default |
 | Agent is in Ready state. |
 | Agent is in Not Ready state. |
 | Agent is in call. |
 | Agent is in Hold state. |
 | Agent is in Preview Dial. |
 | Agent is getting an inbound call. |
 | Agent is in Wrap Up state. |
 | Agent is online. |
 | Agent is offline. |
In addition, an icon with a red dot is displayed in an agent's tray when there is a new chat notification.
For example, if an agent receives a message from another agent, then a red dot appears on the Ready state icon to indicate that there is a message waiting.
When agents right click on the tray icon, they are provided with the following options:
- Ready: Allows an agent to change the state to Ready.
- Not Ready: Allows an agent to change the state to Not Ready with the specific break code.
- Change Service: Allows an agent to change from one service to another available service without having to sign out or re-establish the audio path.
- Sign Out: Allows an agent to sign out.
Always on Top: When configured, the ADN application is kept in the foreground of all desktop applications at all times.
When configured with version U15 and above, the ADN application will pop-up when minimized for new incoming voice interactions.- Open: Allows an agent to bring the application to the foreground.
- Quit: Allows an agent to close the application permanently. The tray icon also closes.
ADN Functionality
The Agent Desktop Native application contains the same functionality as the Agent Desktop application on the browser. For more information, see the Agent User Guide on the User Hub.
ADN Logs
You can view errors reported when performing the ADN operations at the following locations on the respective OS versions:
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Agent Desktop Native\logs\
- macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Agent Desktop Native/
- Linux: ~/.config/Agent Desktop Native/logs/
ADN Security
Most of the ADN functionality is based on the Chrome and LiveVox ADN tries to adopt the latest Chrome version as early as possible.
In addition to the security features of ADN adopted Chrome version and any backported bug fixes, ADN has additional layers of security as below.
- At the network-access layer, ADN filters the request based on a domain-whitelist. By default, this allows only secure LiveVox pages to load into the ADN. At clients' discretion, this configuration can be expanded to include client-internal domains as well. By limiting network access in this way, it becomes much harder to attack the ADN with a drive-by exploit.
- For client-configured allowed domains, ADN severely restricts the available features such as media access, and ADN advanced APIs are disabled for all the domains except the LiveVox Agent Panel.
- ADN uses only the Chrome core features and does not use many features such as the Google Search-bar, the chrome:settings pages, the ability to install plugins/extensions, bookmark functionality, etc. So any exploits which target these features are ineffective.
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