Agent to Agent Chat - New Client Editor Portal Tab
With this version the Agent Portal and Portal Customization tabs in the Client editor have been combined into the new Portal tab. This tab includes the Agent Portal Settings and the LiveVox Portal Settings.
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LiveVox has expanded the Chat tab on the agent desktop to allow agents to chat with each other. Users can configure this feature from the new Configure > Client editor > Portal> Agent to Agent Chat option. Enabling this option allows agents to view other agents connected to the voice portal as well as supervisors from the Chat tab. In addition, with this version, agent can start conversations with their supervisor. Previously, only supervisors could start chats with the agents.
Contact Manager Enhancements
Account Ownership Fields
U9 provides users the ability to assign the ownership of a contact in Contact manager to an agent and/or agent team. Users can now utilize the Contact Ownership section of the selected contact and further define the Agent/Agent Team fields. This allows the users to search and create Campaigns based on this assignment. Navigate to Config>Contacts>Contacts>Double Click a Contact>General tab.
Greater List Segmentation
With this version, the Segmentation editor, basic and advanced search filters in Contacts manager are enhanced to support additional search criterion and dynamic data types.
- Date field types now support dynamic dates and search operators
- String and Number field types allows dynamic search operators
- he following search variables are new/and updated:
- Account for LiveVox Result (Updated) now includes dynamic dates
- Campaign (New) – Filter all records that are included in specific campaign. Only active campaigns are displayed for 30 days.
- Agent Id (New) – Filter based on Agent associated to a record
- Agent Team Id (New) – Filter based on Agent Team that is associated to a record
All standard reports can be scheduled through Job Scheduler
With this version,any standard report can now be scheduled through Jobs Scheduler. The following report are include as part of this release:
- Extended Campaign Report
- Email Campaign Summary Report
- Call Recording Report
- Clicker Efficiency Report
- Agent Team Summary Report
- Call Monitoring Report
- Call Transfer Report
- Recording Access Report
Jobs can be requested and created by contacting Client Services.
Previously Job Scheduler was used to run only some of the standard jobs and client requests were turned down if a report was not on the list to be scheduled.
Asynchronous User Tasks
With this version, DNC uploads will now be completed asynchronously, meaning users can start DNC uploads and then navigate away from the page to complete other tasks as well as have better insight into the success/failure of DNC uploads.
A new ‘User Tasks’ option is added to the user drop down menu in LVP showing a user’s tasks.
Previously, process to import a file was synchronous and took around 30 minutes to complete the process.
Call Flow Editor Enhancements
Support for Nested JSON and Array Requests via variable_assignment Module
The Variable Assignment Module assigns values to variables. This module now supports a new Variable Assignment editor which allows users to construct nested JSON and store in a CFE variable. The subsequent call flow can use the CFE variable to consume the nested JSON.
The following types of Nested JSON and array requests are supported under the actions menu in the Variable Assignment editor:
- Auto: Automatically determined from the value and can be String, Number, Boolean or Null.
- Array – An array contains an ordered collection of values.
- Object – An object contains an unordered set of key/value pairs.
- String – Is not determined from the value, but always returned as a String.
To open the Variable Assignment editor. Select the Assignment Expression message property from the variable_assignment module:
Select the 
icon to open the actions menu.
The actions menu displays the types of supported nested JSON and array requests.
New Consent Module
This version features the new Consent module added to track incoming SMS for key words so that consent flags and DNC entries can be updated automatically. Supported key words include:
- SMS Opt-In: Start, Begin, Confirm, Subscribe, Continue.
- SMS Opt-Out: Cancel, Unsubscribe, Stop.
The consent module is found under the advanced modules menu:
Consent module significantly reduces the complexity of the call flow from previous versions. Previosuly:
With this version:
Transactional Email Enhancement - Embedded Image Support Under Email Module
With this version, users can configure embedded image in the email template via the email module. The email module is available under the basic module menu:
Select the Files to be Attached message property from the email module. This will display a screen from which users can upload images to be embedded to the email template.
The image will be displayed embedded in the sent email messages similarly to the screen displayed below:
New Scheduled Callback Editor
With this versions, users can view all IVR Scheduled Callback and Manual Agent Scheduled Callbacks via Scheduled Callback editor. The Superuser/Sysadmin level users have the ability to view and modify the scheduled callbacks. Manager users are able to view scheduled callbacks.
Scheduled Callback editor provides the users the ability to filter/search for callback entries, also perform various tasks such as confirming in advance, cancelling when needed and for validation of when the callback is scheduled. Navigate to Config>Agents>Scheduled Callback to view the Scheduled Callback editor.
The edit scheduled callback window allows users to modify Scheduled Date, Time, and Agent details. In addition to modifying Scheduled Callback details, users can also cancel the Scheduled Callback as long as it is not queued up for dialing.
Users can view the scheduled callbacks of a Contact by navigating to Config>Contacts>Contacts>Double Click a contact>Scheduled Callback tab.
Users can view the scheduled callbacks of an Agent by navigating to Config>Agents>Agents>Double Click an agent>Scheduled Callback tab.
