The Settings tab of the Client window enables you to configure the settings for your contact manager, data retention, recordings, agent monitoring, and so on.

The following table describes the fields that appear in the various sections on the Settings tab.

FieldDescription
General Settings
Service GroupsA selected checkbox indicates that you can view the monitor dashboard for service groups.
Restrict Strategies ScopeA selected checkbox indicates that the dialing strategies are restricted to certain call centers or services.
Language

Language displayed on the LiveVox Portal (LVP). This field contains the following options:

  • English (default)
  • Francais (French)
  • Espanol (Spanish)
Time Zone

Time zone used on LVP. This field contains the following options:

  • Greenwich Mean Time
  • Atlantic Time
  • Eastern Time (default)
  • Central Time
  • Mountain Time
  • Pacific Time

Regardless of the value in this field, all reports are based on the Eastern Time.

Contact Manager Settings
Contact Management

A selected checkbox indicates that Contact Manager, including all its features, is enabled.

  • You cannot modify this checkbox.
  • This setting is not applicable for null accounts (that is, accounts with no account number).
Campaign Updates Contact ManagerA selected checkbox indicates that Contact Manager is updated when a campaign is loaded. A cleared checkbox indicates that only those account numbers that do not exist in Contact Manager are added when a campaign is loaded.
Days of Contact Retention

Number of days that a contact is retained within Contact Manager since the last load date. If the last load date is greater than the value in this field, the contact is removed.

Contact your Account team to update the value in this field.

Contact Rules
Contact Max Attempts Per Day

Maximum number of contact attempts that can be made on a unique account per day, regardless of phone numbers. The value 0 in this field indicates unlimited attempts. 

The corresponding field value for a service (service-level value) takes precedence over this field value.

Contact Max Phone Attempts Per Day

Maximum number of contact attempts that can be made on a unique combination of account and phone number per day. The value 0 in this field indicates unlimited attempts. 

The corresponding service-level value takes precedence over this field value.

Contact Max Attempts Lifetime

Maximum number of contact attempts that can be made on a unique account in a lifetime, regardless of phone numbers. 

Contact Max Phone Attempts LifetimeMaximum number of contact attempts that can be made on a unique combination of account and phone number in a lifetime.
Dialing ProfileRestriction policy used for contacting your customers.
KPI Settings
Service Level Seconds

Number of seconds within which an agent must answer an inbound call to be compliant with Service Level Agreements (SLAs). 

The corresponding service-level value takes precedence over this field value.

Default Service Level Formula

Formula used to calculate the service level. You can view the details of a formula by using the ellipsis icon  that appears next to the field value.

Retention Settings
Days of Screen Recordings

Number of days that screen recordings are retained on the LiveVox platform. 

While you cannot modify the value in this field, the following options are available: 3, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 180, and 365 days. If you want a different value, contact the LiveVox Customer Care Team.

Days of Call Recordings

Number of days that call recordings are retained on the LiveVox platform.

You cannot modify the value in this field.

Days of Speech AnalyticsNumber of days that the Speech Analytics data is retained on the LiveVox platform. The default value in this field is 365. You can, however, change the value to a number between 45 and 3653.
Free days of call recording

Number of days that call recordings are available to you for free. The default value in this field is 15. 

You cannot modify the value in this field. If you want a different value, contact the LiveVox Customer Care Team.

Defaults
StrategyStrategy used for contacting your customers.
Requeue StrategyStrategy used to requeue campaigns.
AM Option

Answering machine option. This field contains the following options:

  • Don't Leave Messages: If an answering machine is detected, no message is left and the call is disconnected.
  • Leave Messages: If an answering machine is detected, a message is left.
  • Transfer all Connections: Does not detect answering machines; all connections are transferred to agents. 
VoiceVoice talent used for Interactive Voice Response (IVR).
Scrub

Communication mode for which the phone numbers in the campaign should be scrubbed when the campaign is built. This field contains the following options:

  • None (default): No phone number is scrubbed.
  • Wireless: Scrubs all wireless phone numbers so that all landline numbers are contacted.
  • Landline: Scrubs all landline numbers so that all wireless phone numbers are contacted.
  • Segmented Wireless: Enables you to use different contact strategies, based on the position of a phone number, to contact both landline and wireless numbers from the same campaign. This is achieved by shifting the wireless numbers to positions 16 through 30 of the phone number list of an account. That is, all wireless numbers from positions 1 through 15 are scrubbed.
Quick ResponsebookQuick Responsebook for chat. A  Quick Responsebook contains predefined responses that are common chat messages that your agents can send to customers when chatting.
Advanced Features
Segmentation

A selected checkbox indicates that the Segmentation feature is enabled.

Report Only After All RetriesA selected checkbox indicates that campaigns are reported only after they complete re-attempts.
Vertical

Business market (such as BPO or healthcare) based on which some optional features might be enabled.

When you select the BPO option for the business market, you enable the optional Original Account Number field in Contacts. This field is typically used for an existing external account number from the original account issuer.  When enabled, the Original Account Number field is included in searches within the Contact Flow Editor's Lookup module, the Agent Desktop’s Screen Pop display, and the Contact Lookup Report.  

Campaign Appends Allowed

A selected checkbox indicates that campaigns are allowed to be appended to an active campaign (that is, a campaign that is playing).

Phone DNC Type

Type of Do-Not-Call option. This field displays one of the following values:

  • Legacy DNC (default): Manages a list of either account numbers or account and phone numbers to ensure that they are not called.

  • Dial-Time Phone DNC: Manages a list of phone numbers to ensure that they are not called. 

    If you want to ensure that a phone number that is available in different portfolios can still be dialed, you can associate the number with a contact group.

Shadow Audio Packages

Real-time audio stream package that allows LiveVox to be integrated with third-party providers of speech analytics. 

To enable Shadow Audio Packages, contact your Account Team.

Record Owning Agent on Primary Channel

A selected checkbox indicates that the recording of a conversation between agents and that between an agent and a customer is enabled.

This feature is not supported for Shadow Audio Packages.


Agent Monitoring
Monitoring EnabledA selected checkbox indicates that you can listen to a call between your agent and customer in real time.
Coaching EnabledA selected checkbox indicates that you can listen to a call between your agent and customer, and guide your agent as they handle the call, without the customer hearing the conversation between you and the agent.
Barging In EnabledA selected checkbox indicates that you can voluntarily participate in the call between your agent and customer by interacting with both the agent and the customer.