Dialpad web app overview

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Overview

The DialPad web application allows you to place calls and send messages from Dialpad through your web browser.


Who uses this feature

  • Office employees, Customer Service Representatives (CSRs)

  • Applies to all business types

Feature configuration

  • To get started with Phones Pro, request a demo on our Pro Products page, or reach out to your Customer Success Manager (CSM) or Pro Account Manager.

Access the Dialpad web app

You can access the Dialpad web app in two ways:

  1. Go to Dialpad.com/app.

  2. Go to Dialpad.com/settings.

Check out the video for more on how to access the DialPad web app.

Dialpad web app features

The Dialpad web app has everything your team needs to make and receive calls with Phones Pro. Check out the Navigate Dialpad video for more information on the different features of the Dialpad web app.

Inbox

The Inbox opens by default when you launch the Dialpad web app. Here you can see:

  • Unread alerts

  • Calls you have made or received

  • Missed calls

  • Voicemails

  • Call recordings

  • Messages

Contacts

In the Contacts section, you can see:

  • Frequent contacts you have made calls to or received calls from

  • Company directory

  • Group chats

  • Blocked numbers

Coaching teams

If you have any coaching teams set up to monitor your trainees, in the Coaching teams section you can see:

  • Current live calls with the coaching trainees

  • Members in the coaching team and their current status

  • All calls received by the coaching team members

  • Call recordings

Departments

If you have any departments set up, in the Departments section you can see:

  • Current live calls in the department

  • Operators assigned to the department and their current status

  • New department-specific alerts

  • All calls that have come into the department

  • Missed calls

  • Messages sent to the department

  • Voicemails that have been left in the department        

    Note: Missed calls and voicemails under a department are for department missed calls only. If you have a fallback number setup for the department, missed calls or voicemails don't appear in this section.

  • Call recordings associated with the department

AI Contact Centers/Call Centers

In the AI Contact Center section, you can see:

  • Callers that are currently in the call center hold queue

  • Current live calls

  • Agents assigned to the call center and their current status

  • New alerts for the call center

  • All calls that have come into the call center

  • Missed calls for the call center

  • Messages that have come into the call center

  • Voicemails left for the call center

  • Call recordings associated with the call center

If you have multiple call centers, you can monitor them all at once by clicking Monitor all contact centers. When viewing all call centers, you can see:

  • The entire hold queue for all call centers

  • All current live calls for all call centers

  • All agents assigned to a call center and their current status

Recents

The Recents section lists all calls that you made or received recently.

Use the Dialpad web app

Check out the video on using the Dialpad web application, including how to answer a call in the web app, the different features available when on a call, and how to change your Dialpad department and call center status.

Available statuses

Your status shows in the upper right corner of the Dialpad web app. Default statuses include:

  • Available

  • In a meeting

  • Out sick

  • Traveling

  • On vacation

  • Custom statuses created by your administrator

When working in a call center, your status doesn't affect your call center availability. To change your call center status, click the Off Duty toggle next to AI Contact Center in the side panel.

Contact center status options including off duty and various availability statuses.

You can set your call center status to one of the following:

  • Available

  • Off Duty

  • Kind of busy

  • Outbound calls only

  • Restroom

  • Emergency Break

Do not disturb settings

Turning on Do not disturb ensures that all of your calls except calls that come into a call center are forwarded to voicemail.

To turn on the Do not disturb status:

  1. Go to your DialPad Application and click Profile.

  2. Enable the Do not disturb toggle. User interface showing 'Do Not Disturb' status with options for notifications.

You can set individual departments and call centers to Do not disturb by clicking into the department or call center and then clicking the Active toggle.

Contact center interface showing no callers in hold queue and active status.

Administrator functions within the Dialpad web app

Check out the video on Administrator functions available to you in the Dialpad web app.

As an administrator, you can access the following options in the Dialpad web app:

  • Set individual operators or agents to Do not disturb within departments or contact centers

  • Change an individual agent's status within a call center

  • View live calls, listen in on the call, and view the real-time transcript of the call

  • See the number of departments or call centers an agent is assigned to

Differences between Dialpad desktop and web applications

Check out the video on the key differences between the desktop and web versions of Dialpad and choose the one that best suits your needs for ease of use.

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