Set call routing rules for call centers

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Overview

Set rules on how to route calls during and outside of business hours. For example, you can send calls to voicemail when your business is closed and route calls directly to agents when your business is open.


Who uses this feature

  • Administrators

  • Applies to all business types

Feature configuration

Things to know

  • Make sure to set your call center business hours so that incoming calls are correctly routed during and outside your business hours.

  • When customers call during business hours, after a certain number of rings, the customer is placed on hold. To change this, please reach out to the ServiceTitan Support Team.

Open call routing settings

  1. Go to the navigation bar and click Phones Pro to open the embedded dialer.        

    Note: If you don't have the embedded dialer enabled, sign in to your Dialpad account and skip to step four.

  2. In the Phones Pro embedded dialer, click the Wrench icon. Phone Preferences opens. User interface of Phones Pro showing call options and contact center status.

  3. Click View Dialpad Settings. Your Dialpad profile opens in a new tab. Settings for enabling and auto-collapsing the embedded phone feature in Phones Pro.

  4. In Dialpad, go to Admin Settings > Ai Contact Center. If you have multiple contact centers, click the contact center you want to set routing rules for. Menu displaying AI Contact Centers and a list of contacts for selection.

  5. Click Business Hours & Call Routing. The section expands.

  6. In the Call Routing section, click Edit Call RoutingSettings for business hours and call routing options for a contact center.The Call Routing screen opens. Call routing options for open hours, highlighting agent selection and routing type.

Set options for routing calls to agents

If you route calls to agents during closed hours, set separate call routing options for that call center.

By choosing to send calls to agents, you also have the ability to change how long calls ring out to them before defaulting to your second option, such as a hold queue. Calls that go unanswered by any agents get routed to your fallback option. For more information, see Set up hold queues for call centers.

Check out the video to learn more about the Ring Types in Dialpad.

  1. Depending on the routing rules you want to set, click the Open Hours Routing or Closed Hours Routing tab.

  2. If it's not already selected, select AgentsSelect agent routing type for call distribution, highlighting longest idle option.

  3. Select how you want calls to agents routed:        

    1. Longest idle: Calls are routed to the agent who has been idle for the longest amount of time.

    2. Fixed order: Calls are routed to agents in the same fixed order. Click View and edit order to set the call order.

    3. Round robin: Calls are routed to agents individually based on a rotating fixed order. The system looks at all calendars and if there's something in that time slot it doesn't allow you to book.

    4. Skills-based: Calls are sent to the available agent with the highest skill rating. If the agents have the same skill rating, the calls are routed to the agent who has been idle for the longest amount of time. This way, you can create tiers of agents. For example, you can have your primary CSRs at 100, backup CSRs at 90, and managers at 10. Click Rate your agents to assign skill ratings.

    5. Random: Calls are routed randomly to agents.

Set other routing options

If you select Other routing options, select from the following options:

  • Directly to voicemail: Agents receive email notifications when voicemails are left.

  • To a message (no voicemail): Callers receive a recorded message without the ability to leave voicemail. Select one of the message options:        

  • To another department: Click the dropdown to choose another department to route calls to.

  • To a team member / room phone / number: Use the search field to find a team member, room, or phone number to route calls to.

  • To an automated response menu: Select this option to route callers through an automated response menu where a system greeting reads off the preset menu options you choose. If you prefer, you can record or upload your own greeting to play for your callers.

Options for routing calls to team members or departments in a call management system.Options for call forwarding and voicemail settings in an automated response menu.

Add a system greeting

You have three options to set a system greeting:

  • Select an existing MP3 from the dropdown list

  • Record a greeting from your computer

  • Upload a greeting from your computer

Select a system greeting

Select an existing MP3 from the dropdown menu.

Dropdown menu showing options for setting a new greeting message.

Record a system greeting

  1. Click Record a greetingInterface for recording or uploading a new voicemail greeting in a messaging app.

  2. In the Record Your Greeting pop-up, enter a name of the greeting.

  3. Click Start recording and record your greeting after hearing the tone. Voicemail greeting setup window with a record button and input field for name.

  4. When you're done recording, click Click to finish recording.

The system saves the greeting and it appears in the list of greetings.

Tip: After creating a new recording, you can click Play to play the recording, click Edit to edit the recording, or click Delete to delete the recording.

Interface for creating a new voicemail greeting with recording options and actions.

Upload a system greeting

If you have a recorded MP3 greeting on your computer, you can upload it.

  1. Click Upload (.mp3).

  2. Select an MP3 file from your computer to upload.

After the upload is complete, you can see it in the list of greetings.

Interface for creating a new voicemail greeting with recording and upload options.

Note: We recommend recording a greeting on your computer because messages recorded in Dialpad cannot be moved or downloaded. It's preferable to record on your computer, convert it to an MP3 file, and then upload it to Dialpad.

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