Hi There,
I am still learning the UC systems and am wondering what is the easiest way to achieve the following.
2 receptionists on extensions 201 and 202.
And one overflow receptionist on 239, but who should only get calls when the other two are busy.
What we would like is that incoming calls are queued, (whether they get an announcement or not, client would prefer they didnt they just got a ringing tone) and then passed to a free receptionist.
The recpetionists are having difficulty with the dual line nature of the phones, (i.e. on a call and the phone still ringing, and the call theast the phone is showing on screen is the incoming one not the on they are on) and the client has asked if it is possible to only have one call to each receptionist phone at a time, and all other calls held in the queue until thee receptionists phone is clear.
Then the next call in the queue is passed to the phone for the receptionist to deal with.
Currently we have incoming main number pointed to a blast group on 511, which rings 201 qnd 202, then after 20 secs diverts to blast group 512 whcih contains 201, 202 and 239.
It works to an extent but this is what has prompted the above as a way to simplify the recpetionists tasks.
I think what we are looking to do can be done with bacd and an auto attendant, but the client owner would prefer all calls were answered with a human, so would prefer no announcment and no indication of queuieing with the inbound call just to ring
Some of the other partners like the idea of an "thank you for calling company a, your call is in a queues and will be answered shortly" type anouncement then wither hold music, or an further announcement prior to being passed to reception, soit is something we may be looking to do in the future.
Thanks
Graeme
