Goto and Transfer Elements

Use

The transfer element transfers the call to a destination, for example to a queue, whereas the goto element takes the call to the defined target element within the IVR.

goto

The goto element can be nested in the following parent elements: block, error, filled, if, noinput, nomatch, timeout, and it cannot have child elements.

* = Specific to Sinch Contact Center

Attributes for goto Element

Description

Target Element

Defines the form or menu element where the IVR application execution is moved.

Select the target form the drop-down list that consists of all appropriate elements in the current VoiceXML document.

Target Item

Defines the block, callout, customstate, field, record, soap, transfer element where the IVR application execution is moved.

Target Element Expression

Choose or enter the expression that defines the target element.

  • Enter a string in the field with quotes, such as a phone number, '1234567'

  • Enter a variable’s name, or, if it is already defined with the var or other element that can have variable value, choose it from the list.

  • Combine these two.

  • Enter the expression using Python code.

Target Item Expression

Choose or enter the expression that defines target item.

  • Enter a string in the field with quotes, such as a phone number, '1234567'

  • Enter a variable’s name, or, if it is already defined with the var or other element that can have variable value, choose it from the list.

  • Combine these two.

  • Enter the expression using Python code.

Description*

Enter a description of your element; what is it planned for, its requirements and limitations.

transfer

The transfer element can be nested in the following parent elements: form.

It can have the following child elements: audio, filled, noinput, nomatch, prompt

Note:

The call may include call attached data (CAD, for example customer information from CRM), that will be included in Extra Data. Define how Extra Data is handled in the system in System Management > Channels > Voice Channel > Extra Data Settings, see Configuring Channel Settings.

To transmit CAD with a call that is transferred to an external number, define the trunk settings Call Switching > Trunks > Call Attached Data (CAD), see Managing Trunks.

Attributes for transfer Element

Description

Identifier

Enter the identifier, either a short name or number. The identifier appears in the ID column, and it is used as an address when the call is transferred to this element.

The identifier appears also in the drop-down list of expressions with the prefix callout:, the results of the callout method are called with those expressions.

Condition

Define the condition with a Python statement using one of the following options:

  • Use a ready-made condition:

    1. Select the condition from the drop-down list, they are indicated with Condition:.

    2. Select x (and y) from the drop-down list, or write the value, variable or Python statement.

    3. Click OK.

  • Choose a query, status, variable or other statement from the drop-down list, and complete the Python statement. For example, to make a condition that A-number must be 12345, choose a variable {ANUMBER} from the drop-down list and enter == "12345".

  • Enter the whole statement in Python code.

Caller Number Expression

Choose or enter the expression that defines the caller number.

  • Enter a string in the field with quotes, such as a phone number, '1234567'

  • Enter a variable’s name, or, if it is already defined with the var or other element that can have variable value, choose it from the list.

  • Combine these two.

  • Enter the expression using Python code.

Destination

Choose the destination where the call is transferred. In the drop-down list, you can see the destinations defined in the system, such as IVR numbers or queues.

Destination Expression

Choose or enter the expression that defines the target where the call is transferred.

  • Enter a string in the field with quotes, such as a phone number, '1234567'

  • Enter a variable’s name, or, if it is already defined with the var or other element that can have variable value, choose it from the list.

  • Combine these two.

  • Enter the expression using Python code.

Connect Timeout

Define the timeout for actual transfer.

Call Attached Data

Define which pieces of information are included in the so called Extra Data and transferred with the call. Enter information as key/value pairs, and save each pair with the plus (+) sign.

Call Attached Data Expression

Define with an expression which pieces of information are included in the so called Extra Data and transferred with the call.

Description*

Enter a description of your element; what is it planned for, its requirements and limitations.

Keep Language in Queue Transfer

When a call is transferred with the transfer element to a queue, by default the possible language definition (for example, set by the setlanguage element in this or an earlier IVR) is not kept. You can keep the set language in the following way:

  • In This Transfer Only: Keeps the set language during the transfer made in this IVR.

  • In This and All Following Transfers: Keeps the set language during the entire lifetime of the call.

If none of the options is selected, the set language is removed and the queue language is used instead, or if there is no language set for the queue, the default language is used.

Added in 1608.

Enable User Recording According to Recording Settings when Call Made from User Mobile to CC

Prior to SP09, when an agent called with a mobile phone to a custom IVR that transferred the call to an external number, the call originator was registered to the agent’s extension number. This enabled recording mobile calls as defined in User and Role Management > Users > Recording > Server-Side Recording. As of SP09, this is configurable, the option is selected by default and the transfer element works as before. If the option is not selected, the call is just a call from a mobile number and not connected to the user’s account in Contact Center.

Added in SP09.

Example

Import the menu example Example_QueueTransfer_IVR_import.xmlfrom the Examples and Templates folder for a simple call transfer according to caller’s choice.

Transferring Call Attached Data

To transfer customer information XML, that is fetched from a database with a customizer method, and pass it to a queue:

  • Add the customstate element, for example MyXmlData.

  • Add the form element with appropriate identifier, for example Form_transfer.

  • Add the transfer element in the form element. Define the following transfer element attributes:

    • Identifier: Enter appropriate identifier, for example Transfer_XML

    • Destination: Choose the queue from the list. Alternatively define the transfer destination with Destination Expression.

    • Call Attached Data:

      1. In the Key field, enter 'XML'.

      2. In the Value field, choose customstate:MyXmlData from the drop-down list.

      3. To save the values, click the plus (+) button.

  • To save attributes, click Apply, and to save the element in the document, click Save.