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Working as a Digital Engagement Supervisor
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Digital Engagement Supervisors are able to view Omnichannel interactions in real-time, manage their Agent's DND status, whisper to agents, take over a conversation, and more.
Let's take a look at working as a Digital Engagement Supervisor with Dialpad.
Contact Center Inbox
To access your Contact Center's Digital Engagement inbox from the Dialpad app, navigate to Call Centers and select the Contact Center.
Your Inbox displays:
- In Automation: Live view of conversations being handled by a configured automation
- Hold Queue- Live view of callers waiting to connect to an agent
- Live Conversations- Overview of live conversations, highlighting the Agent, channel type, guest name & time Started
- Agents - Displays Agents within the Contact Center, their status, time within the status, and an easy toggle button to switch agents on and off of DND
- Your Conversations - Displays your assigned active conversations
Monitor Agent Availability
Digital Engagement Supervisors can monitor agent availability from the Contact Center’s Agents tab view.
Here you will see a list of Agents, their availability status, and the duration of their availability status.
Sort your agents by name, status, and more by selecting the arrow beside the ‘Sort By’ menu.
The default Agent sort order is ‘Agents on call’.
The default sort order prioritizes all agents who are signed into the queue and are actively participating in Contact Center interactions.
Agents on a call will be prioritized at the top, followed by those receiving a call, in wrap-up, available, or in any customizable Off Duty state.
Change Agent Status
From the individual Contact Center Agents view, Contact Center Admins with Contact Center Administrator Permissions can easily update an Agent’s Global Availability Status.
Simply select the Agent's current status and choose a new status from the drop-down menu.
Change an Agent's DND Status
Supervisors and Contact Center Admins with Contact Center Administrator Permissions can quickly set an Agent to DND from the Contact Center's Agents view. Simply toggle the DND slider on or off and their availability will update instantly.
Change an Agent's DND Status for Select Call Centers
Supervisors and Contact Center Admins with Contact Center Administrator Permissions can change an Agent’s DND status for multiple call centers by clicking the arrow menu button beside the Agent’s name. Here, they can view the Agent's DND settings for each Contact Center and toggle DND on or off for the desired Call Centers.
You can only change the DND status of an agent in a specific Contact Center if you are a Contact Center Admin or Supervisor for that Contact Center.
Supervisor Whisper
Live call whispering allows Contact Center Supervisors to talk to Agents without the customer knowing. This is useful not only when training but also helping Agents navigate challenging customer interactions.
To whisper on a chat, navigate to the Live Conversations tab of your Contact Center.
- Select the desired conversation
- Select View
- Type the desired whisper message to the agent
- The Whisper Message displays to the Agent in their live conversation — new Whisper messages are differentiated by the orange background
Communication is unidirectional — Supervisors can whisper to Agents, but Agents cannot respond to the Supervisor within the interaction.
Supervisor Take Over
If a Supervisor feels an Agent is not handling the conversation correctly, they can jump in and take over the conversation.
To take over a call, navigate to the Live Conversations tab of your Contact Center.
- Select the desired conversation
- Select View
- Select Take over the session
- Re-confirm that you want to Take Over the conversation
The conversation will now appear in the Supervisor’s Your Conversations tab
This is not a silent Take Over — the Agent will be notified via Whisper Message when a Supervisor takes over the conversation.