Create a Contact Center

Contact Centers provide teams with more flexibility and many more advanced features than Departments.

Features include:

• Flexible routing options

• Real-time dashboard and service alerts

• Real-time coaching via listen-in, barge, and take over

• Customizable Hold Queue rules & limits

• And much more!

Let's take a look at how to create or duplicate a new Contact Center.

Create a Contact Center

To create a Contact Center:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Contact Centers

2. Select the + icon

   

3. From the Create contact center window, choose the Routing type of contact center you want to create:

   Voice	Provides calls, texts, and call recording only
   Digital	Provides messaging, web chat, and social channels

   Note

   You can’t change the routing type once you create a new contact center

4. Enter in a name for the Contact Center

5. Select Create

Dialpad creates your new Contact Center and takes you to settings.

You can add an abbreviation representing the Contact Center, as well as local, toll-free, and fax numbers and IVR and Voicemail Language settings.

Note

A Contact Center can have up to 30 numbers (local or toll-free).

Purchase Contact Center licenses

You’ll need to purchase either Dialpad Support or Dialpad Sell licenses for all users before you can assign them as agents to a Contact Center.

To purchase licenses for Dialpad Support or Dialpad Sell:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Office and select Licenses

2. From the Dialpad Licenses section, select Purchase licenses

3. Enter the number of Dialpad Support and/or Dialpad Sell licenses you'd like to purchase

4. Select Next

5. Review the updated invoice and select Confirm purchase

You'll also find the option to purchase licenses in the Dialpad Admin Settings > Billing menu. Both will display an overview of licenses on your account.

Purchase the licenses you'll need to cover all agents or reps in the Contact Center.

Note

Dialpad Support users do not get a direct Dialpad number to start, only an extension.

For them to make or receive calls, these agents will need to call from your Main Line or assigned Contact Center unless additional licenses are purchased (see below).

Dialpad Sell users do get a direct Dialpad number and can make and receive calls directly to their number. Dialpad Sell agents also have access to additional features like Voicemail Drop and Coaching Teams.

Add direct number for Support users

Support users can use direct numbers, too.

To add a direct number:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Office and select Licenses

2. Go to the Add On section and select Purchase licenses

3. From the Purchase license window, enter the number of desired additional numbers and select Next

4. Review your updated overview and select Confirm Purchase

Next, the number needs to be assigned to a user.

To assign a number to a user:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Office and select Users

2. Find the user you want to add the number for and select Options

3. From the Options drop-down menu, select Calling > Add phone numbers

4. Name the number (optional)

5. Select Next and review the invoice

6. Select Add Number

Duplicate a Contact Center

Need to create a new Contact Center, with the same parameters as your current Contact Center? Worry not, we’ve made it nice and easy to duplicate a Contact Center.

To duplicate a Contact Center:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Contact Centers

2. Choose the Contact Center that you want to duplicate and select Duplicate
   

3. From the Duplicate Contact Center window, enter this information for the new Contact Center:

   1. A new name for the Contact Center

   2. A description for the Contact Center

   3. Choose if all current users are included or just select users

      Note

      See Agent Selection if you only want to add certain users to the new Contact Center.

      
      

4. Select Duplicate

5. If you’re choosing certain agents, choose Select agents & admins

6. Select Duplicate

7. Select the agents, then select Duplicate

Note

If you're a Company Admin, you can duplicate the Contact Center across all offices.  

If you are an Office Admin, you can only duplicate a Contact Center in the office where you are an admin.

Once duplication is complete, a Duplication successful banner displays and you’re taken to the new duplicated Contact Center.

Depending on the number of agents and admins duplicated from the original Contact Center, it may take a few more seconds to fully bring over the agents and admins after the settings have been duplicated.

Agent selection

When choosing users for a new Contact Center, you have two choices:

When selecting agents, a pop-up window will open with the list of all assigned agents, supervisors, and Contact Center admins to the original Contact Center,

It displays the user’s name, email address, and role within the original Contact Center.

Select the agents, then select Duplicate.

Office parameters

When duplicating a Contact Center within the same office, these setting aren’t duplicated:

• Numbers (DIDs)

• Fax numbers

• Verified numbers

• Integration settings

When duplicating a Contact Center to another office, these settings aren’t duplicated:

• Numbers (DIDs)

• Fax numbers

• Verified numbers

• Integration settings

• Customer IVRs

• Applied CSAT Surveys

• Call Dispositions

• Timezone

• Ring type

For information on managing your Contact Center, read this article.

Assign Global Contact Center Settings page access

Use the Global Contact Center Settings page to configure unified settings across all Contact Centers in your Dialpad Office.

Users with a Dialpad Support license (even non-admins) can be granted access to these settings.

To grant Global Contact Center Settings access:

1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Office Settings and select Users

2. Find your desired user and select Options

3. From the Options drop-down menu, select Privileges > Give multi contact center settings access
   

Note

The Give multi contact center settings access permission grants users a view-only experience. You must be an Office Admin to make changes on the Global Contact Center Settings page.