Global Contact Center Settings

The Global Contact Center Settings page allows admins to configure centralized settings across multiple Contact Centers. These settings help maintain consistency and simplify management.

Who can use this
Office and Company Admins have default access to this page. Contact Center Admins and Supervisors can also manage these settings if given permission.

Access Global Contact Center Settings

To access your Global Contact Center Settings, head to your Dialpad Admin Settings and select Contact Centers.

Assign Global Contact Center Settings permission

Contact Center Admins and Supervisors can edit the Global Contact Center Settings page once granted permissions.

Note
By default, only Office and Company Admins can edit the Global Contact Centers Settings page.

To assign the Global Contact Center Settings permission set:

Navigate to Dialpad Admin Portal > Office, and select Users
Find the user you want to assign Global Contact Center Settings access and select Options
From the drop-down menu, select Privileges > Give multi contact center settings access

Set available and busy state preferences

Choose whether you'd like your agents to remain available or busy when they are receiving or placing direct calls (or while they are in a meeting).

Here are the differences between the available and busy states.

Available

When an agent's state is Available, they can still receive direct and Contact Center calls. If they ignore a Contact Center call while available, they will be put into an Off-duty state.

This lets you prioritize Contact Center calls over all other calls.

Busy

When an agent is in a Busy state, they are unable to receive a Contact Center call until they revert into an Active state. This state will not allow for wrap-up, or dispositions, and upon the termination of a call, the agent will immediately revert to an Available state.

This lets agents handle other calls outside of Contact Center calls but can be tracked in analytics and accurately reflects the agent's activity.

To set your agent state preferences, head to your Global Contact Center Settings.

Navigate to Global Contact Center Settings > Agent Settings
Choose the options when you don’t want your agents to handle calls

Note
If you don't select any options, the agent's state will remain available when on calls (personal, coaching team, office, or departmental) or in a meeting.

Agent off duty timer

Set an off-duty timer to inform agents of how long they’ve been in an Off-Duty state.

To set the off-duty timer for all your Contact Centers:

Navigate to Global Contact Centers Settings > Agent Off Duty Timer
Select the Enable Off Duty Timer option

Agent Sessions Limit

Set an Agent Sessions Limit to determine the maximum number of digital sessions your agents can have at once.

Note
This setting is only visible if you have a Digital Contact Center.

To set an Agent Sessions Limit:

Navigate to Global Contact Center Settings > Digital Settings
In the Agent Sessions Limit section, enter the maximum number of sessions agents can have at once

Tip
If you don’t want to use a session limit, check the box beside Allow unlimited sessions.

Bulk holiday updates for Contact Centers

Holiday updates can be applied across all linked Contact Centers at once to help streamline workflow. Admins can add, modify, or delete holidays quickly to maintain consistency across operations.

To make a bulk update to a holiday Contact Centers:

Navigate to Global Contact Center Settings > Contact Center Holidays
Hover over the holiday you want to update and select Edit, Clone, or Delete
Update the information for the holiday
Select Update

Tip
In the Contact Centers Column, select the number to see which Contact Centers the holiday is assigned to.

Create a multi-Contact Center holiday

To create a holiday and apply it to multiple Contact Centers, head to your Global Contact Center Settings.

Navigate to Global Contact Center Settings > Contact Centers Holidays
Select Add Holiday

Add information about the holiday, including:

Name	The name of the holiday
Date	The date of the holiday
Frequency	How often the holidays repeats
Open/Closed	Choose whether the Contact Center is open or closed
Hour and routing	Choose the operating hours and routing rules during the holiday. If business hours are closed, the Closed routing rules automatically apply.
Contact Center	Choose which Contact Centers the holiday applies to

Select Create

Edit an existing holiday

Existing holidays can be updated should you need to add new information, such as routing or another Contact Center.

To edit an existing multi-Contact Center holiday:

Navigate to Global Contact Center Settings > Contact Centers Holidays
Hover over the holiday you want to update and select Edit
Make the necessary changes to the holiday
Select Update