Call Dispositions
    • 18 Feb 2025
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    Article summary

    Call dispositions help your team label and track call outcomes—whether completed, sent to voicemail, or requiring a follow-up call. This keeps customer interactions organized and provides clear, actionable call reporting.

    Who can use this

    Call dispositions are available to Dialpad users on a Dialpad Support or Dialpad Sell Plan.

    To create a call disposition list, you must be an Office Admin.

    Create a call disposition list

    Create a call disposition list to give your agents a choice of call dispositions (outcomes) for their calls.

    Office Admins can create call disposition lists that can be applied to Contact Centers and Coaching Teams.

    To create a Call Disposition List, head to your Dialpad Admin Settings.

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

    2. Go to Call Disposition Lists and select Add new call disposition list

      Office settings page displaying call disposition lists and options for agents.

    3. In the Disposition List pop-out menu, enter information for these fields:

      List name

      The disposition list name.

      Dispositions

      Name of the disposition.

      Call direction

      The call direction where the disposition code is available:

      • Everything: Disposition code will be available for inbound and outbound calls.

      • Inbound: Disposition code will be available for inbound calls.

      • Outbound: Disposition code will be available for outbound calls.

      Sub-disposition

      A sub-disposition (optional)

      • The first disposition created is the high-level disposition.

      • You can, but are not required, to add a child/sub-disposition relationship — if you do, this allows a Disposition:sub-disposition.

    4. Select Add disposition to add another call disposition (optional)

    5. Select Save Changes

      Call disposition settings for managing inbound and outbound call categories and actions.

    Enable Call Dispositions

    Once created, Office Admins, as well as Coaches and Contact Center Admins, can enable call dispositions lists to their Contact Centers and Coaching Teams.

    Enable call dispositions for Contact Centers

    To use call dispositions in your Contact Center, you must apply the call disposition list to the Contact Center.

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

    2. Go to Call Dispositions List and select Options > Apply to contact centers from a disposition in the list

      Overview of call disposition lists with option to apply settings.

    3. Select the desired Contact Centers

    4. Select Close

    If a Contact Center has multiple call disposition lists applied, admins can choose which one they want to use from their Contact Center's Advanced Settings.

    Overview of call disposition settings and policies, highlighting option to choose a Call Disposition List.

    Enable call dispositions for Coaching Teams

    To apply call dispositions to your Coaching Team, go to your Dialpad Admin Settings.

    1. Navigate to Dialpad Admin Settings > Coaching Teams and choose the desired Coaching Team

    2. Go to Call Dispositions > Call Disposition Lists

    3. Select a call disposition list

      Settings page for adding call disposition lists to coaching teams.

    Tip

    If you want to limit the number of disposition codes an agent can choose, select Only allow agent to select one disposition code.

    Delete a call disposition list

    To delete a call disposition list, go to your Dialpad Admin Settings.

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

    2. Go to Call Dispositions List and select Options > Delete from a disposition list

      Overview of call disposition lists with option to delete entries.

    3. Confirm deletion

    Note

    You cannot delete a call disposition list while it's in use. To to delete it, first, remove it from all Contact Centers, Coaching Teams, and Coaching Groups.

    Edit a call disposition list

    To edit a call disposition list, go to your Dialpad Admin Settings.

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

    2. Go to Call Dispositions List and select Options > Edit from a disposition list

      Overview of call disposition lists with option to edit settings.

    3. Make your changes, as needed

      • To move a disposition, select the disposition and drag it to a different position.

      • To delete a disposition, select the options menu, then select Delete.

      • To add a new disposition, select Add disposition.
        Call disposition lists with highlighted options adjusting disposition option positions, deleting options, and adding more dispositions.

    4. Select Save Changes

    Default dispositions

    Dispositions that are used frequently can be set as a default option when agents finish calls, saving time when completing post-call activities.

    Default dispositions are automatically selected when the agent finishes a call. Agents can change the disposition to something else if the default disposition is not relevant.

    Default dispositions can be set and changed at any time.

    To set a default disposition, select Options > Set as default from the disposition.

    Call disposition lists showing option to set a disposition or sub-dispositions as the default.

    Default dispositions are highlighted by the Default tag.

    A disposition list showing an option listed the default disposition or sub-disposition.

    To remove a default disposition, select Options > Remove default from the disposition.
    Interface showing disposition list with option to remove default tag from disposition or sub-disposition.

    Tip

    Default dispositions are not mandatory when creating a call disposition list.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I apply different call disposition lists to different Coaching Teams?

    Yes, you can apply different Call Disposition Lists to different Coaching Teams.

    Are disposition lists backward compatible?

    Yes, all Disposition Lists are backward compatible. All options are available as the high-level disposition code, with the option to add sub-dispositions. The Everything direction of all current Dispositions Lists will be applied so that the disposition codes can be selected for both inbound and outbound calls.

    Can I limit the number of disposition codes that Contact Center agents can use?

    Yes! Contact Center Admins can limit agents to selecting only 1 disposition code at the Contact Center level. By default, agents can select 2 unless this option is enabled.
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