In this recipe, you'll learn how to create a report that shows the percentage of inbound calls that were abandoned during a time frame you specify.
What you'll need
Skill level: Intermediate
Time required: 10 minutes
- Zendesk Explore Professional or Enterprise
- Editor or Admin permissions (see Giving agents access to Explore)
- Call data in Zendesk Talk
How to create the report in Explore
- In Explore, click the reports (
) icon.
- In the Reports library, click New report.
- On the Select a dataset page, click Talk > Talk - Calls, then click Start report.
The report Builder opens. - In the Calculations menu (
), click Standard calculated metric.
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On the Standard calculated metric page, enter or paste the following formula:
IF ([Call direction]="Inbound"
AND [Call completion status]="Abandoned in queue")
AND (VALUE(Call duration (sec))>0
AND VALUE(Call duration (sec))<=20)
THEN [Call ID] ENDIF - Name the calculated metric "Calls abandoned in queue within 20 sec" and save it. The metric returns the [Call ID] for: Inbound calls that were Abandoned in queue with a Call talk time that is 20 sec or less. Tip: If you're working in a language other than English, read this article to help you enter Explore formulas in your language.
- In the Metrics panel, click Add, and then choose "Calls abandoned in queue within 20 sec". Make sure to select the D_COUNT aggregator and then click Apply.
- In the Metrics panel, click Add, and then choose the default metric "Inbound Calls".
- In the Result manipulation panel, click Result metric calculation, then click Add new metric.
- Name the metric Percentage of abandoned calls in queue within 20 sec and using the Insert metric drop down menu, select both metrics from step 5 and 6 to obtain the following one:
D_COUNT(Calls abandoned in queue within 20 sec)/D_COUNT(Inbound calls)
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Check the box Clear used metrics, and then click Apply.
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In the Chart configuration menu, click Display format and select % for the metric created in Percentage of abandoned calls in queue within 20 sec.
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Make sure the visualization type is either Auto or KPI, then save the report.
10 comments
Elizabeth Churchill
Great article! I have more of a question. How do I change the calculation so I get the number of abandoned calls within 20 seconds?
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Erin O'Callaghan
Hi Elizabeth Churchill, you can get the number (instead of the percentage) by following the recipe only through step 7.
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Andre Lee
Hi, will this recipe also apply to Talk Partner Edition?
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Dainne Kiara Lucena-Laxamana
Hi Andre Lee!
Not at the moment. But the team is making plans to address this in 2022 but no tentative date yet since this would be dependent on many factors. One of them being that they are 3rd party vendors.
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Saren Black
This is very helpful. Is there also a way to adjust this recipe to get an average time that calls are abandoned over a specific time period? (Last week, last month, etc.)
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Erin O'Callaghan
Hi Saren Black, you should be able to get a report like that by using the following two metrics:
You can then add an attribute filter of Call - Date and click Edit date ranges to select whatever time range you'd like to see.
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Jose Hernandez
Hi There,
First, the COPY and PASTE formula does not match what you have in your screenshot.
The formula for us to Copy and Paste uses Call Duration
Call Duration: The total call duration in seconds for an end user from when the call is connected until it is disconnected.
I believe Call Duration includes IVR time. As Such, the formula is going to count anytime that the call spent navigating the IVR. My deployment does not currently use an IVR so I can't confirm my speculation.
If you are looking for abandoned calls within 20 seconds, but your IVR takes 30 seconds to navigate, would you not get 0 results despite filtering on Call Completion Status = "Abandoned in Queue".
Why does the calculation use Call Duration instead of Call Wait time?
NOTE: Call Wait time (sec): The duration in seconds that an end user spends waiting to talk to an agent after being routed to where they want.
The Screenshot uses Call Talk Time. According to the Metrics and Attributes page...
Call Talk Time (sec): The duration in seconds that an end user spends actually talking with an agent during a call.
Using call talk time would with the Completion status = "Abandoned in Queue' should return 0 results. Does the screenshot need to be updated or am I missing something?
For reference:
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409156145434-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Talk
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Rosie
Apologies as the formula doesn't match with screenshot. We will feedback this to our documentation team clear on this.
The two have different aspects in terms of a customer's call experience.
So, Call Duration may have a longer time then the Call Wait time. Should you don't have an IVR set up, you don't need to worry on this. And this recipe doesn't includes those exceeded the 20 secs time like if you have an IVR settings. But feel free to tweak it depending on your business needs. This is just one of the example we can share to start with your custom report.
Thank you!
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Stephen Whyte
Is there a way to capture this information based on time of day? I would like to generate a report that shows the difference in abandon rate between Mon - Fri (7am - 11pm) and all overnight hours as well as the weekends.
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Stephen Whyte
Please close ticket. I found an answer to my question.
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