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Auto Logout from Talk (Agent forgets to logoff at end of shift)
Planned
Posted Jan 31, 2017
In instances where agents forget to log off from Talk at the end of shift, calls will continue to route to them even with their computer shutdown.
It may be many hours and missed calls later before this is picked up and another agent can force unavailability from https://YOURDOMAIN.zendesk.com/agent/reporting/voice/period:0
These missed calls transfer to a direct negative experience to the actual customer (longer hold times, force to voicemail, abandoned calls).
Zendesk should be able to pick up this scenario and force an automatic system logout.
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Adrian Bishop
Hi, great this is now in the roadmap as we get a lot of complaints about this, do you know when it will be deployed?
Currently, only Admin can override Talk status if somebody goes offline.
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Brett Bowser
Hey Adrian,
No specific dates to provide currently. I would recommend following our Announcements page as any updates will be added there.
Cheers!
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Juan Battini
We're also running into this and it's throwing off our metrics on Explore. If a similar feature is already implemented in Chat (agent is set to away after x consecutive missed chats) why can't the same be done for Talk
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Whitney Votaw
Please! We neeeeeeed this. :(
Can you imagine calling somewhere with an urgent issue (we're healthcare, so every caller could have an issue impacting patient care) to find out you spent a good portion of your wait time ringing an agent who isn't even at work?
Relying on Agents to sign themselves off is sure to be a problem at some point but completely avoidable via automation. Managing agents on something like this is also a lot of work for Admins whose time is likely better spent aiding Agents or customers in other ways.
I personally see this feature in these types of formats, with the bold ones being most important:
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Whitney Votaw
@...
Are there any updates on this?
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Volkan Akdugan
I know this has been requested by many of our customers for a long time. I have good news, however. We have positioned agent auto-logout as part of an omni-channel effort that aims to unify and align agent statuses across Zendesk channels, as well as allow defining custom agent statuses. Accordingly, the new feature will apply across channels, not only Talk or any other.
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Ash
@... that is fantastic! what is the ETA for this rollout? =)
i am very excited for this change!
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Anne-Flore Caire
@... When can we expect this delivery?
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Tammas
Hi there,
Any update on this feature? Something like this so if agents close their laptops or miss x number of calls in a row they are automatically made 'offline' is so important.
Has there been any progress made on implementing this feature?
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Volkan Akdugan
Hello everyone, here's a quick update.
We are planing to deliver this feature as part of our Unified Agent Statuses launch within the next 9 months. So, any account that will opt-in to the new unified agent statuses will also get this capability in Agent Workspace. If you have any further questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Volkan
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Sydney Neubauer
Volkan Akdugan
"any account that will opt-in to the new unified agent statuses will also get this capability in Agent Workspace"
When you say that when you opt-in to unified Agent status, you will also get this capability in Agent workspace, does that mean that this is applied to all Support instances and not just where Agent Workspace is enabled?
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Volkan Akdugan
Hi Sydney Neubauer,
To clarify, Unified Agent Status will only be available to Agent Workspace customers.
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Belén Pérez
Hello,
When will we see this development in Zendesk? I´ve read that it was going to be implemented but as far as I´ve seen, it´s not yet.
Thanks in advance,
Belén
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Sam Goulet
Hello dear Zendesk devs,
Any update you can provide us?
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