Overview
Overview
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!This course, Deploying Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) v6.0, provides the student with hands-on experience and knowledge of tasks typically performed during contact center deployment. This includes the deployment of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express and Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response (IVR) (Cisco Unified CCX and Cisco Unified IP IVR) as contact center solutions. Tasks include planning, installation, and configuration, scripting, and troubleshooting.
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Cisco Unified Communications system channel partners and resellers System Engineers
- Customers deploying and maintaining Cisco Unified Contact Center Express products
Prerequisite(s) Recommended
It is recommended, but not required, that students have basic knowledge of:
- Internetworking Fundamentals
- Basic IP Telephony Concepts
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Cisco IP Phones
- Cisco IP Communicator
- Contact Center Operations
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Provide a comprehensive overview of the Cisco Unified Contact Center Express product suite. This overview will cover descriptions of the product, compatibility, and hardware and software options, architecture, and sizing and ordering tools.
- Provide a complete description of the Cisco Unified CCX installation process, the configuration required with an overview of most common configuration web pages, and describe the call flow processes needed to establish a call on Cisco Unified CCX.
- Describe the Cisco Unified CCX script editor, how it is installed and how to implement common IVR scripting techniques.
- Provide a comprehensive view of Cisco Unified CCX ACD operations to include basic contact center build-up, scripting, agent and supervisor desktop configurations, advanced scripting topics, and reporting.
- Describe how to install, configure and use features found in Cisco Unified CCX Premium such as, Remote Monitoring, Outbound Dialer, Agent Email, Agent Web Chat, and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS).
- Understand how to maintain and monitor a Cisco Unified CCX system.
Course Outline
Course Outline
Module 1: Cisco Unified CCX
Lessons
• Relationship between the Unified CCX platform and the three products it supports
• Three Cisco products supported by the Unified CCX engine platform
• Unified CCX hardware and software components to include all server types, standby deployments, and scalability
• New and improved functions of the three Unified CCX products to include Unified CCX v11.0
Lab: Remote Labs Access
Module 2: Designing and Ordering
Lessons
• Properly size the Unified CCX products by using calculators provided by Cisco
• Properly order Unified CCX products using the Unified CCX configuration and ordering tool
• Network considerations surrounding a Unified CCX deployment
• Using the Solution Reference Network Design for Cisco Unified CCX and Cisco Unified IP IVR and other documents to support a Unified CCX design and deployment
Lab: IP Phone Registration
Lab: 9951 Registration
Module 3: Installation and Configuration
Lessons
• Installing Unified CCX software on all servers in a cluster
• Activating and configuring all components in a CCX cluster
• Configuring and testing a simple CCX Script Application
• Troubleshooting installation using log files
Lab: Exclusive – Unified FX Phone Control
Lab: Cisco Jabber
Module 4: Unified CCX Editor
Lessons
• Navigate the Unified CCX Editor functionality
• Creating, deleting, and editing variables
• Saving and uploading valid scripts to the repository
• Performing the debug process to test a script
• Troubleshooting an application and script using trace files
Lab: UCCX Initialization and Configuration
Lab: UCCX Disaster Recovery
Module 5: Basic Unified CCX Editor Steps
Lessons
• Creating a simple script workflow to answer a call
• Adding comments to identify and explain the script and subsequent groups of steps
• Playing voice prompts to share information or instructions with callers
• Terminating and ending a call
• Validate, save as, upload, refresh, and debug a script
Lab: UCCX Telephony and Media Fundamentals
Lab: UCCX Script Editor Fundamentals
Module 6: Caller and System Inputs
Lessons
• Collecting information from a caller by presenting a list of choices using the menu step
• Collecting digits from a caller by using the Get Digit String step
• Getting information from the system to alter the logic of the call flow
• Validate, save as, upload, refresh, and debug the script
Lab: UCCX Scripting Foundations Lab
Module 7: Database Access
Lessons
• Connecting to a database
• Reading and getting information from the database by creating a SQL query within a script step
• Referencing database locations
• Writing information to a SQL database
• Closing the database connection and terminating database resources
Lab: UCCX Scripting Prompting and Input Collection
Module 8: Logical Operations
Lessons
• Applying Boolean logic in scripts
• Creating and modifying counters
• Creating and managing timing loops
• Redirecting script logic based on the evaluation of “If” statements
• Using call subflows as reusable scripts
• Creating specialized prompts
Lab: UCCX Scripting Database Access
Module 9: Caller Transfers
Lessons
• Creating day-of-week and time-of-day ranges for different handling
• Transferring calls to various extensions as a function of day and time
• Getting information associated with a call
• Designating calls as completed for reporting
• Determining if the caller has hung up
• Determining if today is a holiday
Lab: UCCX Scripting Logical Operations
Module 10: Configuring Unified CCX
Lessons
• Cisco unified CCX product, features, and capabilities
• Configuring Unified CCX on the CUCM and CCX server
Lab: UCCX Scripting Time of Day
Module 11: Finesse Product Suite
Lessons
• Configuring Finesse Agent Desktop and Finesse Supervisor Desktop
• Testing the Finesse Agent Desktop and Finesse Supervisor Desktop configurations
• Examining the IP Phone Agent
Lab: UCCX Prompt Management
Module 12: Unified CCX Script Techniques
Lessons
• Defining and using Unified CCX Editor Unified CCX steps
• Testing a sample application using the Unified CCX steps in the Unified CCX Editor
Lab: UCCX Agent and Supervisor and Queue Provisioning
Module 13: Finesse Administrator
Lessons
• Configuring the Unified CCX enterprise data using the Finesse Desktop Administrator
• Configuring work flows, personnel, and teams
• Creating screen pops and macros
• Creating wrap-up codes
Lab: UCCX Finesse Agent and Supervisor Desktops
Module 14: Outbound Dialer and Agent Chat
Lessons
• Examine Outbound Dialer
Lab: UCCX Advanced Queue Design and Scripting
Module 15: Sessions Management
Lessons
• Examine Sessions Management to retrieve information from a previous call
Lab: UCCX Finesse Desktop Administrator
Module 16: Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) Speech Technologies
Lessons
• Examine Nuance ASR and TTS servers
Lab: UCCX Advanced Scripting and Screen Pops
Module 17: Reporting
Lessons
• Accessing and analyzing real-time reports
• Configure Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CUIC) historical reporting
• Accessing and analyzing historical reports
Lab: Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CUIC) Reporting
Module 18: Servicing and Troubleshooting
Lessons
• Traces and logs
Lab: UCCX Serviceability