Introducing the Ring Groups Summary report

In the Analytics for 8x8 Work 2.4 release, as part of the migration to our new analytics platform, we have promoted the Ring Groups Summary report to be the primary report for ring group data. We expect to discontinue the legacy Ring Group reports in the next several months. This report contains the same metrics offered in the legacy reports, with significant improvements in usability and performance.

The enhanced Ring Group Summary report has replaced the Ring Group Listing and Ring Group Detail reports. With the enhanced Ring Group Summary report, you can:

Enjoy easier and faster reporting.
Enjoy more flexible metric comparisons.
Access related call records easily (Let’s say a ring group shows a few abandoned calls, simply sort and find the call detail records of abandoned calls.)
Filter ring group data by sites.
Access call details records for every call handled by ring groups. Take a deeper look at the call legs or simply view the call summary.
Download member summaries for any ring group. (New)
Select the desired columns in your report to meet your business needs.

To access the Ring Groups Summary beta report:

Log into Analytics for 8x8 Work.
Go to Ring Group > Ring Groups Summary from the menu. The Ring Group Summary report launches.

Access Ring Group data charts

You can access comparative data for all ring groups using the following data charts:

The Call Volume Comparison chart offers comparative metrics for total inbound, answered, missed, abandoned, and voice calls
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The Call Time Comparison chart shows comparative metrics for Total Talk Time,for all the ring groups.
The Average Time Comparison chart shows comparative metrics for Average Talk Time, Average Ring Time, and Average RGRing Group is a group of extensions grouped together to share distribution of incoming calls. Time, and Average Abandoned Time for ring groups.

Access Call Detail Records of ring group calls

The new report now offers integrated call detail records (CDRs) for all ring group calls. You can access CDRs related specifically to the displayed summaries, and can download them as call records or call legs. Learn more.CDRs can be presented as Call Records or Call Legs. The Call Record is a single record view of the overall call designation and metrics and is represented by a single Call ID. The Call Leg provides detailed metrics for each individual call segment within the same call journey and is represented by a Call Leg ID associated with the Call ID. Call Legs (Simplified) does not include child calls (e g. ring group offers).

Let’s say you are reviewing call details of a transferred ring group call, it is currently presented as two individual call legs with detailed call data. While the individual call leg metrics are quite helpful for investigation or analysis, they can be challenging to consume. For example, if you want summary values by call for metrics such as total talk time or total ring time of the entire call, you would need to sum up those time metrics of the two individual call legs. With CDRs presented as call records, you can get the consolidated data in a simple click.

To access call details records for ring group calls:

Log into Analytics for 8x8 Work.
Go to Ring Group > Ring Group Summary from the menu. The Ring Group Summary report launches.
Scroll down, click View. A pop-up window launches presenting the call detail records.
If you wish to view detailed call legs (formerly the default view), select Call legs from the menu.

Glossary: Ring Groups Summary

This report tracks call traffic and average call handling times for each ring group.

Column	Description
Ring Group Extension	Extension number of the ring group
Ring Group Name	Name of the ring group
Total Members	Total number of members that were offered calls
Total Calls	Total number of calls entering the ring group extension.
Answered	Number of incoming calls answered live; includes repeat answers within the same Call ID.
Total Answered	Total number of incoming calls answered live.
Missed	Number of calls that were NOT answered live; includes repeat interactions within the same Call ID.
Total Missed	Total number of incoming calls that were NOT answered live.
Abandoned	Number of incoming calls abandoned by callers before being answered live or reaching voicemail; includes repeat interactions within the same Call ID.
Total Abandoned	Total number of incoming calls abandoned by callers before being answered live or reaching voicemail.
Voicemail	Number of incoming calls that reached voicemail.
Total Voicemail	Total number of incoming calls that reached voicemail
Total RG (Ring Group) Time	Total time spent (ring time + talk time + voicemail time) by callers in a specific ring group. It includes multiple visits during the same call. Learn more. The Total RG Time metric helps determine how much time a given caller spent in a given Ring Group (or Ring Groups) as part of their call journey. Let’s say John answered a customer call from Tier 1 Support ring group. After talking to the customer, he transferred it to the Tier 2 Support ring group for attention. The RG time for Tier 1 Support ring group and Tier 2 Support ring group are now tracked separately, helping you understand the time spent in each ring group. This metric is available for both Ring group summary and individual ring groups. Note: If no members are logged in, and the call can not be offered to any members, the RG Time will NOT increment.
Total Ring Time	Total time callers experienced ringing. This is the cumulative time spent ringing for ring group members before being answered or missed.
Total Talk Time	Total time all callers engaged with a ring group member. This is the total duration of the live answered calls (Stop Time, minus Answer Time).
Total Abandoned Time	Total time callers waited, since the last successful transfer, before disconnecting. Cumulative duration of all abandoned calls to this ring group extension (all calls where caller ends the call before being answered). Abandoned Time for ring group is time spent where the caller ends the call after it was transferred to the ring group extension, but before being answered.
Average RG time	Average time (ring time + talk time + voicemail time) spent by callers in a ring group.
Average Ring Time	Average time a caller experienced ringing.
Average Talk Time	Average time a caller engaged with a member.
Average Abandoned Time	Average time a Caller waited, since the last successful transfer, before disconnecting.
Site	Site that the ring group is assigned to.

Glossary: Ring Group Member Details

This report tracks call traffic for each ring group member. If Joe and Robin are members of the Support ring group, you can now track the number of calls each member has answered, their total talk time and more.

Column	Description
Member Extension	Extension number of the ring group member
First Name	First name of the user assigned to the member extension
Last Name	First name of the user assigned to the member extension
Total Calls	Total number of incoming unique call IDs offered at least once to the ring group member
Offered	This metric is applicable to ring group members only. It is the total number of calls offered to a ring group member. This includes multiple attempts for the same call ID. (Offered = Answered + Advanced) Learn more. Let’s say a call was offered twice to the member, the count for Offered will be two. How many times is the call offered to the ring group member before being answered? This metric helps in understanding the efficiency of ring group members.
Answered	Total number of incoming calls answered live by a ring group member; includes repeat answers within the same callId (Offered = Answered + Advanced)
Advanced	Total number of incoming calls that were offered to the ring group member but NOT answered; includes repeat offers within the same call ID (Offered = Answered + Advanced).
Total Talk Time	Total time all callers engaged with a ring group member. This is the total duration of the live answered calls (Stop Time, minus Answer Time).
Average Talk Time	Average time a caller engaged with a ring group member
Total Ring Time	Total time callers experienced ringing
Average Ring Time	Average time Callers experienced ringing. This is the average time spent ringing for the ring group member before being answered.

Computation scenarios for the Total Calls metric

In the Ring Group Summary report, the Total Calls counts the total number of unique calls received by the ring group extension that were answered or missed. There are cases when the Total Answered/Missed/Abandoned metric is bigger then the Total Calls metric, as the Total Answered/Missed/Abandoned metrics counts each interaction with the Ring Group within the same call ID.

Scenario 1 - Answered inbound call ID

Let’s say a ring group has 2 members logged in, and the ring group receives a call initiated by a caller outside the ring group.

During the same call ID:

Member 1 answers the incoming call.
Member 1 transfers the call back to the ring group.
Member 2 answers the call.

Note: For the ring group, the Total Answered metric counts the calls that were answered live within the same call ID (the call answered by Member 1 + the call answered by Member 2). No abandoned call was counted, as the caller did not abandon the call.

The counters indicates:

Total Inbound = 1
Total Answered = 2

Scenario 2 - Missed inbound call ID

Let’s say a ring group receives a call initiated by a caller outside the ring group.