Assign agents to queues

All interactions flowing to 8x8 Contact Center are channeled through queues. The queues in turn direct them to agents based on their skill level and availability. An 8x8 Contact Center agent has to be a member of a queue to receive any interaction from the queue.

8x8 Contact Center provides sophisticated logic for matching customers to the agent who can best solve their problem. Queues direct interactions based on the skill level of agents serving the queue. If you have an agent with high skill level vs. an agent with low skill level, the interaction will be directed to the high-skilled agent based on their availability.

As an 8x8 Contact Center administrator, you can assign the selected agents to previously defined phone, email, chat, and voicemail queues. Once assigned, the agent receives interactions channeled through these queues. You can access queues in 8x8 Configuration Manager via Agents > Queues.

To define queue assignments:

1. From the Configuration Menu, open Agents.
2. Find an agent and click .
3. Open the Queues tab.
4. Select a Skill Level for the agent serving the queue.
   The skill level can be selected from 10 to 100 (lowest to highest).

5. Click Assign All to assign the agent to all queues, or select individual queues and click the check box to assign. You can disable any queues by clearing the Enabled check box.
   
   The following table summarizes the options available under the Queues tab:

   Queues Tab Option	Description
   Assign All	Select the option to assign an agent to all the available queues defined in the tenant. For custom queue assignments, select individual queues, specify the agent's skill level, and assign. You can also assign agents to queues at the same time you create the queue. For details on assigning agents to a phone queue as part of queue creation, refer to Assign Inbound Phone Queue Members. The same concept applies to all other types of 8x8 Contact Center queues.
   Enable All	Enables interactions from all queues automatically on assigning.
   Media	Displays the type of media queue such as Chat, Email, Outbound Phone, Inbound Phone, or Voicemail.
   Queue Name	Displays the name of queue, such as Support or Sales.
   Skill Level (Click to change)	Indicates the skill level of the agent for that queue. The skill level determines the routing of interactions within a queue. 8x8 Contact Center attempts to direct interactions to an agent with a higher skill level before directing them to an agent with a lower skill level. Skill levels are now indicated by ten numerical values ranging from 10 to 100 with an increment of 10, with 10 being the lowest value and 100 being the highest. Assign the agent's skill level from the drop-down menu of options.
   Agents Enabled	Indicates the total number of agents in each queue whose accounts are enabled.
   Assigned	If selected, assigns an agent to the selected queue and automatically enables interactions from that queue. You can assign agents to queues at the same time you create the queue. For details on assigning agents to a phone queue as part of queue creation, refer to Assign Inbound Phone Queue Members. The same concept applies to all other types of 8x8 Contact Center queues.
   Enabled	Allows the agent to receive interactions from a selected queue. You can assign a queue but choose to temporarily disable it.

6. Click Save to save your settings.

The next step is to define supervisor privileges for the agent.

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