Overview: 8x8 integration for SugarCRM

8x8 Work and 8x8 Contact Center integration with SugarCRM brings phone communication through a dialer to your SugarCRM environment. The application allows you to combine the benefits of SugarCRM with the capabilities of 8x8 Work and/or 8x8 Contact Center, and interact with your customers via phone without having to switch to another app.

Upon receiving an inbound call, the app tracks if the caller is an existing contact by searching your SugarCRM, and pops the matching record for you to preview and prepare for the call. This way, you gain full insight into communications with any returning caller. You can be better informed and prepared to answer calls by previewing relevant caller record details before accepting a call.

Audience

This guide is intended for SugarCRM administrators whose organization uses version 1.0 of 8x8 Work and 8x8 Contact Center integration with SugarCRM.

Features

Using 8x8 Work for SugarCRM offers the following features:

  • Communicate with users via voice channels and serve customers faster.
  • Tap contextual information about the user and provide high-quality service. Be ready for any call by previewing matching contact record details before accepting a call, as well as seeing past interactions with the caller.
  • Reduce the waiting time for the caller while you look up record details.
  • Access contacts from the 8x8 Work contact directory for quick search and calling.
  • Quickly and intuitively log call details into SugarCRM and stay on top of communication with users.
  • Improve customer service with advanced call handling capabilities, such as call transfer and multiple party calling.
  • Increase agent productivity with integrated one-click dialing.

Using 8x8 Contact Center for SugarCRM offers the following features:

  • Take advantage of phone, chat, and voicemail media support for communications.
  • Manage customer phone calls and chat requests from the integrated interface.
  • Get instant access to customer records via screen pop.
  • Track history of customer interactions via call logs and chat logs.
  • Set your status to accept or block interactions.
  • Check the status of other agents and communicate via phone or chat.
  • Use integrated functionality with Agent Console via a browser tab.
  • View real-time queue status and agent presence.
  • Log phone, chat, and voicemail interactions automatically based on the associated Contact.

  • Perform warm/cold call transfers between agents. This feature is only available in 8x8 Agent Workspace.

Limitations

  • The SugarCRM integration can only be launched in a floating window.

Browser requirements

We recommend using Google Chrome to ensure a smooth experience.

Supported CRM objects

8x8 Work and 8x8 Contact Center for SugarCRM supports the following objects in SugarCRM:

  • Accounts
  • Contacts
  • Leads
  • Opportunities
  • Cases