Interactions

Configure alerts to notify specified employees when contacts/ interactions or evaluations are added or removed from a folder, or when contacts/ interactions or evaluations remain in a folder after a specified number of days.

The following alert rules can be configured for interactions folders:

  • QM Change Folder Notification: Send an alert when contacts/interactions or evaluations are added or removed from a folder.

  • QM Aging Item in Folder Notification: Send an alert when contacts/interactions or evaluations remain in a folder after a specified number of days.

Rule: QM Change Folder Notification

Setting

Description

Organization Name

The organization to which the rule applies. Only employees that belong to the selected organization or any of its suborganizations receive the alert.

Rule

QM Change Folder Notification

Notification Action

Action that triggers the alert:

  • On Add: When a contact/interaction or evaluation is flagged or pushed to the folder.

  • On Remove: When a contact/interaction or evaluation is unflagged.

Evaluation/Contact

Item that triggers the alert, either a contact/interaction or evaluation.

Folder

The flagged folder containing contacts/interactions or evaluations that have been flagged, or the predefined folder containing pushed contacts/interactions or evaluations.

Employees

The employees and/or their direct supervisors that receive the alert (if Employees and/or Direct Supervisors is selected under To Whom):

  • Alert only evaluated employee/Alert only recorded employee: The alert is sent to the evaluated/recorded employee (agent) and/or their direct supervisor, provided the evaluated/recorded employee:

    • Belongs to the organization or sub-organization to which the rule applies.

    • Is assigned to the selected folder.

    • Has visibility to the contact/interaction or evaluation that triggered the alert.

For flagged contacts, only the first interaction in the flagged contact is added to the flagged contacts folder and the alert is sent only to the recorded employee in the first interaction.

  • Alert all employees assigned to the folder: The alert is sent to employees and/or their direct supervisor, provided the employees:

    • Belong to the organization or sub-organization to which the rule applies.

    • Are assigned to the selected folder.

    • Have visibility to the contact/interaction or evaluation that triggered the alert.

Note the following:

For contact folders:

For evaluation folders:

  • If My Evaluations folder is selected, alerts can only be sent to the evaluated employee (agent), because My Evaluations can only be visible to the evaluated employees (agent).

  • If any other evaluation folder is selected, alerts can be sent to the evaluated employee (agent), because evaluated employees (agents) can have visibility to evaluation folders (not only My Evaluations).

Action

Action that is triggered: Send Email and/or Send Desktop Messaging Application that allows sending pop-up messages to employees by selecting the recipients' name, login or role within the organization. Alert.

To Whom

Employees that receive the alert:

  • Employees: The evaluated/recorded employee or all employees assigned to the folder (depending on the selection and criteria under the Employees setting).

  • Direct Supervisors: Direct supervisors of those employees that receive the alert (depending on the selection and criteria under the Employees setting).

For direct supervisors to receive alerts, you do not need to select the Employees option.

  • Additional users by usernames: Employees that match the sign-in names that are entered (with no consideration to the organization of the employee).

  • Additional users by role: This option includes all employees that are:

    • Assigned to the selected role.

    • Belong to the organization where the rule is created or parent organizations to which the selected role belongs.

  • Additional Email targets: Employees that match the email addresses that are entered (with no consideration to the organization of the employee).

Alert format

Each QM Change Folder Notification alert, whether it is a desktop message or an email message, contains information relevant to the Interactions alert rule.

A separate alert is triggered each time the rule is triggered. Each alert can contain one or more items (interactions/contacts/evaluations).

  • Employee names: Names of employees receiving this alert. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.
  • Organization name: Name of the organization for which the rule was created. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.

  • Rule name: Name of the rule that triggered the alert. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.

  • Folder name: Name of the folder corresponding to the flag that was added or removed from an interaction, contact, or evaluation, or the name of the folder to which the item was pushed.

  • Employee name: Name of the employee related to the interaction, contact, or evaluation.

  • Contact link: Link to the interaction, contact, or evaluation.

  • By user: First and last name of employee responsible for adding or removing the interaction, contact, or evaluation.

  • At: Date and time the interaction, contact, or evaluation was added or removed. If more than one interaction/contact/evaluation is displayed in the alert, they are sorted according to this field.

Rule: QM Aging Item in Folder Notification

Setting

Description

Organization Name

The organization to which the rule applies. Only employees that belong to the selected organization or any of its sub-organizations receive the alert.

Rule

QM Aging Item in Folder Notification

Contact / Evaluation

Item that triggers the alert, either a contact/interaction or evaluation.

Folder

The folder containing the contact/interaction or evaluation.

Alert after [x] days in folder

Send an alert if a contact/interaction or evaluation remains in the selected folder more than the specified number of days.

Send alerts no more than once every

After the initial alert is sent, specify how often subsequent alerts are sent if the item still remains in the folder. The alert is sent at the specfied intervals until the item is deleted from the folder per the folder's retention settings.

Action

Action that is triggered: Send Email and/or Send Desktop Messaging Alert.

To Whom

Employees that receive the alert:

  • Employees: Employees assigned to the folder who have visibility to the item and belong to the organization or sub-organization to which the rule applies.

  • Direct Supervisors: Direct supervisors of those employees that receive the alert.

  • Additional users by usernames: Employees that match the sign-in names that are entered (with no consideration to the organization of the employee).

  • Additional users by role: Includes all employees that are:

    • Assigned the selected role.

    • Belong to the organization on which the rule is created or to the parent organizations to which the selected role belongs.

  • Additional Email targets: Employees that match the email addresses that are entered (with no consideration to the organization of the employee).

Alert Format

Each QM Aging Item in Folder Notification alert email message contains information relevant to the alert rule.

A separate alert is sent each time the rule is triggered. Each alert can contain one or more items (interactions/contacts/evaluations).

  • Employee Names: Names of employees receiving this alert. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.
  • Organization Name: Name of the organization for which the rule was created. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.

  • Rule Name: Name of the rule that triggered the alert. Appears in the email Subject, only if in the alert rule it is configured to appear.

  • Folder Name: Name of the folder in which the aging item appears.

  • Item Link: Link to the interaction, contact, or evaluation.

  • Item Age: Number of days the item appears in the folder.

Creating or editing an organization alert rule