To Create a Call Path

1. Click the InsideSales tab
2. Click Manage Call Paths
3. Click Edit next to the desired Call Path or click Create New Call Path
4. Drag and drop call path features onto the canvas, then connect the features in logical order
5. Save the Call Path

To Edit Inbound Routing Objects in the Call Path Canvas

1. Edit or Create a Call Path
2. Drag an Inbound Routing Object to the canvas and release
3. Connect the features (detailed below)
4. Save the Call Path.

• Start Recording: Starts recording the phone call from the point specified.
• Stop Recording: Stops recording the phone call at the point specified.
• Play Message: Allows you to select a prerecorded voice message to play for inbound calls.  Additional configuration: must select a prerecorded voice message, created/uploaded using the “manage voice messages” link on the InsideSales tab.
• Path Bridge: Sends the inbound call to the beginning of an existing call path. Additional configuration: must select an existing call path to send inbound call to.
• Menu: Allows you to give the caller up to four different options to select. Additional configuration-must select a menu message and how many times you want the message to play. Once the branches are setup you will also select which number corresponds to which branch.  Limit: 4 branches per menu.
• Call Forward: Allows you to forward the inbound call outside of the call path.  Additional configuration: must input a number to forward calls to and caller ID to display. It is recommended to pass through the caller’s number over the other options.
• Route to Last Caller: Will route the inbound call to the last representative to call that record.  Additional configuration: must select Salesforce object for our software to search for matches on, how many days since the call was placed (if outside this time frame the call will continue in the call path), how long the rep has to answer the call with the timeout setting, and how you want the call to continue if the rep does not answer with the no answer fail over. 
• Route to Record Owner:  Will route the inbound call to whomever owns the record. Additional configuration: Similar to route to last caller, you must select the Salesforce object to match the record owner to, how long the agent has to answer, and how you want the call to continue if the rep does not answer in time. 
• Time of Day:  Allows you to configure your call path to behave a certain way based on the time of day. Additional configuration: you must select a timezone for this object to operate under, and start and end times.
• Day of Week: Allows you to configure your call path to behave a certain way based on the day of the week. Additional configuration: you must select a timezone for this object to operate under, and the day(s) of week.
• Rep Queue: Sends the inbound caller to a rep queue to be answered in a specified order. Additional configuration: must name the rep queue, select the route type (longest available distributes the calls to the rep who has been available the longest, group ring distributes the call to everyone at the same time, round robin attempts to distribute the calls in an equal fashion), specify the fail over time to continue in the call path and answer time per rep, attendees (who can take inbound calls in this call path), the default record owner for a record to be created under if a match is not found, the default values for that record type. You also have the option of selecting a wait message to play while the call routes through this object, which object you want to pop-screens for, and if you want the wait message to loop until the call is picked up.
• Disconnect: Ends the call.

To Connect Inbound Routing Objects

1. Place your mouse over an object on the canvas and look for the Connect box to appear.
2. Once the Connect box appears, click and drag from the Connect box to another object on the canvas, then release.

To remove the connection between two objects on the Call Path canvas, click on the blue connecting arrow and verify the action.

• When you are ready to save a Call Path, click the Save button and leave the editor.
• Alternatively, pressing Quick Save saves the current changes but keeps you in the editor- allowing you to continue to make changes.
• Use the Save As function to clone a Call Path.
• To discard all unsaved changes, click the Cancel button.

The following routing objects are considered terminators:

• Disconnect
• Forward
• Path Bridge

• Call Path Name: Uniquely identifies the Call Path for reporting purposes.
• Inbound Number: All selected inbound numbers or Local Presence buckets are displayed in this field. To add a new inbound number, search for the number and select the number. Only numbers that are not assigned to other Call Paths or directly to reps are displayed in this field.

To Delete a Call Path

1. Navigate to the InsideSales tab.
2. Click Manage Call Paths.
3. Click Delete next to a Call Path.
4. Verify the delete action.

• We recommend that the ‘Start Recording’ object is added at the beginning of the call path.
• The ‘Stop Recording’ object is best used if callers are required to give out sensitive information such as credit cards at any point in the call path.
• ‘Stop Recording’ should always be placed before a call forward if ‘Start Recording’ was used in the path.
• If your call path has a ‘Start Recording’ object you should also have a compliance message in order to be in accordance with all state laws.
• For ‘Rep Queue’ actions, we recommend enabling pop-screens for all objects (leads, contacts, and accounts). This will open the record associated with a phone number for the rep when a call comes in if it matches any records in the CRM.
• We recommend enabling immediate failover in the advanced settings of the ‘Rep Queue’ action. This will skip the rep queue if no reps are available.
• For ‘Rep Queue’ actions, it is recommended that your failover time is divisible by answer time so each rep has an equal amount of time to answer the call.
• Place the ‘Route to Last Caller’ or ‘Route to Record Owner’ early in the call path so that known callers go directly to their last caller or assigned owner and can skip the other actions.

Q: Why doesn’t ‘Route to Last Caller’ always find a correct match to the person calling?
A: Route to Last Caller will do a lookup in Salesforce for the phone number that is calling into the call path.  If the person calling is using a different caller ID or is calling from a number different from the number listed on their Salesforce record, InsideSales.com will not find a match.  Example: A rep calls John Doe at his office number listed on the Salesforce contact.  John Doe returns the call from his cell that is not listed on the Contact.  InsideSales.com will not be able to match the number, since the rep did not actually call the cell number.

Q: If a caller does not select a menu option where does the call go?
A: The call will continue through the “default branch”. You are able to select which option this would be with the “default option” checkbox.

Q: What is “pop-screen type”?
A: This is an option configured through the rep queue object that if a match is found it will pop open the record in a new tab for convenient referencing once the inbound call is accepted.

Q: What is round robin route type?
A: Round robin is a functionality of the rep queue object that attempts to distribute the calls as evenly as possible. Example: If rep A has received 10 inbound calls and rep B has received 8 inbound calls, the call will be routed to rep B in attempt to even the playing field.