Routing

You can choose from two different NiCE CXone routing experiences for your contact center, static and dynamic delivery: 

• Static delivery: The legacy NiCE CXone routing experience. It routes interactions The full conversation with an agent through a channel. For example, an interaction can be a voice call, email, chat, or social media conversation. based on agent availability and proficiency The level of expertise an agent has in an ACD skill. Helps determine which agents to route interactions to for that skill. in the related skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge.. It allows agents to handle one contact The person interacting with an agent, IVR, or bot in your contact center. at a time, with the exception of multiple concurrent chats and email parking.

• Dynamic delivery: The recommended routing experience. It gives you more control over the routing decision-making process. With it, you can change how routing works based on the interaction, team, agent, or skill. Dynamic delivery is the default routing experience for new tenants High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your NiCE CXone system..

Supported Features and Functionality

This table shows what the static delivery and dynamic delivery routing options support:

Category	Component	Static Delivery	Dynamic Delivery
Evaluate by	Skill proficiency	X	X
	Longest available: Preference for the longest-available agent is a default pattern and not a separate option in the product interface.	X	X
	Preferred agent		X
	Most occupied		X
	Least occupied		X
	AI modeling		X
Route by	ACD skill routing	X	X
	Agent capacity		X
	Bullseye routing	X	X
	Single routing attribute	X	X
	Multiple routing attributes		X
	Real-time routing rules		X
	Digital routing	Separate routing system	X
User/team settings	Request Contact		X
	Channel Lock		X
	Contact Auto-Focus		X
	Concurrent chats (Maximum Concurrent Chats)		X
	Manual email parking	X	X
	Auto email parking (Maximum Email Auto-Parking Limit) This option isn't supported in digital email channels.	X
	Email interruption	X
Handling features	Contact elevation: Agents can elevate a contact from one channel to another.		X
Agent applications	Salesforce Agent	X	X
	Agent Workspace (Agent)		X
	Agent Workspace (Embedded) (Agent Embedded)		X
	Agent Workspace for Microsoft Teams (Agent for Microsoft Teams)		X
	Agent Workspace (Browser Extension) (Agent Integrated)		X
	MAX	X	X
Safety features	Safe mode		X
Digital Experience (DX) integration	Integrated matching		X

Routing Breakdown

The routing criteria for an interaction The full conversation with an agent through a channel. For example, an interaction can be a voice call, email, chat, or social media conversation. consists of: 

• The ACD skill Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge. associated with the interaction in queue Digital Experience (DX) equivalent of a skill; routes each contact to an agent assigned to handle that type of contact..

• The priority Skill-based designation of the importance of contacts that determines delivery order. of the interaction when placed in the queue.

• The bullseye range of skill proficiencies the agent must have to receive the interaction.

• The attribute defined for the skill that an agent must be assigned to receive the interaction.

A skill channel Various voice and digital communication mediums that facilitate customer interactions in a contact center. consists of: 

• Voice

• Chat

• Email

• SMS

• Work item Customizable method of delivering contacts to an agent via Studio scripts.

• Social

The skill evaluation criteria consists of: 

• Skill proficiency The level of expertise an agent has in an ACD skill. Helps determine which agents to route interactions to for that skill. assigned to the agent.

• The amount of time an agent has been in an Available state The availability status of an agent..

• AI focus metric

  • Average Handle Time Average Handle Time is the average amount of time an agent spent handling an interaction.

  • Average Talk Time Average Talk Time. The average amount of time an agent spent talking during an interaction.

  • Sentiment Overall mood or result of the interaction as determined by analysis of words, phrases, and context of the transcript.