Configure CXone Agent Settings

Change the Default Call Volume

This setting only applies to Integrated Softphone.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settingsicon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the Login & Voice Preferences tab.
  3. Adjust the volume slider under Softphone.
  4. CXone Agent will automatically save your changes.

Configure Auto Accept for Incoming Calls

This setting only applies to Integrated Softphone.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settingsicon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the Login & Voice Preferences tab.
  3. Enable Auto Accept to allow Integrated Softphone to answer incoming calls.
  4. CXone Agent will automatically save your changes.

Change Your Ringtone

This setting only applies to Integrated Softphone.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settingsicon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the Login & Voice Preferences tab.
  3. Select a Ringtone for Integrated Softphone from the drop-down. Click Play Ringtoneicon of a triangle. to hear an audio sample.
  4. CXone Agent will automatically save your changes.

Configure Your Secondary Ringer

This setting only applies to Integrated Softphone.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settingsicon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the Login & Voice Preferences tab.
  3. Select a Secondary Device from the drop-down to serve as backup for handling voice interactions. Click Play Ringtoneicon of a triangle. to test the secondary ringer.
  4. Select a number, 0–10, from the Delay Seconds drop-down to specify how many seconds you want the system to wait before playing a ringtone to your secondary ringer.
  5. CXone Agent will automatically save your changes.

Set Up Notification Sounds

You can enable settings to hear notification sounds for different events. CXone Agent automatically saves your changes, but remembers them only on your current device. Clearing your cache and cookies will reset these settings to Off.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settings icon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the A/V Notifications tab.

  3. Find the Audio Notifications section.
    • To hear a tone when you receive a message from another agent, enable New Agent Message.
    • To hear a tone when you receive a new inbound call, chat, email, SMS, or social interaction, enable New Contact.
    • To hear a tone when you receive a response to a new chat, email, SMS, or social interaction, enable New Contact Reply.
    • To hear a tone when a chat or call ends, enable End Chat or Call.
  4. In the drop-down next to each setting, select the tone you want to hear for each event. There are ten tones to choose from. Click Listen icon of a megaphone with three lines coming from it. to play a sample.

Set Up Notification Pop-Ups

You can enable settings to see notification pop-ups for different events. CXone Agent automatically saves your changes, but remembers them only on your current device. Clearing your cache and cookies will reset these settings to Off.

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settings icon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the A/V Notifications tab.

  3. Find the Visual Notifications section.
    • To see a pop-up notification when you receive a message from another agent, enable New Agent Message.
    • To see a pop-up notification when you receive a new inbound call, chat, email, SMS, or social interaction, enable New Contact.
    • To see a pop-up notification when you receive a response to a new chat, email, SMS, or social interaction, enable New Contact Reply.
    • To see a pop-up notification when a chat or call ends, enable End Chat or Call.

Change Where Screen Pops Open

  1. In CXone Agent, click Settingsicon of a gear. in the left menu.
  2. Select the Display & Accessibility tab.

    • To have screen pops display in an external browser page, enable Panel Open in Browser.

    • To have screen pops display in Screen Pops marked by an icon of a pencil and an eraser. inside CXone Agent, disable Panel Open in Browser.

  3. CXone Agent will automatically save your changes.

View Supported Keyboard Shortcuts

Settings icon of a gear. displays the keyboard shortcuts you can use in CXone Agent. Go to Settings icon of a gear. in the left menu, then select the Display & Accessibility tab. Scroll through the table in the Keyboard Shortcuts section. There are 49 supported shortcuts. They are supported in MacOS and Windows operating systems and Edge and Chrome browsers.

View Information

The Information tab in Settings icon of a gear. displays details about your current session, including:

  • Network Status: The performance of the connection between CXone Agent and the NICE CXone servers. If the connection is poor, a warning icon of an exclamation point inside a red triangle. appears next to Settings icon of a gear.. When the connection issue is resolved, a pop-up message appears. It indicates that you can now interact with contacts in real time.

  • Telemetric Data: If you use ChromeOS, this section displays your device's processor name, CPU usage, and memory usage. You must enable this.

  • General Information: Information about you (Agent Name, Displayed Username, Agent ID, and so on) and your CXone Agent instance (Version, Session ID, Caller ID, and so on).

  • Interaction Routing: Information about how contacts are routed to you. This includes the maximum number of contacts you can handle at a time, your routing method (static or dynamic/omni), if you can request interactions, and if CXone Agent automatically focuses on incoming interactions.

  • Logging Configuration: In the Log Level drop-down, you can select the level of console log data you want to be passed from CXone Agent to NICE CXone Technical Support to help with troubleshooting.

This page is helpful for verifying session information and troubleshooting. Your administrator may ask you to navigate to this page to share these details. To do so, click Settings icon of a gear. in the left menu, then select the Information tab.

View Skill Assignments

The Agent Skills page in Settings icon of a gear. displays the skillsClosed Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge you're currently assigned to. Use the search bar at the top to search for a specific skill. Click Filter icon of a funnel. to filter by Media Type, including:

  • Chat

  • Digital

  • Email

  • Voice

  • Voicemail

To navigate to the Agent Skills page, click Settings icon of a gear. in the left menu, then select the Agent Skills tab.