VICIfast Support Team
VICIfast Support
The VICIfast support team. We run managed VICIdial full-time and write these guides from the operator's chair.
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What Call Quota Lead Ranking does
Call Quota Lead Ranking is VICIdial's way of structuring recycle dialing: hit a lead a set number of times, across set time-of-day sessions, over consecutive days. Here is what it solves and when it is worth the complexity.
Call Count Limit vs Daily Call Count Limit
VICIdial has two settings that sound the same: Call Count Limit and Daily Call Count Limit. One caps total attempts over the life of a lead, the other caps attempts per day. Mixing them up gets you complaints — or wasted dials.
Next Agent Call: how VICIdial picks which agent answers
When two agents are free and a call comes in, who gets it? The Next Agent Call setting decides. Here is what each option does and which one to pick for fairness, speed, or rewarding your best closers.
Dial Statuses: which dispositions get redialed
The Dial Statuses on a campaign decide which call outcomes are eligible to dial again. Pick them well and you call the right leads back; pick them loosely and you re-call people you shouldn't. Here is how to choose.
Auto Alt-Number Dialing: calling a lead's second number
When a lead's main number doesn't connect, Auto Alt-Number Dialing automatically tries their alt phone or address3 field. Here is how to switch it on, which no-answer statuses trigger it, and the threshold that stops it.
Lead recycling: redialing no-answers automatically
Lead recycling redials a chosen status, usually Busy, after a set delay without resetting your whole list. Two numbers control it: how long before the lead comes back, and how many times it can be retried. Here is how to set it right.
Auto Active List New: auto-activating fresh lists
Auto Active List New flips an inactive list to active automatically when your campaign runs low on fresh leads, so agents don't go idle waiting for someone to turn on the next list. Here is how it works and its catches.
How to use a Lead Filter on a campaign
A Lead Filter narrows which leads a campaign will dial using a small piece of SQL. It is handy for slicing a list by state, zip, or call count, but one stray character can quietly stop your dialer cold.
What List Mix does and when to use it
List Mix lets you pull set percentages of leads from different lists and statuses into one dialing stream. Here is what it actually controls, why it can stall your dialer, and the rare cases where it earns its keep.
VICIdial dialing strategies: the complete guide
Every VICIdial dialing strategy in one place: ratio, predictive, adaptive, manual and blended. How dial level, drop rate, the hopper, lead order and caller ID fit together, plus a troubleshooting map for when calls slow down or drops climb.
List Order in VICIdial: how leads get picked
List Order decides which leads VICIdial pulls into the dialing queue first — by upload order, phone number, call count, timezone, and more. Pick the wrong one and your best leads sit untouched. Here's a plain-English tour of the options that matter.
Manual Dial Hopper Check explained
Manual Dial Hopper Check stops the awkward double-call: an agent dials a number by hand just as the auto-dialer was about to dial the same one. Turn it on and VICIdial clears the queued copy first. Here's how it works and when to use it.