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How to Read the VICIdial Inbound Daily Report
The VICIdial Inbound Daily Report shows day-by-day inbound totals next to week, month, and quarter figures so trends are easy to read.
How to Read the VICIdial Inbound Summary Hourly Report
The VICIdial Inbound Summary Hourly Report breaks call volume and outcomes down by the hour so you can spot peak periods and staff for them.
How to Read the VERM Call Detail Report in VICIdial
Understand the VERM Call Detail report: the per-call fields it shows, the IVR events panel, and how to drill from a status into one single call.
How to Find How Many Agents You Need in VICIdial
Use VICIdial's forecasting report to size your agent pool for a target service level. Here is the step-by-step from call history to a staffing plan.
How to Read the VICIdial Agent DID Report
The Agent DID Report shows which agents handled calls from which inbound numbers. Here is how to read the per-agent, per-DID breakdown and what it tells you.
What Is an Erlang? VICIdial Forecasting Explained Simply
An Erlang is a unit of telephone traffic equal to one line busy for one hour. Here is a plain-English definition with a simple call-center example.
How to Read the VICIdial Inbound DID Report
A plain-English walk through the Inbound DID Report: per-DID call counts, the current route for each number, and the day-by-day and 15-minute activity views.
Lost, Routed, and Transfers on the Inbound DID Report
The LOST, ROUTED, and TRANSFERS columns on the VICIdial Inbound DID Report each count a different fate for a call. Here is exactly what each one means and why they differ.
How to Read the Inbound Service Level Report in VICIdial
Learn how the VICIdial Inbound/Closer Service Level Report shows the X-second answer threshold, percent answered within target, and hold-time breakdowns.
How to Read the VICIdial Inbound DID Summary Report
The Inbound DID Summary Report rolls each phone number up into call counts, total minutes, and its current route. Here is how to read the per-DID summary view.
VICIdial Pricing & True Cost in 2026: The Complete Breakdown
VICIdial is free, open-source software - but running it isn't. Here's the honest 2026 breakdown of what VICIdial really costs: self-hosting vs managed hosting, per-agent vs per-server pricing, SIP minutes, and the hidden line items most pricing pages skip.
What the VERM transfers sub-report shows
The VERM transfers sub-report breaks transfers down per in-group. Here is how to read the counts and percentages and what they tell you about routing.
How to build a reporting queue in VERM
A VERM queue is a named bundle of campaigns and ingroups you report on together. Here is how to build one and why your queue scope decides every number.
How to read the VERM Answered report
The VERM Answered report breaks down processed calls into answered and unanswered, then details call length, wait time, position, and per-agent activity.
How to read the VERM Agent Occupancy report
The VERM Agent Occupancy report shows how busy agents were - total talk time divided by session time minus pause time, plus the billable and non-billable pause split.
How to read the VERM Calls Per Day report
The VERM Calls Per Day report breaks answered and unanswered calls down by calendar date so you can spot which days carried the most volume and the longest waits.
What the VERM Agent Session Detail report shows
The VERM Agent Session Detail report summarises how many distinct agents logged in over a date range, plus the average, shortest, and longest session lengths.
What the VERM Agent Sessions View shows
The VERM Agent Sessions View is the comprehensive per-agent breakdown - login, talk, idle, wait, billable pause, call counts, conversion rates, and average talk time.
How to read the VERM Area Code report
The VERM Area Code report breaks answered and unanswered calls down by area code, with a tunable digit-length parameter. Here is how to read and configure it.
What the VERM Agent Pause Detail report shows
The VERM Agent Pause Detail report breaks down sessions and pauses per agent - how often they paused, average pause length, and the share of session time spent paused.
The VERM disconnections sub-report explained
The VERM disconnections sub-report breaks answered calls down by why they ended. Here is how to read the counts, percentages, and charts.
What the VERM enhanced reporting module is
VERM is VICIdial's all-in-one reporting interface that pulls real-time, call-handling, and agent reports into one place built around queues you define.
How to read the VERM Unanswered report
The VERM Unanswered report isolates calls that never reached an agent. Here is how to read each sub-report so you know what is actually being lost.
What the VERM Sales Per Day report shows
The VERM Sales Per Day report ties each date's sale count to the human-answered and customer-contact calls behind it, so you see daily close rate, not just raw sales.