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Is it your dial level or your list quality?
When numbers look off, operators blame either the dialer settings or the leads. Usually it is the interaction between the two. Here is how to tell which one is actually your problem.
Too many dropped calls: the common causes
Your drop rate is creeping up and you are not sure why. Here are the usual suspects in VICIdial, from a dial level set too high to a list that just answers too well.
How to slow down VICIdial dialing
Calls are stacking up faster than your agents can take them, and customers are getting dead air. Here is how to ease off the gas in VICIdial without breaking anything.
How to make VICIdial dial faster
If your agents have idle gaps between calls, VICIdial can dial more aggressively. Here are the four dials that move the most: dial level, dial method, dial timeout, and the hopper, plus the one number that keeps it legal.
Agents idle but no calls coming: dialing-strategy causes
The campaign is active and the hopper has leads, yet agents sit waiting. This is usually the dialing math, not a broken dialer. Here are the strategy settings that quietly throttle calls to a trickle.
Why VICIdial isn't dialing: the first things to check
Agents logged in, phones quiet, and no idea why. Before you panic, VICIdial almost always stops dialing for one of a short list of plain reasons. Here is the checklist to run, top to bottom.
Campaign Presets: saving manual-dial shortcuts
Transfer Presets give your agents a ready-made menu of transfer and conference numbers instead of typing them by hand. Here is how to build the list, what each field does, and why hiding the number can keep agents honest.
Allow Closers: letting a campaign take transfers
Allow Closers is the campaign setting that lets one agent hand a live customer to another agent inside VICIdial. Here is what it turns on, the fronter-to-closer flow it enables, and the one extra section it makes appear.
Active: turning a campaign on and off
The Active setting is the master switch for a VICIdial campaign. Set it to Y and agents can log in; set it to N and the campaign goes dark. Here is exactly what flips when you toggle it, and when you actually want to.
Basic View vs Detailed View in campaign settings
Every campaign opens in Basic View with a trimmed set of options. Detailed View shows everything. Here's the difference, why your account might be stuck on Basic, and the one user setting that flips it.
How to copy a VICIdial campaign
Rather than rebuild a campaign from scratch, VICIdial lets you copy every setting from an existing one into a new ID. It's three fields and a click. Here's how to do it and what carries over versus what doesn't.
How to add a new campaign in VICIdial
Adding a campaign is a two-step affair: a short add form, then the full settings page. The two rules that trip people up are the campaign ID format and the fact that the ID is permanent. Here's how to get it right the first time.
Historical vs Summary campaign reports
VICIdial's Reports tab has outbound, inbound, and agent summaries that roll up a single day per campaign. Here's the difference between a quick summary view and a deeper historical dig, and when to reach for each.
Campaign Stats Refresh: how often numbers update
Not every number in VICIdial updates the same way. The little call-count graphs build in the background, the real-time screen ticks on its own, and most other reports recalculate when you load the page. Here's what refreshes when.
Real-Time Campaign Stats: reading the main screen
The Real-time link on a campaign shows you what's happening right now - dialable leads, hopper count, dropped calls, agents logged in. Here's how to read each number and what it tells you about your dialing.
Agent Ready Max Seconds Logout explained
An agent stuck in READY for an hour with no calls is usually a sign something broke. Agent Ready Max Seconds Logout catches that case and logs the agent out, so a silent dialing problem does not hide behind a "logged-in" agent.
Agent Pause Max Status: capping pause time
When an agent sits paused too long, VICIdial can auto-log them out - and Agent Pause Max Status decides what disposition gets stamped on whatever call they left open. Here is how the two settings work together.
Auto Pause Pre-Call Work explained
Auto Pause Pre-Call Work keeps the dialer from dropping a call on an agent who is mid-task - looking up a lead, checking callbacks, entering a pause code. It auto-pauses them so the next call never lands on a distracted agent.
Agent Pause Codes: tracking why agents pause
Pause codes turn "agent is paused" into "agent is on a 15-minute break." Set them up per campaign and you finally know where your floor's idle time actually goes, with the data sitting right in the agent log.
Wrapup Message: what to show agents between calls
The Wrapup Message is the bit of text agents see on the wrapup screen between calls. Small field, real value: use it for reminders, scripts, and the next thing they should do before the next call lands.
Wrapup Seconds: giving agents time after a call
Wrapup Seconds forces a short pause after every call so agents can finish notes before the next one lands. Here is what the setting does, when to use it, and how to keep it from quietly slowing your floor.
Campaign Survey settings explained
A field-by-field tour of the Campaign Survey section in VICIdial: audio files, DTMF digits, opt-in routing, no-response action, and the extra digit paths that build a branching survey.
How to set up a broadcast (robo) campaign
A step-by-step setup for a broadcast campaign in VICIdial: record the message, choose a playback method, configure the remote agent, and start the run with no live agents.
Broadcast dialing without live agents
Broadcast dialing plays a recorded message to a list with no live agent on the call. Here are the three playback methods, the trade-offs of each, and where it is allowed.