Here you will find all the information about our sms channel

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Providers

First of all we must configure our SMS providers.

Every provider we have listed, is compatible with uContact, and they have different fields to fill.

All the information required in the configurations is provided by your provider.

Once inside, we will see two sections:

First of all there is the section "SMS Providers", here we will select the type of api for each provider through the drop-down menu. It should be noted that the options displayed are currently compatible with uContact.

DinstarWeb: Web service communication.
Quality: API developed for Quality Telecom.
GMG: Communication with GMG SMS API
Twilio: Communication with Twilio SMS API
Nexmo: Communication with Nexmo SMS API
InfoBip: Communication with InfoBip SMS API
URLSMS: Communication URL GET.
URLSMSAuth: Communication with URL Get with basic Auth
SMSMasivo: Communication with SMSMasivo
URLSMSPOST: Communication URL POST
URLPOSTSMSAuth: Communication URL POST with basic Auth

Default: This option allows you to select the SMS provider as the default to receive notifications from the system.

If one is not selected, the system will take the first one from the list, as if the one that is Default is deleted. If we have several and select another one as Default, the system will remove the previous one and mark the new one.

On the right is a table with the providers already created.

After we select an SMS Provider we will see the fields to configure the provider, these fields may change as required by the api, an example would be:

In this case, the DinstarWeb api was selected, which in order to access the provider requires: URL, Ports, Encoding SMS, User Name, Password and SMS RegExp. The aforementioned data will be provided by the SMS provider that the company has.*

Parameters:

URL (SMSEndpoint):

URLSMS: The address of the external WS must be taken into consideration the following variables: ${phone}, ${message}, ${id}, (ej: http://www.celularsoft.com/smsin/microfin.php?celular=${phone}&mensaje=${message}&id={id}).
Dinstar: (WEB y common): IP address of the GW.
Twilio: no configuration needed.
Quality: IP address of the GW.
InfoBip: User and Password of infoBip account.
SMSMasivo: User and Password of SMSMasivos account.

User: SMS username for the service of sending SMS

Password: SMS password for the service of sending SMS.

SMS Form: In case that the api or hardware allows) Name with which the SMS will leave.

Ports: Port number from where the SMS will leave.

SMS Regexp: Property that validates the format of the cell numbers that are sent, in order to have more practical control of whether or not to send, for example ^(09\d{7})$ this function to validates that the cell phone format is 09XXXXXXX. (SMSNumberRegexp)

SMS Encoding: Type of codification that the authorized provider will choose to determine how the text is going to look.

After fill all the fields we press the "Save" button and the provider will be added to the list.

To Remove any Provider we need to select it from the list, we will see all the data charged to edit and we press "Delete".

This table shows how regular expressions are user in the control:

. Dot, any character (may or may not match line terminators, read on).

\d A digit: [0-9].

\D A non-digit: [^0-9]

\s A white space character: [ \t\n\x0B\f\r].

\S A non-white space character: [^\s].

\w A word character: [a-zA-Z_0-9].

\W A non-word character: [^\w].

\ Escape the next meta-character (it becomes a normal/literal character).

^ Match the beginning of the line.

. Match any character (except newline).

$ Match the end of the line (or before newline at the end).

| Alternation (‘or’ statement).

() Grouping.

[] Custom character class.

Match 0 or more times

+ Match 1 or more times

? Match 1 or 0 times

{n} Match exactly n times

{n,} Match at least n times

{n,m} Match at least n but not more than m times.

The configuration of the provider must be made by a user with access to this data because the lack or error in any of them will not allow its correct operation.

Campaigns

Once the provider is already created in uContact, we can create our sms campaign.

Name
SMS campaign's name

Service Level
Is the calls percentage that were attended by the agent before a stipulated time.

Strategy
Is the behavior that the campaign will have. To know more about this, please visit Strategies

Schedule
Time frame in which the SMS campaign will be available.

DIDs-Ports
Telephone number associated to the campaign for identification purpose.

Out of Time
Here the user can personalise the message that the client will receive when the campaign is out of time.

Maximum Interactions per Agent
Limits the amount of active interactions the agent can get. The rest of the interactions wait in queue.

Thresholds
These metrics to campaign statistics in real time, they are measured in time (seconds) .

Service Level
The time limit for response expected chats by an agent.
Dropout rate
It is the time of chats to consider that they were abandoned by customers during the day time.
Time chat
Time to consider the agent-customer chat reached the limit.
ACD
Maximum number of customers who are waiting to be answered by an agent chat.

Canned Responses
The campaign can have pre written answers for your SMS interactions, this facilitates and speeds up the communication between agent-client.

Enable
The system can have a non working SMS campaign, without the need of deleting it entirely and lose information. If checked, the campaign can be used.

Members

In order to add or delete agents from a campaign, the user must go to Members on the top left corner.

From here, select the agent or agents to be added in the list on the right of the screen, and then press the green button.

Members added to a campaign must be part of a voice campaign, on the contrary, this agents wont get any interactions from this channel.

Dialer

Regarding SMS, we have a unique type of dialer that will only have a schedule associated as well as an only dialer device.

It will associate a time range for all campaigns, that will establish the time and day on which they run in order not to make actions at improper schedules.

Basic Configuration

To create a SMS dialer you need to fill the fields:

Name
In order to identify our dialer
SMS provider
Which will be used to send messages
Schedule
The time when the dialer will send messages is defined
Dial String
Based on the api that sends SMS, you can configure a port or a range.
- Dinstar - DinstarWeb
  Enter the range of channels, example: (0.3) this means that the message will be sent to 4 channels recursively (0-1-2-3-0 ...).
- Quality
  No need for dial string.
- Twilio
  No need for dial string.
Time between messages
It is the time the dialer takes to send messages simultaneously, expressed in milliseconds.

Optional parameters

Enabled
Indicates dialer status, whether it is active or not.
DNCR
Allows you to enable the review of Blacklist registration, for phone numbers that should not be called or send messages.

It works in a similar way to the rest of the dialers that we have, 50 state 1 messages from the sms_spool table are ordered, ordered by their entry position, it is set if it is in the black_list, if it does not send it and sets to state 3.

States

STATE: 0 NONE
STATE: 1 TO PROCESS
STATE: 3 BLOCKED

CSV upload example

campaign;destination;message;priority

For the next campaign:

campaign	`destination`	message	Device	idm	data
test1	098344484	this is sms channel	Dinstar	autonumerico	extra data

Nuestra base sería:

test1;098344484;this is sms channel;9999

WebService

POST
http://INTEGRASERVER/Integra/resources/SMS/SendSMS
  
params:
@FormParam("destination"), 
@FormParam("message"), 
@FormParam("campaign"), 
@FormParam("agent")

Take note!

To start a dialer, it must be previously enabled.
In the Dropbox Providers one of the created SMS providers is selected, this allows us to associate a different provider for each dialer.

Agent

This is how the agent uses SMS in the portal.

Next to the searching box, there is an icon where the user can easily start an SMS, Email and Twitter interaction.

By click it the following box will infold:

And inside the SMS option:

The agent will have on his Inbox the SMS with which she/he started an interaction.

This SMS will unfold on the right side of this section, showing its history of conversation and the client's information:

SMS Campaign's name
Client's telephone number

Next to the response box, will see some buttons that helps the agent to write the messages:

First of all we have a list with emojis to use on your messages will unfold.

The next contains the canned responses from the campaign. This ones get inserted in the response box automatically once the agent selected it from the list
The last button sends the message the Agent wrote.
And on the top right corner, the three points button will load the message history with the client.

On the other hand, using the integrated softphone in the portal, the user can send SMS as well.

Know more about Softphone SMS

Supervisor

Campaign Monitoring

Here the statistics in real time are shown.

The table on the left down side of this section shows:

Icon : Icon Agent Status . Along with the status icon you may appear: if the agent is in a phone call appears ; and if the agent is to break the break for that picture will appear .

Channel Status: If the agent has an interaction opened, the logo of this one will appear in this column, for SMS, Webchat, Email, Twitter.
If the agent is attending more than one type of interaction, this ones will appear next to each other

Status: Agent Status in real time. States can be Offline , Busy, Free, Free Busy in break and break ( still break any available ) .

Agent: Name agents members of the campaign.

Completed: Number of SMS completed by agent.

Active: Represents the active interactions that the agent has.

Time: Time of the last change agent status

The table on the right down side unfolds:

Number: Client's telephone number

On Hold: Client's waiting time.

When an agent has an active interaction, the supervisor can click on it an the following options will appear:

Spy
The supervisor can visualize in real time the messages exchanged between agent-client.

Monitor screen
Allows you to view the agent screen in real time, to see this button the option to monitor screen must be enabled in Configuration - Agents.

Info
Displays a window with all the agent information.

Pause
The supervisor will pause the agent status.

Chat with agent
It gives us the possibility to send a message to an agent.

Disconnect agent
Supervisor can log out the agent's account.. The agent must enter his username and password again to be able to enter and continue working.

Recording

In this section, the supervisor will see every SMS chat interaction.

Parameters for filtering

Start date: Start Date Search SMS recordings .

Final date : End of recordings that we get from the search.

Mail: E-mail client we want to find . In this field you can put a part of the mail and the search will be the same.

Campaign: Select the campaigns SMS available on the list.

Agent : Select the agents who attended the SMS.

Dialer Monitor

Menu to supervise the state of the mobile services and SMS campaigns.

Show all the mobiles services actives, allowing supervise its activity and upload information.

Dashboard

Once the campaign was selected the section will show the following:

Campaign: Allow to select a campaign to supervise.

Status: Show the general state of the campaign based on the following states:

Inactive
Active

In date : Show if the campaign is in date according the definition, with the following status:

Inactive
Active

Processed: Amount of SMS processed for campaigns.

Not processed: Number of calls left in the campaign process.

Other: Show the amount of SMS whit different states a by incorrect format.

Locked: Show the amount of blocked SMS that are in the DNCR.

In the upper right corner we have the following buttons:

Button Start/Finish: Allows to stop o start the campaign to demand.

Delete button: Allows to delete the campaign data that have not been processed (for example, not processed registries that retuned an error or have been in the NDCR table, or for some reason want to be cancelled).

Upload a DNCR: Allow to load a csv file, with the SMS data that could not be sent, indicates the telephone number and campaign.

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2
3

20045676;dialerestest;
29089900;dialerestest;
27865555;dialerestest;

Exist the option to send an unitary text message to a unique and specific number, it must insert the following data:

Telephone: Number where to send the SMS.

Text: Text of the message to be send.

After completing the fields, press the Send button and the message will be sent by the dialer

The outgoing SMS are processed automatically by the system. To upload SMS it must load a file which have the following, in csv format:

Values:

campaign	destination	message	priority

campaign	destination	message	priority
test1	098344484	text message	9999

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smsintegratest;099782129;Test message;9999;
smsintegratest;0917564998;Test message;9999;
smsintegratest;095675776;Test message;9999;

To view the status information and status messages sent message waiting to be sent views Reports.

It is possible to send messages since applications of thirds executing a web service REST for example:

http://10.1.0.18:8085/integra/resources/sms/sendsms/destination=099635199&message=message%2520de%2520prueba2&api=dongle&device=dongle0

Always that a dialer is generated must take into account the following criteria for files and content:

The file name must not have spaces, strange characters or very long names would be an example of file: DISCTEST29042014.csv.
The first column refers the campaign that exist in the portal, if the same not exist will throw error and the file can not loaded.
The first 4 fields are required to upload the file correctly.
Cannot exist blank spaces after the last line.
Inside the fields, cannot have special characters like ´ ‘ “ @ , in this case it would give error and the csv file is not going to upload.

SMS

Mensajero

Quality Telecom

Tigo

Twilio

VoIP Innovations

Wavy

Infobip

Dinstar

Vonage

SMS Masivos