Agent
An employee in the contact center who takes service calls and processes subsequent data at a computer. In the system, an object that represents an employee in the contact center. In client-server applications, the part of the system that prepares and exchanges information on behalf of a client or server application. In a business role, a human resource whose primary role in the business consists in the handling of interactions.
A general term for someone who handles customer inquiries and support in a contact center. Besides handling telephone calls, agents also can be skilled in answering e-mails, holding chat sessions, and other contacts with customers using other media types. Also referred to as a customer service representative (CSR), sales representative, rep, associate, consultant, engineer, operator, technician, account executive, team member, customer service professional, staff member, attendant, or specialist.
In Workforce Management (WFM), a database object that is imported from the Configuration Database and represents a contact-center employee.
A Person object in Configuration Manager, where the Is Agent check box is selected.
In Premier Edition Cloud, a contact-center employee who handles calls, chat sessions, or emails, and processes this information using the VCC Agent Dashboard application.
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