Release Note

Contents

Introduction

This release note applies to all 7.6 releases of Workforce Management Configuration Utility for the Chinese (Simplified) market.

• Links in the Contents section enable you to access information regarding a specific release. Releases are listed by version number rather than in date order. For this reason, a recent release may be listed after earlier releases, if the version number is lower. Except when otherwise noted in the information for a specific release, each release includes all of the features and corrections that were introduced for the applicable operating system at earlier dates, regardless of the version number.
• The Release Number table lists the supported operating systems for each release at a high level. For more detailed information, see the Genesys Supported Operating Systems and Databases Reference Manual.
• The Known Issues and Recommendations section is a cumulative list. It includes information on when individual items were found and, if applicable, corrected.
• The Corrections and Modifications section for each release may list additional issues that were corrected without first being documented as Known Issues.
• The Discontinued Support section is cumulative. It lists functionality that is no longer supported and the release number of the version in which support was discontinued.

Use of Third-Party Software

Genesys follows applicable third-party redistribution policies to the extent that Genesys solutions utilize functionality of commercial or non-commercial third parties. For specific information on any third-party software used in this product, see the Read Me.

Supported Operating Systems

The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.

New in This Release

This is a generally available release for the Chinese (Simplified) market. This localization is based on Workforce Management Configuration Utility 7.6.000.09. Modifications to this software component in later software versions are not supported in this localized version.

Corrections and Modifications

This release contains the following correction or modification:

When you create an activity, the label to the right of the Skill Levels combo box no longer truncates the skill name. (ER# 211409669)

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Supported Operating Systems

New in This Release

There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in the initial 7.6 release of Workforce Management Configuration Utility.

• To simplify object security, an administrator can proactively add a site to users who should have access, rather than removing the site access from users who should not have it.
• Contact centers can configure a Default Security Role for new WFM users.
• A supervisor can schedule agents for activities that match their skills, without having to add new Activities to all weekly rotating patterns.
• Contact centers can create up to 100 different shifts to accommodate the need for schedules with specific break and meal times and durations.
• Contact centers can comply with labor union regulations requiring that all breaks be scheduled, even if they conflict with preplanned exceptions.
• Now, when a user configures WFM so that a time off request can be validated against time off limits, but does not need to be validated against a time off balance, this can be auto-approved.

Corrections and Modifications

This release includes the following corrections and modifications that were made between Release 7.5 or earlier releases and the initial 7.6 release:

A Rotating Pattern is now assigned to the selected Agents without warnings if the Use Shift Time option is selected in the Weekly Pattern and at least one good combination of the selected Shift Start and Shift End values and the selected Activities Open Hours exists. (ER# 169147862, 168304496)

The database clean-up operation no longer stops when it reaches terminated Agents with Schedules and/or Calendar Items. (ER# 134055527)

It is impossible to select an overnight shift in a weekly pattern if the combination of that shift and its associated meals results in a Shift Start Time of exactly 24:00. (ER# 175692471)

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Known Issues and Recommendations

This section provides the latest information on known issues and recommendations associated with this product.

(2) Time display is truncated when editing a shift from Web Supervisor (ER#211409661) => This will not be fixed in 7.6.0. It has not been decided if it will be fixed in 7.6.1 or 8.0. (ER# 211409669)

(1) Truncation in value in skill dialog box (ER#211409669) => This will be fixed in the next release (7.6.1) of WFM, but will not be fixed in 7.6.0. (ER# 211409661)

Clicking the spacebar causes an unexpected error if the focus is in an empty check tree—containing no configured Meals or Breaks—under the Policies > Shift module Shift object Shift Items tab. (ER# 200826828)

The keyboard up and down arrow keys do not adjust the value Minimum Working Days per Week for contracts in the Policies > Contracts module. Workaround: Click the GUI spin buttons with your mouse or enter the value manually. (ER# 200826821)

If changes that were made to object properties during synchronization cannot be saved, WFM Configuration Utility incorrectly displays a second object properties window that cannot be closed. Workaround: Close and reopen WFM Configuration Utility. (ER# 198646945)

The Employee ID column in the Selected Agents and Available Agents lists in the Configuration > Organization module Site properties window is too narrow to display some localized text. Workaround: Increase the column width manually. (ER# 166892516)

The User Name column in the WFM Users and Configuration Manager Users lists in the Configuration > User Security module is too narrow to display some localized text. Workaround: Increase the column width manually. (ER# 166764043)

After the connection to the WFM database is broken and then restored while you are deleting an activity or editing a shift:

• Configuration Utility may incorrectly consume most of the CPU capacity of your computer.
• Configuration Utility does not display an error message.
• Configuration Utility's display of selected objects can become corrupted.
• The Configuration Utility display may become corrupted, and the "lost connection" error message (with its OK button) may appear behind other windows.

You may need to quit Configuration Utility to restore control. (ER# 163984781, 163984787, 164014177, 164014187)

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Discontinued Support

This section documents features that are no longer supported in this software. This cumulative list is in release-number order with the most recently discontinued features at the top of the list.

There are no discontinued features or functions in this release of Workforce Management Configuration Utility.

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Internationalization

Information in this section is included for international customers.

There are no internationalization issues in this release of Workforce Management Configuration Utility.

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Additional Information

Additional information on Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. is available on our Technical Support website. The following documentation also contains information about this software. Please consult the Deployment Guide first.

• Workforce Management 7.6 Administrator's Guide introduces the product, presents its architecture, and offers deployment-planning recommendations and considerations, explains how to configure and install the Workforce Management (WFM) 7.6 components, explains how to start and stop all components; explains how to use the WFM Database Utility; provides troubleshooting suggestions; and includes a list of WFM-specific terms and their definitions.

• Workforce Management 7.6 Configuration Utility Help explains how to use the WFM Configuration Utility to set up WFM objects (such as sites, time zones, and Agents) and constraints (such as security settings, working hours, and time-off  rules).

• Workforce Management 7.6 Web for Supervisors Help explains how to use the Supervisor web interface to create forecasts and schedules, make schedule and staffing changes, and to track Agent real-time adherence and contact center performance. WFM Web for Supervisors also contains the WFM reporting functions.

• Workforce Management 7.6 Web for Agents Help instructs Agents on how to check their schedules, request time off and working hours, adjust other preferences, and make schedule trades with other Agents.

• Workforce Management 7.6 WFM Integration API Developer's Guide gives an overview of the Application Programming Interface (API)'s functions and architecture, and explains the functions that each service provides. This Guide includes short code examples that demonstrate how to use the methods included in each service.

• Workforce Management 7.6 WFM Integration API Reference (JavaDoc) provides a complete reference to the publicly exposed portion of the WFM Integration API.

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