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Queue Call Holds to Answer Another Call
Tags: call queues
Feb 1, 2023 at 12:54pm   •   2 replies  •  1 likes
Sara Jennings

Is it possible to put a queue call on hold in order to answer a waiting call? For example, speaking with queue call customer-1, while customer-2 is queued. I want to put customer-1 on a brief hold to answer customer-2, then place customer-2 on hold and return to helping customer-1. Once done, then take customer-2 off of hold.

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answered on Oct 27, 2023 at 10:41am  

I found a workaround for this. In the Call Queue settings go to "Pick up settings & members" and add your users and they'll have a button on the phone or the RC client a button on the HUD. And in the settings, for the pick-up settings & members, you can change when the button alerts the users.

- On the phone, it'll flash red if another call is coming in while on a call from the call queue or any call. On the RingCentral app, it rings and lets you know with a pop-up and it plays whatever ringtone you've selected in the settings. Unfortunately, it doesn't ring the phone while on a call so users will have to pay attention.

- If the users are using the softphone option it works the same but you can answer calls and put them on hold.


If you have more questions about this let me know. Or and new findings also let me know


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on Oct 30, 2023 at 7:32am   •  0 likes

Danny, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your insights are much appreciated and I look forward to hearing more from you in the future.

answered on Feb 2, 2023 at 10:38am  

Hi @Sara Jennings! This behavior is not possible with Call Queue. Incoming calls are distributed equally to members depending on the order of the call, so a user cannot answer multiple calls.


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