Conference call: list participants

290 Points

This is an important feature to add. Or a way to record these calls.

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2015-10-26T20:07:21+00:00

31,800 Points

Audio conference calls can be recorded. See the audio conference commands here:
https://success.ringcentral.com/articles/RC_Knowledge_Article/Conference-Calling-Touch-Tone-Commands-...

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2015-10-26T20:14:17+00:00

31,800 Points

Additionally, if you have announcements activated as well as recording activated, you will hear each participant identify themselves as they log into the conference.

2015-10-26T20:14:29+00:00

290 Points

Thanks. Would there be a way to record the calls where the participants are both non-Ringcentral users?.... and that we would not have to be active in the call at the time of the call.

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2015-10-26T20:18:00+00:00

Tom Watson

542 Points

What I'd like to see is an admin webpage where you could monitor who is on the call, at least by their dial in number

2015-10-26T20:22:40+00:00

31,800 Points

Mark,

I just tested the non-RingCentral users scenario. While they could conference together *if* the administrator allows participants to join without the host, they would not be able to record the call.

The only way they could accomplish this is if one of the non-RIngCentral participants had the host code. I personally cannot ever see why a RingCentral customer would give out their host code to a non-RIngCentral user.

2015-10-26T20:24:32+00:00

Kim, Alum

43,320 Points

Mark, the call recording is only retrievable to the RingCentral User that is the Host and the admin. You can download it and fwd it to them.

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2015-10-26T20:42:05+00:00

290 Points

So we would give the host code out to our client who would then have the prospect (who we found for the client) on the line. I do not see how to record that/retrieve that information. Sounds like Kim and Jan might have the answer on that. Thanks.

2015-10-26T21:10:01+00:00

31,800 Points

*9 will activate the recording. The recording can be retrieved from either the Call Log of the administrator or from the Recordings section of the Messages tab depending on whose host code was used.

2015-10-27T13:13:56+00:00

Kim, Alum

43,320 Points

Mark, please do not give out the Host Code for security reasons. These are for RingCentral Users only, not to be handed out externally.

Tom Watson

542 Points

Exactly. Very cumbersome doing the keys and all you get is a caller count. We do a lot of international calls and knowing how many are on the call, what countries they are from, etc. is very useful. Citrix has a good interface if you want to check that out.

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Thanks everyone! I was hoping that I could have it set to record at a system level -- like I do for extensions -- but to *9 for every phone call by the host just won't be seamless enough. I have all most of our our regular extensions set to record and no one has to push *9 to start it.... Just thought that the conference lines could also be set that way.

Is there a way to monitor the attendance otherwise?

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2015-10-27T13:40:03+00:00

31,800 Points

Mark,

If an extension is set for automatic recording, and they are using their extension for the conference call, it is not necessary to have to push *9 to record the conference. It will automatically be recorded.

On the other hand, based on your scenario of giving the host code to your client who then sets up the conference and is not one of your extensions using a direct dial line (DDL), your client host would indeed have to push *9 to record the conference,

However, as I mentioned before and Kim reiterated, I can not see a situation where you (as the RingCental client) would ever want to give out your host code. If this code hits the internet or other unscrupulous persons it could possibly degrade the use of the audio conference for everyone involved. Besides that, your client is using technology YOU are paying for. Just my opinion.

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Justin Gibson

202 Points

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled See the numbers that join a conference call and the time they were on..

Need to be able to see the numbers that join a conversation and the time they were on. This is a required feature that needs to be developed asap.

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David Shirk

268 Points

I not only need to get a report of who was on a conference call, but I need to be able to create client specific participant codes and be sure only one caller can join with the participant code given to the client.

In my scenario, clients pay a subscription to join a regularly scheduled call. I want to be able to give clients a unique participant code so they have the same code on every call, but where I can enable or disable the code for just the subscribed calls. I can't have the client giving their code out to others that are not paying to join. I also can't have them joining other calls if they did not subscribe or if their subscription expires.

This is a problem now because RingCentral only has one conference number and one participant code that is shared by all participants. If a client learns of a regularly scheduled time for another call they can call in. Without an interface to see who is on the call, like this thread describes, or the ability to manage custom participant codes as described here, the conference feature has no security whatsoever beyond the good will of the persons that get the participant code. That may work for persons that rarely use their conference lines, but is a disaster for someone that uses them often. Consider two calls back to back. The people that call in early for the second call will be participating at the end of the first call. There is nothing you can do about it. Custom participant codes would make the service usable.

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Symone Deserae'

144 Points

I agree with these concerns - Even freeconferencecall.com gives you a list of participants on a call, along with the call duration. Frankly, I messed up in giving a company-wide internal sales webinar by not looking at the list of participants before I exited the call - now my boss is asking me for metrics I cannot give her (i.e. the names of participants and how likely they are willing to purchase our product). Kind of disappointing that this is not a basic, available feature.

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Jeff Stone

112 Points

agree - need a web portal to monitor the call (change settings, mute lines, etc) Also reporting.. thanks

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