The workaround is to select Play an announcement and upload or record a greeting you would like to announce. When you record or upload a greeting, leave at least 3 to 5 seconds of silence to give the caller a chance to press a number. Then, create an extension with that particular number, and configure its Call Forwarding Settings to route your calls to the emergency response team's number. You can also forward it to another extension or an external number.
Hi Mary. Thanks for responding. Doesn't there need to be some sort of IVR involved so the system knows what to do when a button is pressed? Are you saying if I create a number 9 extension that goes to a mobile phone and during the greeting they press "9" it will just route there without any sort of special programming?
It's because you're in Single Level mode in the Auto Receptionist. When in SL mode, you do not have the option to route to an IVR (for reasons unknown). You can either switch to Multi Level mode and go from there (being mindful of your current configuration), or if you wish to stay in SL mode, I would do this: create a call queue called IVR Connector, disable the hours of the queue save for a period of 15 minutes, and in the after hours of the queue you can connect to your desired IVR. Basically, if you stay in SL mode, create the custom rule and have it connect to that queue, the queue would then always connect to your desired IVR.
...but honestly, just change it to multi level mode and go from there.
So, it's nested under the conversation above with Mary, but what I decided to do was create a "free" mobile user and under call handling flipped on "forward all calls" and set that to the IVR menu I created. I looked at flipping on the multi-level IVR, but that would delete the 10+ custom rules I created already and during work hours I want phone calls to bypass any sort of IVR menu and go straight to an extension, which for now, I don't see is possible with a multi-level IVR. Don't get me wrong, it might be possible, but I just don't see it right now.
