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QueueMetrics news / New version of Espresso
« on: April 09, 2013, 16:25:05 »
Hello all,
we updated the version of Espresso - now supporting:

- Elastix 1.6.0
- FreePBX 2.10 with Asterisk 10 (previously was only for Asterisk 1.8 )
- AsteriskNow 3.0.0

It is immediately available on the RPM repo (you don't generally need to update it, unless you could not previously install QM because your PBX was not supported).

New manual out at http://www.queuemetrics.com/manuals/QM_Espresso-chunked/



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QueueMetrics news / QueueMetrics 13.04
« on: March 25, 2013, 13:09:28 »
QueueMetrics version 13.04 is available for download today. This version includes an important number of changes and new features that make QueueMetrics significantly better.

* A walk-through of the most important changes can be found at http://queuemetrics.com/manuals/QM_WhatsNew-chunked/ar01s06.html
* You can try QueueMetrics now at http://queuemetrics.com/path_trial.jsp


First of all, the long awaited report export is present. You can export complete reports to PDF or XLS files. This works for the report you are seeing in front of you and can be set up to work automatically, sending the report to a list of recipients over e-mail.

The QA section was improved by adding non-scoring questions and comments. This works especially well from the agent's page - this means your agents can now gather structured and free-text information on the current call right from their own screen, using specially crafted QA forms.

The agent's page itself was improved - now it leverages the caching features added in 12.10 in order to refresh automatically when a call comes in. This works beautifully for inbound and can easily be leveraged for outbound when running WombatDialer.

A new kind of report was added - IVR traversals. This lets you track in-deep IVR activity and understand what happens even before the call hits the queue. reached goals and attrition points can easily be displayed. A compatible module was added to FreePBX 2.11 to make integration easier.

Another feature that was often asked for is the detailed tracking of attempts on each call - in fact now all events happening on a call (like MOH, attempts or IVR events) are visible in detail. No more wondering why a call took so long to be answered!

Last but not least, QueueMetrics is nowadays often deployed as a cloud service. The new QlogSplitter that ships with Qloaderd lets you break the relationship between a single Asterisk server and a QueueMetrics instance - now you can have multiple clients sharing the same Asterisk instances having separate QueueMetrics instances, with a no-strings-attached pricing thanks to the Keyring.

The new release also includes a number of lesser changes and bugs fixed - in total almost 100 different issues were addressed.





Looking for outbound? look no further!

The WombatDialer is the perfect companion for your QueueMetrics system. WombatDialer is built to let you add outbound capabilities to your call-center, by leveraging a powerful and complete dialing platform. You can now create outbound campaigns of all kinds – telecasting, telemarketing, call-me-back services, automated queue redials, outbound IVRs – with the same level of efficiency and accuracy QueueMetrics is well known for.

WombatDialer lets you compose the solution you need by offering a powerful API model and hides away the complexity of implementing real-life outbound dialing scenarios.

As you are already running QueueMetrics, we offer you an opportunity to add WombatDialer to your system with a special offer – get 30% off your first purchase by getting an evalution key before May 1st, 2013. That's all you have to do. 

Interested? You can test WombatDialer by downloading a free evaluation version from  http://wombatdialer.com - as with all Loway products, you first test-drive our solution and update to a full license only when you are completely satisfied with it.




Important changes

#1756 - New IVR tracking (Engine)
#1806 - Multi-tenant Qloader pre-loader (Qloader)
#1775 - New graphs based on Flot    (Reports)        
#1831 - Session keepalive embedded in all pages    (Reports)        
#1833 - Hebrew language support    (Reports)        
#1847 - Track and display call attempts    (Engine)        
#1852 - Track lists of events - IVRs and attempts    (Engine)        
#1853 - Tracking of IVR events    (Engine)        
#1854 - IVR: New IVR analysis page    (Reports)        
#1855 - IVR: New filtering criteria for Custom Report    (Reports)        
#1856 - IVR: Changes to the RT page    (Realtime page)        
#1857 - IVR: data blocks for (Reports)    (Reports)        
#1859 - List of events: display MOH    (Engine)        
#1869 - Possible XSS vulnerability fixed    (Reports)        
#1753 - Mail and export Reports to PDF and Excel    (Reports)        
#1842 - Active polling for the agent's page    (Agent's page)        
#1758 - Per question flag to turn off the display of status    (QA)        

For an additional overview of the above-mentioned major changes, please refer to the “What's new” section of our website.



Minor changes

#1848 - Use latest TPF version    (Reports)        
#1860 - FAQ: error in determining which channel hung up using FreePBX    (FAQ)        
#1623 - Returning multiple file names in QM.findAudio()    (Reports)        
#1737 - Skill based routing    (Configuration)        
#1752 - New agent's page    (Agent's page)        
#1755 - Login/logoff as FreePBX    (Configuration)        
#1759 - Questions not computed: DB Updater    (QA)        
#1772 - AstManProxy compatibility + Asterisk 11    (Agent's page)        
#1783 - RAW data blocks for RT    (Realtime page)        
#1788 - Reading IVR data from FreePBX module    (Engine)        
#1801 - Checking IVR logs by FreePBX    (Engine)        
#1802 - Check MOH logs  produced by ASTERISK-20742   (Engine)        
#1807 - Optionally turn off News    (Reports)        
#1809 - Log call closures    (Realtime page)        
#1830 - XML-RPC: bridged call-id    (Reports)        
#1840 - Improved SQL Union statements    (Reports)        
#1843 - New native UNION statements    (Engine)        
#1864 - Extending report filters to InfoRecord calls    (Reports)        
#1865 - Adding IVR blocks to default DB    (Setup)        
#1866 - IVR: implementation and data blocks    (Docs)        
#1841 - Display JDBC parameters for Asterisk RT autoconfig    (Configuration)        
#1870 - Pauses start/end time could overlap other pauses on the same session    (Payroll)        
#1683 - Notes associated with each question    (QA)        
#1685 - Oreka: OrekaEncrypted integration    (Reports)        
#1686 - Oreka: Displaying non-audio/video attachments to calls through Oreka    (Reports)        
#1746 - Clear the comment text area after a comment submission.    (QA)        
#1771 - Same item on multiple forms    (QA)        
#1684 - Payroll notes by date    (Payroll)        
#1687 - Payroll: Export on non-audio/video attachments from Oreka    (Payroll)        
#1760 - (QA): Questions not computed:  Form editor    (QA)        
#1761 - (QA): Questions not computed:  Form    (QA)        
#1762 - (QA): Questions not computed: Reports    (QA)        
#1763 - (QA): Questions not computed: Summary for forms    (QA)        
#1765 - (QA): Questions not computed: XML-RPC Export    (QA)        
#1766 - (QA): Questions not computed: Documentation    (Docs)        
#1845 - Columns on grader's page are not sortable    (QA)




Bugs fixed


#1777 - No key filtering on queues joinable from the RT page    (Realtime page)        
#1747 - Chrome AGAW client not installing    (AGAW)        
#1748 - Duplicate rows in RAM cache    (Engine)        
#1776 - On DB upgrade error, it goes on as if OK    (Setup)        
#1828 - Call details unable to open in IE    (Reports)        
#1829 - No scroll bar for QA form in IE    (Reports)        
#1832 - Visible blue border on Loway logo in IE    (Graphics)        
#1838 - Error with Asterisk RT - Asterisk 1.8    (Configuration)        
#1839 - Agent page does not display server selector for cluster    (Agent's page)        
#1861 - Wrong pause reasons    (Engine)        
#1849 - Missing number of stints    (Reports)        
#1862 - Issues with agent removal on the RT page    (Realtime page)        
#1770 - Cannot extend login time.    (Payroll)        
#1812 - Possible issue when closing call from the RT page    (Realtime page)        
#1844 - Graders page considers a rep graded even if he's not    (QA)        






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QueueMetrics news / Possible XSS issue - please upgrade
« on: March 15, 2013, 17:43:11 »
We have been notified by Dylan Webb of Allied Infosecurity that versions of QueueMetrics up to 12.10 may present a reflective XSS vulnerability - an attacker could execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a targeted user's browser. This could be leveraged to steal sensitive information such as user credentials and/or conduct other malicious activities.

We have patched the issue by releasing version 12.10.1.1, that is immediately available on our RPM repositories or through direct download. If you installed QM using yum, you should simply run:

Code: [Select]
yum update queuemetrics
to get the latest version.

Though the real-life impact of the issue may be moderate (especially if you run QM on an intranet) we suggest upgrading as a precautionary measure.

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If you run a call center, serving clients in a timely way is often very complex, as it requires having enough people available to handle traffic spikes. The number of callers that disconnect because they have been waiting too long in a queue is then an important driver of the quality of your work, and these frustrated callers are the focus of much attention and scheduling/planning efforts in all call centers. This is because in a traditional setting doing inbound calling you basically had no other way of servicing the client but waiting for the person to call in.

With an Asterisk-based PBX and using digital lines, this scenario changes a bit, as:

* Your average caller has an associated caller-id that often matches a physical phone in their proximity
* Telephone traffic is very cheap compared to the cost of agent time for call handling
* You have ample means of programming the PBX to suit your exact needs

So it is now a conceivable scenario to improve the services you are offering by adding an automated call-back option, so that you search the logs of lost calls and you actively schedule recalls on them in order to get back to people who hung up in frustration.

See http://blog.wombatdialer.com/post/41774590472/autorecall

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We have started an open project to be used as a helper to query XML-RPC services on QueueMetrics.

This acts as a working example of a PHP library and a viewer that makes it easy to see what is returned on a certain call with a given set of parameters.

Feel free to fork and modify!

https://github.com/Loway/QueueMetricsXmlRpcBrowser



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QueueMetrics news / New KeyRing version out - update required
« on: December 10, 2012, 18:03:00 »
Hello All,
the current version of the Loway Keyring needs to be updated in order to be kept working past January 2013. A new version 0.2.2 is available now on the public RPM repositories.

After the RPM upgrade, copy the file web.xml.ORIG to overwite the current web.xml and restart.

The Keyring is also available in TAR.GZ format for installation on non-CentOS systems, e.g. Debian / Ubuntu. Just send an email to the support team.

Complete details on the Keyring are available from http://queuemetrics.com/keyring.jsp


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General Asterisk configuration / Tracking MOH in Asterisk
« on: November 27, 2012, 09:21:16 »
Hello all,
Steve Murphy has been working on finding a standard way to track music-on-hold events on the queue_log - so that QueueMetrics can measure the time a caller was put on hold, and on the real-time page you can see when a caller is on MOH.

This feature is already present in QueueMetrics, but turning it on in Asterisk required some tweaking - full docs available here: http://www.queuemetrics.com/manuals/QM_WhatsNew-chunked/ar01s03.html#B1525

So I think it is worthwhile to notice that Steve's patch has been put up for public review and inclusion in the standard Asterisk sources - it is available on https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-20742

I hear that Steve has also a patch for Asterisk 1.8 so maybe it will be possible to make it available here for testing.

I believe this feature can be beneficial to many QueueMetrics users and would like to publicly thank Steve on behalf of the community.


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Installing WombatDialer / Manual installation
« on: November 15, 2012, 14:19:24 »
Hello all,
since release 0.6.0 we also have a manual installation option in addition to the RPM one. This gives you a bit more control on what is going on.
You can find it all here: http://www.wombatdialer.com/installation.jsp

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QueueMetrics news / QueueMetrics 12.10 released today
« on: October 29, 2012, 13:38:43 »
WHAT'S NEW – RELEASE 12.10

Release 12.10 sees the introduction of noticeable improvements and optimizations to QueueMetrics, offering broader usability and simplifying internal processes.
Amongst the main features, the new release offers improved caching and memory efficiency, additional links to administrative tools from the QueueMetrics Home page, the introduction of the Agent Reports accessible directly from the agent web page and the possibility of defining different URLs for agent calls, according to the call path.


The implemented major changes are as follows:

Cache RAM monitor [#1636]
Memory efficiency [#1688]
 
System diagnostic tools [#1673]
Link to dbTest page [# 1692]

Agent page Reports [#1663]

URL Substitutions [# 1714]




Performance optimizations [User Manual 20.17.4 – RAM Cache Monitor]


We have been tracing and studying QueueMetrics' performance limitations in a number of production settings. The result of this study has led to a series of changes in QueueMetrics that will benefit everyone, but will of course mostly affect larger contact centers.

We worked on QueueMetrics' memory usage by limiting the total memory footprint, besides  minimizing the creation of a large number of temporary objects. We also created a new string cache that outperforms the native Java implementation used in previous versions of QueueMetrics by two orders of magnitude on large settings.
We also worked on database access caching – as of release 12.10, common items like the list of queues on the Home page are aggressively cached by QueueMetrics itself. You may notice this behavior if e.g. you create a new queue, go back to the Home page immediately and you do not see the queue for about 10 seconds. This has strongly reduced the number of queries sent to the database.
Furthermore, we now have an even stronger caching system that keeps pre-processed objects in memory and avoids hitting the database for most real-time queries.  This is an optional feature that only affects the Real-Time and the Agent's Page when running with SQL or CLUSTER storage, and has to be turned on manually by setting:

realtime.useRowCache=true

The results obtained through this change have demonstrated a 10x - 20x performance improvement on page generation times.

We have also provided a new monitoring page, which is accessible from the DBTEST page, that allows to query the status of the new caches in real-time and reset them, as required.

The guide to fine-tuning QueueMetrics memory settings in order to get the best performance can be found in the QueueMetrics Advanced Configuration manual and it is a must-read for system administrators.


Administrative Tools access [User Manual 3.0 – Logging on to QueueMetrics]


Given the frequent need to access specific administrative tools, we have simplified how administrators can reach two main areas of QueueMetrics: the configuration.properties file and the database Test page.

As of QueueMetrics 12.10 it is possible to view the configuration.properties file directly from the Home page. This is achieved by adding the key EDIT_CFG to the admin user, which will enable a link on the Home page, within the ’Administrative Tools’, that will allow access to the file.



The database Test page is also accessible directly from the QueueMetrics Home page, under the heading “System diagnostic tools”, within the Administrative tools listing. It does not require a specific key to be enabled.


Agent page reports [User Manual 8.2 – Self-service agent reporting]


The new functionalities allow agents to run specific reports directly from the agent page. These new features are already enabled for the included sample agents.  In order to configure other agents having the same functionalities available, the following steps need to be implemented:

1. Assign a queue (or a set of queues) to the agent
2. Assign a new report to the agent
3. Assign the SSAREPORT key to the agent



Furthermore, the Agent page now includes a new ’Home’ button that allows an agent to get back to his/her main web page at any stage (no security key or property are required to enable this feature) and various reporting options are selectable by queue, report type and durations.
This new block of reporting functions is made visible for agents by enabling the SSAREPORT key within the user configuration/administration page, which can be reached from the main QueueMetrics administrator Home page. An agent can run a report based only on the queues and reports assigned to him/her.

An administrator can also assign the maximum amount of time that an agent can have available, when viewing historical reports from the agent web page. When an agent runs a report, the agent does not have a ’Search’ button enabled, so s/he is not able to access any kind of Custom Reports.


URL Substitutions [User Manual 8.0 – The real-time agent page]


The new release includes a new agent page URL feature. Each time the call history changes, and if there is a URL associated to the call shown on top of the list, a new window will automatically be opened pointing to the specific URL. This feature could be disabled modifying the value associated to the configuration key realtime.agent_autoopenurl.


URLs are passed to the Queue() command in Asterisk or, if missing, they can defined in the QueueMetrics queue configuration as a default. They can include a set of placeholders that are expanded with the details of the call being handled, as in the following table.
The available placeholders are:

A      agent's numeric code
U      call's Asterisk uniqueID
S      server ID (cluster mode)
Q      queue name
T      call timestamp   
C      caller ID
D      DNIS
I      IVR path
O      outcome code
P      position in queue
M      call attempts




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Translations / Want to improve your QueueMetrics translation?
« on: September 17, 2012, 12:04:09 »
Would you like to have QueueMetrics in your own language?
Would you like to see the current QueueMetrics translation improved in your language?

We are always pleased to welcome people that would like to add their input to our product, in order to improve the localized version of QueueMetrics.

If you are interested, please follow the steps detailed in the following online document http://queuemetrics.com/download/QM_TranslatorManual_v200.pdf or feel free to contact us http://forum.queuemetrics.com/index.php?board=5.0

If you require any further or specific information, please contact us at support [at] loway.ch.

Thanks in advance,
 - the Loway team

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QueueMetrics news / QueueMetrics 12.05 released today
« on: May 16, 2012, 11:39:25 »
A new release of QueueMetrics is now available, which offers a variety of new features, improvements and fixes that we are sure you will find extremely useful!

The first point we want to highlight is the new QueueMetrics Home page layout, which has been changed in order to avoid any required scrolling of the page to reach all the available links. The layout is designed across multiple columns which are logically subdivided by type and expected usage. The new format also includes the introduction of the “QueueMetrics News” section, which allows to be always updated with all the latest from Loway.

The next major addition is within our Realtime Monitoring page. Due to popular demand, Call Centre administrators and supervisors can now perform a variety of agent-related tasks directly from the Realtime page.
We have introduced a new “wand” icon at the end of the “Calls being processed” panel which gives administrators the freedom of being able to directly access the QA form, close, hang up, transfer and listen to any listed call.
We have also added an “Add Member” button to the top control table and a tidy drop-down menu within the “Agents currently logged in” section that allows to log off, pause, un-pause agents and send SMS messages.

The new release also offers some very useful options, such as the possibility to create the QueueMetrics database with just a few clicks, thanks to the new Database Creation wizard that resolves any JDBC connection issues.
We have introduced a way to avoid the stripping of the “-” (minus sign) in channel names. By setting a property to false, the agent channel name is read as it appears in the queue_log file. Otherwise anything after the "-" sign is deleted (ie. SIP/203-abcd is read as SIP/203), if set to true.
Furthermore, as some Call Centres may choose to allocate higher values to an agent, given an outstanding positive job performance, you can now add extra scoring to particular questions within the QA Form.

Last but not least, QueueMetrics now automatically installs the AGAW extension when installed via 'rpm', although the AGAW runner is not activated, until required.
This new release also offers the Firefox and Chrome Agent Awareness clients which embed within the browser, allowing agents to perform other tasks while being totally aware of their own performance and the queue status. This feature increases the number of consecutive tasks the agent can perform, noticeably increasing agent productivity and improving SLA adherence.

Please rest assured that this release works with the same activation keys you used for your current version of QueueMetrics.


Enjoy the update!





Major improvements:

# 0733 - RT page 'Agents logged' Menu
# 1283 - QM Database creation
# 1599 - QA Extra Score
# 1600 - AGAW Runner quick install
# 1611 - QM Home page layout
# 1614 - Agent channel names with “-”
# 1615 - AGAW Chrome compatibility
# 1624 - RT page 'Processed calls' Menu

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Minor changes


# 1506 - Agent codes trimming
# 1535 - Multi-stint mode filtering by agent
# 1537 - Build number directory
# 1538 - Home page multiple columns
# 1543 - Changing payroll pause properties
# 1547 - Database update testing
# 1550 - QM compatibility with Asterisk 10.x
# 1568 - Exporting jobs with Oreka
# 1572 - RSS Feed link closes QM session
# 1580 - Missing localization on QA Form
# 1583 - Wrong query result returning from RT page
# 1585 - 'Index Out of Bounds' in Overlaps
# 1592 - Testing system for database framework
# 1593 - Testing system for QA Form
# 1594 - Testing system for QA Reports
# 1595 - QA Report summary testing
# 1596 - QA Extra Scores form input
# 1597 - QA Extra Scores reports
# 1598 - QA Extra Scores report summaries
# 1604 - Espresso with FreePBX 2.10
# 1605 - Espresso with AsteriskNow 2.0
# 1607 - Overall QA Form scoring with shortcuts
# 1612 - QA Monitor Calibration
# 1618 - Fix for SQL Injection vulnerability
# 1630 - Payroll agent sessions/pauses with hotdesking

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Get more information on this release

For an additional overview of the above-mentioned major changes, please refer to the “What's new” section of our website - see http://queuemetrics.com/manuals/QM_WhatsNew-chunked/ar01s04.html

Furthermore, we have produced some brief videos that describe a few of the QueueMetrics features and provide visual installations - see http://queuemetrics.com/video.jsp

If you require further technical details, our online manuals provide a broad information base for any QueueMetrics feature - see http://queuemetrics.com/manual_list.jsp



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Scripting QueueMetrics / Open wallboard
« on: April 27, 2012, 15:20:49 »
Hello all,
we just came across this project and thought some of you may like it:

https://github.com/WalterMondale/QM-Wallboard

It is a new wallboard for QM written in Ruby.

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