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Understanding an Interaction’s State

An interaction’s state describes its current condition. The following list describes the states that appear by default. The list includes descriptions of each state an interaction may be in during the life of the interaction.

Note: Your CIC administrator or application developer can modify or customize these state strings if desired.

State	Interaction Type	Description
ACD – Alerting: [Agent’s Name]	Inbound	CIC placed the call into a queue, and sent it to an available agent.
ACD – Assigned: [Agent’s Name]	Inbound	CIC placed a call into a queue, sent it to an available agent, and the agent picked up the call.
ACD – Wait Agent	Inbound	CIC placed a call into a queue, but all agents were busy and CIC was unable to alert an agent.
ACD – Wait Agent -> Last Attempted: [Agent’s Name]	Inbound	CIC placed a call into a queue, sent it to an available agent, but the agent did not pick up the call and CIC placed it back into the queue.
Alerting	Inbound	A user is being notified that he or she has an incoming interaction.
Connected	Outbound or Inbound	The interaction was connected to a user or a station. If call analysis was not enabled, Connected means the same as Proceeding.
Dialing	Outbound	CIC is dialing the outbound proceeding call.
Disconnected	Outbound or Inbound	The call is no longer active.
Disconnected (Local Disconnect)	Outbound or Inbound	Seen for both outbound and inbound interactions. The interaction was disconnected by a CIC user or station and is no longer active.
Disconnected (Remote Disconnect)	Outbound or Inbound	The interaction was disconnected by someone outside the CIC system (for example, a customer) and is no longer active.
Held	Outbound or Inbound	The interaction is on hold.
Manual Dialing	Outbound	A telephone handset has been picked up and a dial tone was generated.
Offering	Inbound	CIC placed the interaction in a queue, but the interaction was not alerting. CIC is determining if the called party is available to take the interaction.
Operator Escape		The caller pressed zero to reach an operator from any queue.
Parked		The interaction is waiting on a User, Workgroup, or Station queue.
Proceeding	Outbound	The interaction proceeded through the outside telephone network and is waiting to be answered. "Proceeding" is used if a user has enabled call analysis. Calls "Proceeding" eventually time out if the call is not answered.
Queue Timeout	Inbound	The call waited in a time-out queue and timed out. The caller was presented with prompts to determine how he or she wanted the CIC client to proceed with the call (send to voice mail, try another extension, etc.)
Remote Transfer		CIC sent an interaction to a user whose status was set to "Available, Forward," and CIC forwarded the interaction based on the user’s call coverage settings.
Ring No Answer	Inbound	The call was sent to an agent who did not pick up the call. The call timed out, and the caller was presented with prompts to determine how he or she wants the CIC client to proceed with the call (send to voice mail, try another extension, etc.).
System		The interaction underwent processing by handlers or other server components of the CIC system.
Voice Mail		The caller left a voice mail message.