New Features
Edge Chromium Browser Support
This release supports Edge Chromium (Microsoft Edge). For information about supported versions, see the Contact Center Enterprise Solution Compatibility Matrix at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/customer-collaboration/unified-contact-center-enterprise/products-device-support-tables-list.html.
User Experience Changes in Cisco Finesse
Cisco Finesse has undergone a user experience refresh in this release. The Agent and Supervisor desktop layouts have a new look and feel with the following functionalities:
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Signing in to Cisco Finesse Desktop (SSO mode, Non SSO mode, Hybrid Mode, and Mobile Agent)
The login screen for Cisco Agent and Supervisor has a new look and feel. When signing in to Cisco Finesse desktop, choose the language from the drop-down option of the Language Selector screen (the language selector screen does not appear unless a language pack is installed).
If you do not choose the language, English is the default language.
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Certificate Acceptance
To accommodate browser behavior, the accepting certificates from the SSL certificates popup is changed from opening all certificates in different tabs to certificates appearing as links. Click each link to open and accept the certificate in a new browser tab and the accepted certificates are removed from the SSL certificate popup.
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User Options Icon
The User Option in the Finesse header has the Agent details like name, ID, Extension, option to Sign Out with reason codes, and Mobile Agent details. The Send Error report lets you send the desktop logs to your administrator in case of any technical issues.
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Customized Logo and Product Name
The logo and product name appearing on Finesse desktop can be customized by the Administrator in the Manage Desktop Layout.
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Customized Left Navigation Bar
You can customize the left navigation bar by adding icons that indicate the gadgets hosted within them. To understand how to customize the icons, see the Icons for Custom Cisco Finesse Gadgets section in Cisco Finesse Administration Guide.
The Navigation bar can be pinned or automatically collapsed to increase or decrease the Finesse desktop area.
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Desktop Notifications
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For incoming voice calls: Popover with configured customer details appear with the Answer button. These customer details (call variables) can be configured via the Finesse Desktop Layout in the Admin console.
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For campaign initiated outbound calls: Popover with configured customer details appear with the Accept or Decline buttons.
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For Digital Channels: Popover with configured customer details appear with options to accept or reject the request depending on the gadget behavior.
When the Finesse desktop window or tab is inactive, you receive toaster notifications for any Voice or Digital Channel requests.
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Answering an Incoming Call
When a call arrives at the Cisco Finesse desktop, a popover notification displays with the following:
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Options to answer the call.
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Call context.
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Making a Call
To make a call from the dialpad, either enter the number or use the one-click option in the phone book.
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Digital Channels
The new user experience has the agent state control for Digital Channels added next to the agent Voice state. Agents cannot sign out of Finesse if they are in the Ready state.
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Accessibility
Accessibility is added for the following features:
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Digital Channels
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Queue Statistics
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Agent State Control
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Team Message
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Desktop Chat
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Sign Out or Reload
When you sign out or reload the Finesse desktop, a confirmation message is prompted to confirm your action.
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Visual Design Guide
The Visual Design Guide provides guidelines to customize the visual experience of the Agent and Supervisor desktop. For information on customizing the visual experience, see https://developer.cisco.com/docs/finesse/#!visual-design-guide.
Desktop Chat
Desktop Chat is an XMPP browser based chat, which is powered by Cisco Instant Messaging and Presence (IM&P) service. Desktop Chat allows agents and supervisors to chat with each other and Subject Matter Experts in the organization.
The Desktop Chat interface is hosted by the Finesse Agent desktop and requires a separate login to the IM&P service. A separate login is required even in SSO deployment.
Desktop Chat's server settings and attachment support can be configured by the administrator.
Team Message
The Team Message feature allows the supervisors to broadcast messages to their respective teams. The messages appear as a banner across the Finesse desktop and the respective agents can view these messages and take necessary action.
Active Call Details
In the Team Performance gadget, the Supervisor can view the active call details of an agent. The active call details shows:
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The call variable header and the call variables configured by the administrator.
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Active Participants
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Held Participants
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Duration
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Call Status
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Queue Name
Search Reason Codes
Administrators can search and select reason code to add or edit them. For more accurate results, Administrators can search by the entering the values of Reason Label, Reason Code, or keywords from Reason Label Name and Reason Code.
Searching with keywords from Reason Label Name and Reason Code is supported only for Not Ready and Sign Out reason codes.
Workflow for Digital Channels
Workflows and Workflow actions can be created for voice and digital channels.
Configure Wrap-Up Timer
Depending on the configuration done by the administrator, the wrap-up timer can either countdown or count up the time.
ShowWrapUpTimer property can be used to show or hide the timer in the wrap-up state.
List of CLIs
You can perform the following functions using CLIs:
Sign out from Digital Channels
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Configure the media channels.
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List all the choices of media channels.
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Display the type of media channels.
View and Update all Configurable Properties
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View any Finesse IPPA, Desktop, and Web Services property's value.
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Update any Finesse IPPA, Desktop, and Web Services property's value.
CORS Support for Cisco Finesse APIs
CORS support to third-party web server is disabled by default for Cisco Finesse and OpenFire. CORS support can be enabled for specific origins and the allowed origin list can be configured by the Administrator using CLIs.
CTI Server Settings
Finesse support Secure CTI connection. In the Admin Console, secure configuration is enabled in CTI Server settings with an SSL encryption checkbox.
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This functionality is supported only from Unified CCE 12.0 onwards. |
CTI connection for the given configuration can be tested with the Test Connection button.
Gadget Source Whitelisting
To prevent SSRF, the Administrator can choose to allow outgoing connections for specified sources to be used in the gadgets, by adding URLs to the whitelist using CLIs.
Microsoft Edge Support for Cisco Finesse
For the Agent and Supervisor desktop and the Admin Console, Cisco Finesse supports Microsoft Edge.
JavaScript APIs
JavaScript APIs are provided to add third-party digital channel integrations to the Finesse Desktop. The JavaScript APIs added in this release are Digital Channel APIs, Popover API, and Workflow for Digital Channels APIs. For more information on these APIs see https://developer.cisco.com/docs/finesse/#!javascript-library.