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In version 25Q1, CALL_ID (known as Group ID in Dashboard) and CallGUID (known as Conversation ID in Dashboard) have been swapped in the EDI framework. Please check your EDI configurations used for calls. If you're using these IDs in your call-related configurations, your integration will not work correctly.   Property JSON data type Description Reference syntax Example values ID string Unique routing leg identifier of the contact For emails, this is the same as Group ID. For example: Can be used as the contact identifier for the /contacts resource of CMI and RMI Can be used as the contact identifier for the /emails resource of CMI In Dashboard, this is known as Conversation ID {contact.id} 1166301942A6EE11B3ED58961D1810CC Group ID string Unique group identifier of the contact For emails, this is the same as ID. For example: Can be used as the group identifier for the /chats resource of CMI Can be used as the contact identifier for /emails resource of CMI In Dashboard, this is known as Group ID. {contact.guid} 5AB6E20342A6EE11B3ED58961D1810CC ... View more

Major browsers like Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are phasing out third-party cookies to prevent user tracking across multiple websites. For more information, see for example https://developers.google.com/privacy-sandbox/3pcd.   The deprecation affects especially customers who use Communication Panel embedded within a host application, like SAP Service Cloud for Customer (C4C) or Salesforce.   As a short-term measure, Sinch Contact Pro is participating in Google’s third-party deprecation trial from 24q2 cloud release onwards. On-premise will include the same in an FP20 hotfix.   The long-term plan is for 24q4 cloud release to migrate Contact Pro away from third-party cookie dependencies. The same update is planned for on-premise customers in a hotfix. Follow the Contact Pro community page for updates. ... View more

Integrating Communication Panel with your web application is now easier than ever before. Instructions on using the Communication Panel Control (CPC) library for the integration are available on the Sinch Contact Pro documentation site: Instructions on how to integrate CP with your web application API reference documentation CPC is an open-source JavaScript library for easier Communication Panel integrations. It abstracts the Communication Panel Third-Party Extension Messaging API and exposes its features and capabilities as a modern async API. CPC handles a lot of the heavy lifting for you, cutting down the development time needed for the integration. ... View more

Symptoms Launching CDT or Online Monitoring with HTTPS causes crash on Windows Server 2022.   Reason Sinch Contact Pro webclient module does not support HTTP/2 which is enabled by default in IIS 10 (Windows Server 2022).   Solution Disable HTTP/2 for HTTPS binding: Open IIS Manager on the server. Navigate to the website where CDT and Online Monitoring are served from. On the right side pane, click Bindings. Select row with type https. Click Edit. Click Disable HTTP/2. Click OK. ... View more

Symptoms An agent isn't automatically set as Not Ready although they haven't accepted allocated conversations from a queue.   Prerequisites You must have rights to modify the specific queue and the user settings template.   Solution You need to define the following settings:   Setting Location Read more Activate Not-Ready Status After No Response Queue Management > Queues > [Select the queue] > Client Settings Client Settings (cloud)    Client Settings (FP19)  Timeout for Contacts to be Picked or Rejected Queue Management > Queues > [Select the queue] > Contact Management Queue's Contact Management Settings (cloud)  Queue's Contact Management Settings (FP19)    Community post: Changing how long a conversation is offered in Communication Panel.   Note: This setting is found for both the channel and queue. However, when using automatic Not Ready status, the queue-level value must be defined and must be less than the one defined for the channel. Number of Offerings Before Activating Not Ready User and Role Management > User Settings Template > [Select the template] > Communication Panel Settings Communication Panel Settings (cloud)  Communication Panel Settings (FP19)  ... View more

Symptoms A conversation is offered to an agent for a too long or short time in Communication Panel.   Prerequisites You must have rights to modify the specific queue or channel.   Solution You need to change the time on either the channel or queue level. The setting is called Timeout for Contacts to be Picked or Rejected and an administrator can find it in System Configurator: for the channel: System Management > Channels > [Open the channel's settings] The channel level setting affects queue calls and direct calls. for the queue: Queue Management > Queues > [Select the queue] > Contact Management Read more about this setting in the System Configurator document:     Channel Queue Cloud Channel Settings (cloud) Queue's Contact Management Settings (cloud) On-premise Channel Settings (FP19)  Queue's Contact Management Settings (FP19)   Note: If you're using the automatic Not Ready status in Communication Panel, this setting must be defined on the queue level and the value must be less than the one defined for the channel. Read more about setting an agent automatically as Not Ready. ... View more

Release dates for Sinch Contact Pro 23Q1 have changed. New release dates are:   Release To Test (RTT) March 28, 2023 Release To Customer (RTC)  April 15, 2023   You can find all planned release dates of cloud versions in 2023 in the Release Schedule (sinch.com). ... View more

Symptoms External Agent settings are visible in Communication Panel although the agents don’t use the External Agent service.   Solution External Agent settings must be hidden in System Configurator on user, user group, and user role levels.   To hide the settings: In System Configurator, navigate to Users, User Roles, or User Groups and find the user, role, or group you want to edit. Extend the User Rights block. In the Type dropdown, select User Service. On the External Agent row, deselect the Use setting. Save your changes.   Remember to check all three levels for the setting. ... View more

If you are updating Sinch Contact Pro on-premise version from FP15 to FP16 (or newer), please contact Sinch Contact Pro customer support to get a conversion tool needed in the upgrade. ... View more

Sinch Contact Center is now known as Sinch Contact Pro. Please note that the old name may still appear in older materials. ... View more

Symptoms The installation of the Operative Database Server fails.   Reproducing If you have version FP18 and your SQL Server is 2014 or older, the installation of the Operative Database Server fails.   Solution To successfully install the Operative Database Server with these SQL Server versions, a special script is required that updates the Operative Database Server. To obtain the script, contact our support. Or Upgrade your version of SQL Server to 2016 or above which is required for the new JSON feature for handling new contact contents. ... View more

Sinch Contact Pro (previously Sinch Contact Center) has a documentation site available for cloud customers: https://docs.cc.sinch.com/cloud/index.html    Documentation for on-premise customers can be found at: https://docs.cc.sinch.com/onpremise/latest/index.html     Discussion and FAQs will continue here in the community and the new site will be used for publishing customer documentation.    Best Regards, Sinch Contact Pro User Assistance team  ... View more