Resume a flow after transfer - Amazon Connect

Resume a flow after transfer

Let's say you need to transfer a contact to an external department that's not using Amazon Connect. For example, maybe you need to transfer the caller to a shipping provider to check the status of their delivery. After the contact is disconnected from the phone number, you want them to be returned to your agent, for example, when the delivery company couldn't resolve their issue.

  • For advanced creation, send tracking information as DTMF digits when the call is transferred, so that the shipment information is retrieved with the transferred call before the customer is connected.

To set up a flow for this scenario

  1. Add a Transfer to phone number block to your contact flow.

  2. In the Transfer to phone number block, enter the following settings:

    • Transfer to

      • Phone number—Sets the phone number to transfer the call to.

      • Set dynamically—Specify a contact attribute (choose a namespace and then a value) to set the phone number to transfer the call to.

    • Set timeout

      • Timeout (in seconds)—The number of seconds to wait for the recipient to answer the transferred call.

    • Set dynamically—Specify a contact attribute (choose a namespace and then a value) to use to set the Timeout duration.

    • Resume flow after disconnect—When you select this option, after the call is transferred, the caller is returned to the flow when the call with the third party ends. Additional branches for Success, Call failed, and Timeout are added to the block when you select this option so that you can appropriately route contacts when there is an issue with the transfer.

    • Optional parameters

      • Send DTMF—Select Send DTMF to include up to 50 Dual-Tone Multi-frequency (DTMF) characters with the transferred call. You can enter the characters to include, or use an attribute. Use the DTMF characters to navigate an automated IVR system that answers the call.

      • Caller ID number—Specify the caller ID number used for transferred call. You can select a number from your instance, or use an attribute to set the number.

      • Caller ID name—Specify the caller ID name used for the transferred call. You can enter a name, or use an attribute to set the name.

        In some cases, the caller ID information is provided by the carrier of the party you are calling. The information may not be up-to-date with that carrier, or the number may get passed differently between systems because of hardware or configuration differences. If that is the case, the person you call may not see the phone number, or may see the name of a previously registered owner of the number, instead of the name you specify in the block.

  3. Connect Transfer to phone number to the rest of your flow.

When the block executes:

  1. The call is transferred to the phone number.

  2. Optionally, when the conversation with the external party ends, the contact is returned to the flow.

  3. The contact then follows the Success branch from the block to continue the flow.

  4. If the call is not successfully transferred, one of the other branches is followed: Call failed, Timeout, or Error, depending on the reason the caller did not return to the flow.