CXone Agent for Administrators
This overview is for administrators. If you're an agent, learn about agent tasks in CXone Agent.
Before you can use CXone Agent, your CXone system must meet these requirements:
- Dynamic delivery enabled for your tenants High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment and business unit.
- Digital Experience set up for your organization if you use Digital Channels such as chat, email, and SMS.
- Unified Routing enabled for your business unit.
- ACD Users View, Skills View, and API Access enabled for your agents.
CXone Agent is a native agent application for use with CXone. It enables agents to interact with contacts through:
- Phone calls.
- Digital chat.
- Digital email.
- Digital SMS.
- Private social messages through Apple Messages for Business, Facebook, Google Business Messages, Instagram, LINE, Microsoft Teams, Twitter, and WeChat.
- Public social platform interactions on Apple Apps Reviews, Facebook, Google Play, Google Maps, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
- Voicemails.
- WhatsApp messages.
CXone Agent allows agents to handle multiple digital interactions at the same time. For voice interactions, it supports both physical phones and Integrated Softphone. You can
Agents can access CXone Agent through these direct URLs:
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If you are not on FedRAMP: https://cxagent.nicecxone.com/
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If you are on FedRAMP: https://cxagent.nicecxone-gov.com/
They can open CXone Agent through the app selector in CXone if you enable this for them. Agents can also use CXone Agent on Android mobile devices. CXone Agent has been tested for these mobile devices:
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Samsung Galaxy A51
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Samsung Galaxy A54
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Samsung Galaxy S23
If you use a mobile device that's not on that list, you may experience issues. iOS devices are currently not supported.
Key Features
CXone Agent includes the features listed in the table below.
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AutoSummary |
Automatically generate call summaries to appear in the Notes section of the Outcomes window. You can set up AutoSummary for voice skills Used to automate delivery of interactions based on agent skills, abilities, and knowledge that have dispositions enabled. AutoSummary saves time for agents; they don't need to manually enter notes after handling calls. Important: This is an add-on available for purchase. For more information, talk to your CXone Account Representative. |
Enlighten Copilot for Agents |
Provide agents with an AI-powered agent assist application. Enlighten Copilot for Agents generates interaction summaries, responses agents can send to contacts, and more. You can set up Copilot for Agents for digital Any channel, contact, or skill associated with Digital Experience. and voice skills. Copilot for Agents decreases AHT Average Handle Time is the average amount of time an agent spent handling an interaction. It enhances the agent and customer experience. Important: This is an add-on available for purchase. For more information, talk to your CXone Account Representative. |
Single Sign-On (SSO) | Allow agents already logged in to CXone or your external identity provider to access CXone Agent. They do not need to input their username and password again. You can manage login authenticators for SSO in CXone. |
CRM Third-party systems that manage such things as contacts, sales information, support details, and case histories. Integration |
Pop customer data from your CRM into CXone Agent. The supported CRMs are:
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Data Memorialization | Connect the data fields in your CRM with the data fields in CXone Agent. This connection ensures that when a field is changed in one application, it is updated in the other. |
Progressive Web App | CXone Agent is available as a progressive web app (PWA). This app is browser-based, but can display notifications to the agent directly on their computer. It can also run in the background. Instruct agents to follow these steps to download the CXone Agent PWA. |
Automated Language Translation |
Allow agents to send and receive translated messages in real time. This will enable them to interact with contacts who speak a different language. You can enable this in Digital Experience. Important: This is an add-on available for purchase. For more information, talk to your CXone Account Representative. |
ChromeOS Integration | Agents using ChromeOS can configure ChromeOS desks for CXone Agent so that new desks Workspaces in ChromeOS that allow you to keep each of your tasks separate. open for each new interaction. They can also see their ChromeOS telemetry data in Settings > Information. |
Schedule | Display agents' schedules, defined in CXone WFM. This includes any IEX WFM Integrated schedule items. CXone Agent does not support Enterprise IEX. |
Commitments | Allows agents to create commitments Reminders created by agents to make a follow-up call to a contact that appear on their schedule. The commitment appears to the agent at the scheduled time, prompting them to initiate an interaction. |
Work Items Customizable method of delivering contacts to an agent via Studio scripts. | Route the work items you create in ACD to agents. |
Messaging/Notifications | Send messages and notifications to agents through the MESSAGES Studio action or the agent messaging feature in CXone. |
Approval Workflows | Manage approval workflows that determine if and how agents are involved in messages that need to be approved by other users. For example, you can require agents to submit messages for approval before they are sent to the contact. |
Personal Connection | Use Proactive Voice, a Personal Connection channel, to automatically place calls for agents. The dialing mode you choose determines the agent experience with Personal Connection calls. |
Digital Interaction Search | Enables agents to search for digital interactions. You can enable them to assign interactions to themselves or others. |
Notes and Tags | Enables agents to add notes and tags to individual messages in interactions. You can configure tags in Digital Experience. |
Indicators Custom menu items configured by an administrator | Display custom menu items to agents when they click Launch in the |
Screen Pops A configurable pop-up window with information about the contact. It appears on an agent's screen after a certain event, usually when the agent connects to a contact. |
Embed websites or applications inside CXone Agent to appear to agents while they're handling calls. Agents can pop these screen pops out to a new tab. To configure screen pops, create a Studio script with one of these:
In addition to the Studio script, you must also configure screen pops at the skill level. |
Queue Counts | Show agents how many contacts are in queue and the skill they're associated with. |
Response Timers |
Display these kinds of timers to agents:
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Agent Reports | Show agents statistics that help them evaluate their performance. CXone Agent currently includes the Productivity report and the Performance report. Additional agent reports will be added in future releases. |
Standard Address Books |
Display address books configured in CXone to agents. You can determine which agents have access to which address books. The phone numbers you add to address books should be in this format: + [country code] [phone number including area code]. They can be a maximum of 15 digits. If they contain an extension, they can be 17 digits. |
External Directory |
Use Advanced Directory Sync to pull directories from external platforms like Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, and Zoom. Any custom fields you configure for those directories appear in CXone Agent. The phone numbers you add to external directories should be in this format: + [country code] [phone number including area code]. They can be a maximum of 15 digits. If they contain an extension, they can be 17 digits. |
Outcomes Result assigned by the agent or system at the end of a voice (disposition) or digital (status) interaction. |
Enables agents to indicate the result of an interaction. They can assign dispositions to voice interactions. They can assign statuses and dispositions to digital interactions. Statuses are predefined by Digital Experience. You can manage dispositions in CXone. |
CRM Integration
You can
- HubSpot
- Kustomer
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Oracle
- Salesforce
- ServiceNow
- Zendesk
CXone Agent pulls customer information from the integrated CRM and displays it to the agent in Customer Card .
Additional CRMs will be added in future releases.
User Management
To configure agent usernames, time zones, roles, and more, navigate to Admin > Employees in CXone.
Before your employees can use CXone Agent, they need:
- A CXone employee profile.
- At least one skill.
Agents who use CXone Agent should not be assigned skills for legacy ACD chat or CXone email.
Information about the connection status between CXone Agent and the NICE CXone servers is found under Information in the CXone Agent Settings . It also displays user information, such as Agent ID and Team Name.
Product Requirements
Before you can use CXone Agent, your CXone system must meet these requirements:
- Dynamic delivery enabled for your tenants High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment and business unit.
- Digital Experience set up for your organization if you use Digital Channels such as chat, email, and SMS.
- Unified Routing enabled for your business unit.
- ACD Users View, Skills View, and API Access enabled for your agents.
Supported Languages
CXone Agent supports the languages listed in the table below.
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