Import external forecasts

You can import forecasts from external sources to the default scenario. There are three different ways to import forecast data.

  • Import workload—Contains workload information, that is the number of contacts and the average time to handle and wrap up a contact.
  • Import staffing—Contains staffing information, that is the number of agents needed to handle the contacts.
  • Import workload and staffing—Contains both workload and staffing information.

NOTE   For Email and Back office skill types, only the Import workload option is available. You cannot import staffing because for these skill types, the number of forecasted agents for an interval changes based on how many agents that are scheduled for other intervals.

We recommend having only one workload for the skill you import the forecast to because it is not possible to select which workload to import to.

Import forecasts for several skills at a time in the web Forecasts tool. See Import forecasts for several skills at a time for more information.

Prerequisites

This feature is available to Calabrio GovSuite users.

  • You have the Forecasts > Import forecast from file permission.
  • A skill and a workload are created.

Page location

Client > Forecasts > Import forecast

Procedures

Import forecast data

  1. Right-click on the skill you want to import the forecast to and select Import forecast.
  2. Select which information to import. Select to import workload information, staffing information or both.

  3. Click Browse and select the file to import.

    The file must follow the import file format. See Forecast file formats for more information.

  4. Click Import.

    The import starts running. The progress is shown in the Running background job view. You can close these views. The forecast import continues in the background until it is done. See Review forecast job history for information on how to check that the import is completed.

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