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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-01-02 · Official documentation · View source

Using queues for outbound calls

Use the toggle in the Global Call window to set a default queue for all your outbound calls during your current browser session, or select a queue for every call.

Turn on or Turn off toggle for selecting queues for outbound calls

The toggle enables you to set a default queue for all your outbound calls during your current browser session. This removes the need to select a queue for every outbound call. The the toggle is disabled when the selected outbound queue field is empty.

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Contact Center panel in CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace showing the Select Outbound Queue search field on the dial pad
  • When you Turn on or Turn off the toggle, your selection is saved in your browser for the current session
    • Your toggle setting persists across all browser tabs while you remain logged in.
    • After you close and reopen a tab, your toggle setting remains unchanged.
    • Your setting is cleared when you close the browser.
  • When you Turn on the toggle and select a default queue for all outbound calls
    • The selected queue is applied to all outbound calls you make during the session.
    • The call window or dialog does not reappear when you make subsequent outbound calls.
    • After turning on the toggle and selecting a queue, you can close the queue selection window.
    • Regardless of how you initiate an outbound call, the call uses the selected queue.
  • When you Turn off the toggle, and have not set a default queue for all outbound calls
    • Every time you make an outbound call, the call window displays.
    • For every outbound call, you can select a new outbound queue or modify the previously configured one.
    • With the toggle is turned off, a selected outbound queue can be used for that call only.
    • After closing the window, the selection window appears again on the next call attempt.

See Select queues from keypad, directory, and Interaction record.