Solution Update: First In Line (FIL) 2.7

January, 2025

RELEASE OVERVIEW

The First In Line™ (FIL) 2.7 release delivers meaningful improvements across dashboard administration, reporting usability and depth, and end-to-end experience enhancements (including VUI and EWT handling), while also validating support for newer OS environments.

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Core Features

Intelligent Customer Experience includes the following Core Features:

Robust Integrations

Customer Experience (CX) Management

Integrated Reporting

Cloud in a Snap

User Friendly GUI

Advanced Interaction Flow Editor

Robust Integrations

Customer Experience (CX) Management

Integrated Reporting

Cloud in a Snap

User Friendly GUI

Advanced Interaction Flow Editor

Dashboard Enhancements

Dashboard Operational Visibility & Usability Improvements

Feature

Dashboard enhancements include:

  • Callback error count column
  • Dashboard redesign: Mode of Operations, Offer Status, and simplified Queue State indicators
  • EWT display improved to hh:mm:ss formatting

Value Proposition

Admins can interpret queue health and offer readiness faster—reducing troubleshooting time and improving operational confidence.

Feature Insights

  • Clarity: Highlights actionable issues (errors/state mismatches) without extra clicks.
  • Speed: Faster operational decisions with standardized labels and readable EWT.

ASAP Callback Monitoring: Attempts & Dispositions

Feature

Current ASAP Callbacks table now shows attempt number and last attempt disposition.

Value Proposition

Quickly identifies retries and failure patterns without log review—supporting faster intervention.

Feature Insights

  • Diagnosability: See repeat failures and progress status at a glance.
  • Recovery: Shortens time to resolve stuck or repeatedly failing callbacks.

EWT Configuration Transparency (Admin Visibility)

Feature

Admin-role users can view the configured EWT calculation method.

Value Proposition

Makes EWT behavior more explainable—speeding troubleshooting and reducing uncertainty.

Feature Insights

  • Explainability: Confirms how EWT is derived for ops stakeholders.
  • Supportability: Faster root-cause isolation when EWTs look unexpected.

Reporting Enhancements

Report Usability Upgrades: Totals, Time Zone, View Options, Sticky Headers

Feature

Reporting usability improvements include:

  • Totals labeled Report Totals
  • Time Zone selector for reports
  • View Options dropdown remains open for multi-select
  • Frozen headers for Offer Details and Callback Details

Value Proposition

Analysts and admins can configure, read, and trust reports faster—reducing manual reconciliation and errors.

Feature Insights

  • Accuracy: Less misinterpretation (totals + headers + time zone consistency).
  • Efficiency: Faster report tailoring with fewer clicks and clearer layouts.

Report Analytics & Filtering Enhancements

Feature

Reporting adds deeper performance insight and more targeted filtering:

  • ASAP Callback Target Summary adds Percent Off Target, Avg Early/Late, Max Early/Late
  • Offer Details indicates Accepted–ASAP vs Accepted–Scheduled
  • Expanded filters across key reports (Queue Group, Queues/Queuing VDN, EWT Offered, First Callback Attempt seconds and ranges)

Value Proposition

Makes it easier to pinpoint drivers behind performance outcomes and tune callback strategy without exporting data.

Feature Insights

  • Insight: Better measurement of timing variance and customer acceptance behavior.
  • Precision: Faster root-cause analysis with richer, report-native filtering.

User Experience Enhancements

VUI Experience & Outcome Clarity Improvements

Feature

Caller and integration-facing VUI enhancements include:

  • Open/Closed messaging support (PS assistance noted)
  • ICX Offer VUI returns outcome distinguishing INELIGIBLE vs DECLINED

Value Proposition

Improves caller expectation-setting and enables smarter downstream handling in ICX based on true outcome.

Feature Insights

  • Experience: Aligns messaging to availability and reduces after-hours confusion.
  • Decisioning: ICX can branch/report differently for eligibility vs customer choice.

Integration + Administration Enhancements

ICX EWT Bulk Retrieval API

Feature

New API enables ICX to retrieve EWTs broadly with a single FIL API invocation, reducing load in FIL/ICX deployments.

Value Proposition

Improves scalability and efficiency for integrated environments—especially under peak usage.

Feature Insights

  • Scalability: Reduces repetitive EWT polling across queues/skills.
  • Performance: Lowers FIL overhead during heavy flow/reporting demand.

Admin Configuration Efficiency: VDN Overrides, Service Hours Search, Slot Controls

Feature

Administration improvements include:

  • VDN-level overrides for dialing prefix and legacy transfer parameters
  • Service Hours template search/filter
  • Advanced controls to set available callback slots within scheduled time periods

Value Proposition

Cuts configuration time and increases flexibility—helping align dialing behavior and scheduling commitments to real operations.

Feature Insights

  • Agility: Faster, more targeted configuration for multi-VDN environments.
  • Capacity control: Prevents overbooking and improves scheduled callback reliability.

Compatibility Information

FIL 2.7 has been tested and certified by Swampfox with Avaya Experience Portal 8.1+ and Avaya Aura Communication Manager and AES 10.1+ and later.

  • AEP 8.1+

  • CM 8.1+

  • Redhat / Rocky Linux 8.x and 9.x

  • Windows Server 2019 and 2022