Caller Identification and Call Redirection

Caller Identification

When the Webex App receives a call, it will attempt to identify who the caller is and display this information in the incoming call notification, the in-call window, and after the call is complete, in the call history and voicemail.

The Webex App will attempt to find the caller ID by matching the incoming phone number with the phone numbers of contacts found in various sources. The Webex App will use the following sources in this order. Once it finds it in one source it will not attempt to search anywhere else.

If it finds multiple instances of a number in one source, it will not try to choose one of them, in this case, it will not display any caller ID.

  • Webex Common Identity (CI) which contains your organization users.

  • Personal and Organization Contacts. Personal Contacts are visible under the Contacts tab.

  • Local Address Book. In Windows - Outlook application, in Mac - Mac Contacts, in iOS - iPhone contacts, in Android - Android contacts.

If there is no match found with the incoming phone number, then the app will use the display name in the SIP FROM header if available. Otherwise, it will use the username part of the SIP URI from the SIP From header as a last resort.

For remote call control (i.e., Deskphone Control Mode) XSI info is used, where BWKS ID or extension is used, extracted from remote-party-info in the XSI event. If remote-party-info is not available, then P-Asserted Identity (PAI) (if configured) will be used.

Call Redirection

In the case where a call has been redirected or forwarded, then the app will attempt to show who the caller is and how it was forwarded in the call notification and call history.

  • Call Forwarded: Shows number that forwarded the call.

  • Hunt Group: Shows name of the hunt group that forwarded the call.

  • Call Center Queue: Shows name of the queue that forwarded the call.

  • Executive-Assistant: Shows name of Executive the call is coming in for.

Exceptions:

  • For internal call queue calls, where an agent calls back an internal party, the remote party will not see the name of the call queue but will see the name of the agent calling them.

Call Answered Elsewhere:

For Hunt Groups or Call Queues that are set up with simultaneous routing, agents will see a call answered elsewhere in call history if another agent picks up the call. For Hunt Groups or Call Queues with sequential routing, or in an overflow, calls will show as missed call in call history if answered by another agent.