Group Pickup

About Group Pickup

Pickup a call in the group/user/device configured.

Schema

Validator for the group_pickup callflow data object

Key	Description	Type	Required
`approved_device_id`	Restrict calling device to Device	`string()`	`false`
`approved_group_id`	Restrict calling device to Group	`string()`	`false`
`approved_user_id`	Restrict calling device to User	`string()`	`false`
`device_id`	Device to pickup	`string()`	`false`
`group_id`	Group in which to find a call to pickup	`string()`	`false`
`skip_module`	When set to true this callflow action is skipped, advancing to the wildcard branch (if any)	`boolean()`	`false`
`user_id`	User in which to find a call to pickup	`string()`	`false`

Usage

When a device is ringing in the office but no one is able to pick it up, it can be helpful to let others pick up the ringing line from their phone (versus hopping over desks and chairs, attempting to catch the call before it stops ringing).

Which devices are checked

The first thing to decide is the scope of the pickup group - it can be a single device, a user’s device(s), or a group’s device(s). You define the appropriate device_id, user_id or group_id in the action’s data.

Note

Preference is given to the most restrictive option if more than one are defined - so device_id is used before user_id is used before group_id.

Which devices can pickup ringing calls

It might not always be preferred to have anyone in the office able to call the group_pickup callflow. You can restrict the device, user, or group of users/devices who can utilize the callflow by defining the appropriate approved_* field (following similar preference which is used if multiple exist in the action’s data).

Example

Define a callflow with extension 8000 that allows the sales group’s lines to be picked up by the sales group’s devices:

{"numbers":["8000"]
 ,"flow":{
   "module":"group_pickup"
   ,"data":{
     "group_id":"{SALES_GROUP_ID}"
     ,"approved_group_id":"{SALES_GROUP_ID}"
   }
 }
}

The group_pickup action is a terminal one; no children will be evaluated and can be omitted.