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Pitfalls that show up in every platform

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The platforms differ. The mistakes repeat.

People map skills to queues and also to proficiencies and double-route. They forget that a PSTN transfer drops attributes, so the CUCM agent has no screen pop. They compare AHT that includes ACW with AHT that does not. They port the number before UDP 3478 is open. They discover campaign or outbound country limits on week one.

Webex Contact Center is a competing CCaaS, not a card you slot into Connect. Genesys Edges and Avaya port networks do not become Connect constructs. You replace them or you transfer to them.

  • Write the AHT formula on the report.
  • Test the external transfer with a real desk phone.
  • Inventory holidays.
  • Decide what 'abandoned' means.

Number on this page: Dropped Attributes. They do not cross Transfer to phone number

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Worked example

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  1. Find the pitfall. In the map.
  2. Test it. One call.
  3. Change the map. Not the slogan.

What usually goes wrong: A spreadsheet that says 'like for like' with no formulas.

Quiz

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Question 1

Which term matches this description? An Avaya vector directory number. Map it to a phone number plus the flow that number starts.

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An Avaya vector directory number. Map it to a phone number plus the flow that number starts. The term is VDN.

The voice channel in Connect Customer - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

Question 2

Which term matches this description? Keeping the old platform and Connect both able to receive the number while you compare flows, reports, and failover.

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Keeping the old platform and Connect both able to receive the number while you compare flows, reports, and failover. The term is Dual-run.

Set up Connect Customer Global Resiliency - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

Question 3

Which term matches this description? The tested path back to the old platform or the other Region. A port without a rollback date is not a plan.

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The tested path back to the old platform or the other Region. A port without a rollback date is not a plan. The term is Rollback.

Connect Customer service quotas - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

Sources

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Flow block in Connect Customer: Transfer to phone number - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

The prose is a study paraphrase. The link is the source of the facts.

Ecosystem

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Glossary

  • Calling search space CUCM's list of partitions a phone may dial. The Connect cousin is a routing profile, and they do not configure each other.
  • CSQ A UCCX contact service queue. Map it to a Connect queue, not to a routing profile.
  • Precision queue A UCCE queue with attribute steps. Map the steps to routing criteria, not to one flat skill group.
  • Finesse The Cisco agent desktop. The Connect cousins are the CCP, the agent workspace, and a Streams application.

Mind map

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Sister technologies

Migrations fail when a skill group, a script, and a Finesse gadget are all called 'the queue'.

Config and troubleshooting

A spreadsheet that says 'like for like' with no formulas.

CUCM, UCCX, and UCCE have no CloudFormation resource in this API. The objects you create on the Connect side are the queue, the routing profile, and the hours. Map the old skill group onto those, not onto a single queue name.

Queue RoutingProfile

CloudFormation study snippet
Resources:
  MigratedQueue:
    Type: AWS::Connect::Queue
    Properties:
      InstanceArn: !GetAtt CampusInstance.Arn
      Name: BillingSkill
      HoursOfOperationArn: !GetAtt OfficeHours.HoursOfOperationArn
      Description: Was a UCCE skill group. Priority now lives on the routing profile.

Integration map

Join records on ContactId. The integration map room lists the seams.

Cross-platform bridges

A CUCM calling search space is not a routing profile, but the profile is the closest idea of 'who can receive what'. A partition is not a Connect object. A UCCX CSQ and a UCCE skill group map to a queue. Precision steps map to routing criteria. A script, an Architect flow, and an Avaya vector map to a contact flow.

Open the mapping room

Future hooks

Hooks you can adopt later: EventBridge contact events, the CTR stream, agent events, Kinesis Video, Customer Profiles events, Cases, Show view, data tables, External Tool, and the flow language JSON in your pipeline. Live Sync and Agentic CX are the 2026 hooks for guided and agentic experiences.

Sources and go deeper

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