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Skill level versus list order

Queues, the awkward tab name, pools, levels, Default, and the scoreboard.

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The skill transfer article describes an option to ignore the order of skills in the module and distribute by the agent's skill level instead. Order and level are different ideas. Order is the list you typed. Level is a property of the agent.

This lab does not quote the click-path for editing an agent's level. If you use the option, confirm in the editor which number wins. Do not assume the top of the list is the highest level.

Two agents, one callOrderBilling is listed beforeSales.ModuleLevelA is a high level onSales only.Agent ALevelB is a low level onBilling.Agent BSwitchIgnore-order is off, sothe list matters.ModuleOnIgnore-order uses levelinstead.ModuleConfirmThe editor is checkedbefore go-live.Admin

The article gives you a switch.

Worked example

Write the rule

One sentence: list order or agent level.

  1. Name the switch
  2. Name who would receive a test call
  3. Say what you did not assume

The sentence matches the switch.

List order and skill level are
Ignore skills order means
This lab's click-path for editing a level is
Leaving the switch off means
A design note should say

Sources and go deeper

  • Skill Transfer functions. community. last checked 2026-10.
  • confirm. The article names the option. The exact screen where an agent's skill level is edited was not quoted in this lab. last checked 2026-10.

Ecosystem

Glossary. Vertical dialing: Finishes the numbers on one record before moving on. Community notes say the compass wording is easy to misread. List dialing modes

Sister technologies. Studio digital IVA. A ChatBot task key from the matching regional Studio portal into VCC. Studio digital IVA with VCC

Config. One sentence: list order or agent level.

Troubleshooting. They are high level and the module is set to list order, which prefers a junior skill listed first. Change the switch or the list, on purpose.

Cross-platform bridge. A mapping to another PBX or contact center is a teaching bridge. It is not an import button.

Future hook. The guide's cloud endpoint stays unset. Confirm before relying on a dated catalog or a case-study number.

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