Programming the Automated Attendant(s)

Programming the Day and Night Main Menus

The Automated Attendant Day Main Menu is heard by individuals calling into PARTNER Messaging during business hours. The Night Main Menu is heard when the business is closed. Typically, from a Day or Night Main Menu, callers are given the opportunity to:

When you program a Day or Night Main Menu, you are prompted to:

In Release 7.0 or later, PARTNER Messaging automatically creates and maintains a system-wide Directory List and assigns this list to Submenu 99. When you assign Submenu 99 to a selector code for a Day or Night Main Menu or Submenu, the system-wide Directory List plays as the Submenu prompt.

Refer to PARTNER Messaging Planning Forms 3a–3e for the site-specific information you need to program the Automated Attendant Day or Night Main Menu.

To program the Automated Attendant Day or Night Main Menu:

Creating Submenus
Creating Announcements
Programming Schedule Options
Programming Line Assignments
Assigning a Fax Extension to an Automated Attendant