Symptom
- You are using Agent Desktop (add-on) - Phone Number validation with CTI
- The customer wants to know the correct phone number format when using the Agent Desktop
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Environment
- SAP Cloud for Service
- SAP Cloud for Sales
- Agent Desktop (add-on)
Reproducing the Issue
- Sometimes some phone numbers may not return any search result in the Agent Desktop Global Search
- This happens even when the phone number is binding to an existing Business Partner (Contact, Indv. Customer, Account)
- For example, performing a manual search for +1 1234 5678 no search results, but using +1 1 234 5678 or +1 (1)234 5678 or +1 (1)234-5678 would work (where the BP number is formatted as +1 1 234 5678 )
Cause
- Incorrect canonical format used
- System is working as designed
Resolution
- When performing a search (manual or via CTI payload), there is a difference when using +1 1234 5678 vs +1 1 234 5678 (or +1 1-234 5678; or +1 (1)234-5678)
- In the above scenario, the +1 1234 5678 does not return values; but why is that?
- Per E. 164 international standard, the number placement is important. E. 164 numbers can have a maximum of fifteen digits and are usually written as follows: [+][country code][subscriber number including area code]
- In the above case, 1234 is identified as the area code, but this is incorrect, the area code in the above example should be 1
- If the full number is used (no hyphens or spaces) or simply use spaces instead of hyphens, the search should return values, since AD will normalize the phone number
- For example,
- Using +112345678, +1 1 234 5678, +1(1)(234)(5678)or +1-1-234-5678 would work the same, and search values would return. One could even use +1/1/234/5678. The point is that there should be a distinction from what is country code, area code, and number.
- It is recommended that when using CTI, the provider should send the payload as +112345678 (full number)
See Also
Keywords
CountryCode, phone number, format, Phone Number Parsing , KBA , LOD-CRM-SBS-AC , Agent Console Add-on , LOD-CRM-LA , Live Activity , Problem
Product
SAP Cloud for Customer core applications 2305