{"id":7231,"date":"2022-05-25T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elegant-margulis.82-165-125-94.plesk.page\/getting-started\/create-an-interactive-voice-server-ivr\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:01:02","slug":"create-an-interactive-voice-server-ivr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/business-telephony\/create-an-interactive-voice-server-ivr\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Up an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"infobox wp-block-paragraph\">An IVR is an interactive voice response system. It is a \u201cvoice robot\u201d that greets callers and asks them to press a key on their keypad to be directed to the desired destination.<br\/>For example: \u201cPress 1 for sales, press 2 for technical support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access the IVR menu<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access the section where you can create a voice server: <\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the Applications icon <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8220;Apps&#8221; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8220;IVR Menu&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Acces menu SVI noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-1024x460.jpg\" alt=\"Access the IVR menu\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-1536x690.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Acces-SVI-2048x919.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set Up an Interactive Voice Response System<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you&#8217;re in the &#8220;IVR Menu&#8221; section, click &#8220;Add an IVR Menu.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Configurations  <\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, fill in the fields that allow you to configure your IVR menu:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: Enter the name of the IVR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extension<\/strong>: generated automatically and cannot be changed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Long announcement: <\/strong> Select the voice server&#8217;s welcome announcement (see the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/business-telephony\/import-customized-announcement\/\">Importing Custom Announcements<\/a>&#8220;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exit action<\/strong>: Choose the action that will be triggered once the voice server has finished. For example, you can restart the IVR or ring an extension.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Configurations principales noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-1024x212.png\" alt=\"Main Configurations  \" class=\"wp-image-2762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-1024x212.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-150x31.png 150w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03-1536x317.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.43.03.png 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set the IVR menu keys  <\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Option<\/strong>: Enter a digit or number using the keyboard to select the option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Destination<\/strong>: Action triggered when the person selects this option  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Description<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add<\/strong>: Add a row to create a new option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kavkom-SVI-options.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kavkom-SVI-options-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7584\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other configuration options  <\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Timeout<\/strong>: cuts off the IVR after X milliseconds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tone<\/strong>: Select the sound or message played when the call is transferred to the destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Number prefix<\/strong>: Display a prefix that will appear on the recipient\u2019s phone(s) before the caller\u2019s number<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enabled<\/strong>: Enable or disable this IVR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Dial<\/strong>: Specify whether callers can call registered extensions directly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Autres options noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-1024x315.png\" alt=\"Other options  \" class=\"wp-image-2768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-150x46.png 150w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-768x236.png 768w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16-1536x472.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-12.44.16.png 2022w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you&#8217;ve created your IVR, you can route calls from one or more phone numbers to that IVR. To do this, see the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/business-telephony\/set-your-numbers\/\">Set Up Your Phone Numbers<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the IVR is now available as an extension, you can also set it up as an action from any other extension (ring group, another IVR, time-based conditions, etc.). This opens up nearly endless possibilities. For example, you can create a multi-level IVR and other complex routing scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An IVR is an interactive voice response system. It is a \u201cvoice robot\u201d that greets callers and asks them to press a key on their keypad to be directed to the desired destination.For example: \u201cPress 1 for sales, press 2 for technical support.\u201d Access the IVR menu To access the section where you can create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-telephony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7231"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9273,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231\/revisions\/9273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.kavkom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}