Introduction

Lead routing is an important topic to be aware of when distributing incoming leads to offices, teams, and individual agents depending on their source. Most of the lead routing logic associated with the Enterprise Edition product is the same as it is for current team editions of Chime. Please take some time to review the following article for more context: Lead Routing Rules. This article will only address the differences between what is outlined in that article and what is available in the Enterprise Edition product. 

Summary

• Edit Permissions
• Basic Settings
• Scope
• Adding a Rule

Edit Permissions

• Users with the "Manage Lead Distribution —— Entire Company" permission can manage the lead routing rules for the entire account and every group.
• Users with the "Manage Lead Distribution —— User's Group" permission can only manage the lead routing rules for their own group and any subgroups.

See New Enterprise (Beta) - Permissions for more information.

Basic Settings

As you are getting started with lead routing, be sure to take a look at the New Leads options (which can sometimes be missed). This will help you configure whether new leads for certain user types will go through lead routing or not. 

You will want to reference Lead Routing Rules > Basic Settings for more information on how this works. With the New Enterprise product, there is an additional option for Company/Group, and the option to "Assign to the listing agent" is associated with the new Company/Group setting instead of the Owner settings.

Scope

Access lead routing rules by navigating to Settings > Lead Routing: 

Once on this page, you will notice there is a drop-down at the top in the middle for Scope. This drop-down allows for you to narrow down the scope of what tier the lead routing rules are set up for. By selecting the group you would like to look at, the lead routing rules established for that group will be displayed on this page. Lead routing rules can be set up for every individual group.

Adding a Rule

To add a rule, click on the + Add New button at the top:

Whatever scope you had selected before will be chosen by default, but you can adjust the group that this rule applies to by clicking the drop-down in the top-right of the lead routing settings:

As always, build out the lead routing rule. Reference Lead Routing Rules for more instructions on how the criteria, etc. work. 

If, as outlined above, you selected a scope for a group that has subgroups, you will be presented with another drop-down menu where you will be asked to choose the Assignment Level:

• Group. Choose any groups that are nested under the group selected in the Scope at the top of the rule.
• Agent. Select any individual agent that forms part of the group selected in the Scope at the top of the rule.
• Lead Pond. Select any of the available lead ponds set up under Settings > Lead Pond.

If you choose "Group" as the Assignment Level, you will only be able to use the "Round Robin" distribution method (reference Lead Routing Rules for more information) because the other options do not work logically with assigning to a group level. The other options will all be greyed out.

Choosing the "Agent" option for Assignment Level will allow for you to use all distribution methods (reference Lead Routing Rules for more information). You will be able to choose all the individual agents that you want to have on the distribution list. 

As mentioned above, if "Lead Pond" is selected for Assignment Level, you will simply choose ONE option from a list of all available lead ponds:

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding this topic or any others, please reach out to our Support Team via email at <support@chimeinc.com> or by phone at 1 (855) 981-7557.