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Learn how to set up OnSIP in Odoo. This includes entering OnSIP credentials into Odoo and
handling troubleshooting.

VoIP workflows
==============

Here are a few commonly used workflows for Odoo |VOIP|. This technology is especially popular with
sales teams, but can be useful for other teams as well.

.. cards::
.. card:: Sales teams and VoIP
:target: voip/sales_calls
:large:

Learn how to use VoIP for a sales team. This includes making sales calls, handling
follow-ups, and sending a sales quotation while on a call.


.. toctree::
:titlesonly:

voip/onsip
voip/axivox
voip/voip_widget
voip/devices_integrations
voip/sales_calls
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======================
Sales calls with VoIP
======================

.. |VOIP| replace:: :abbr:`VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)`

Using |VOIP| increases call efficiency, reduces costs, and allows a salesperson to access the Odoo
database while on a call. Instead of relying on a separate phone for sales calls, a salesperson can
make calls directly from the Odoo database.

This article goes over setting up Odoo |VOIP| for a sales team that already has |VOIP| configured.
If |VOIP| is **not** configured, refer to the :doc:`configure VoIP <../voip>` documentation
to get started.

.. seealso::
`Odoo Tutorial: Sales calls with VoIP
<https://www.odoo.com/slides/slide/sales-calls-with-voip-4562>`_

Make a sales call
=================

This workflow begins in the **CRM** app. As a salesperson, click into a sales opportunity. If it
does not already have a call activity scheduled, click :guilabel:`Activities` in the opportunity's
chatter, then set the activity's :guilabel:`Activity Type` to :guilabel:`Call`, and then fill out
the rest of the activity form, and finally click :guilabel:`Schedule`.

From here, there are three ways to begin a phone call with the customer:

- Hover over the :guilabel:`Phone` field in the opportunity form, then click :icon:`fa-phone`
:guilabel:`Call`.
- In the opportunity's chatter, click the customer's phone number.
- In the upper-right corner, click the :icon:`oi-voip` :guilabel:`(VoIP)` icon to open the |VOIP|
widget. From the :guilabel:`Next Activities` tab, select the call, and finally click the
:icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)` icon near the bottom of the widget.

Work during a call
------------------

Once the call with the customer begins, the salesperson can still move about the Odoo database.
Also, there are shortcut icons in the |VOIP| widget that the salesperson can use to access common
actions, like sending an email to the customer, or pulling up their profile. Learn more about
:doc:`the documents a salesperson can access <voip_widget>` during a call.

The salesperson can also take some actions during the call:

- :icon:`fa-arrows-h` :guilabel:`(transfer)`: Transfer a call to another team member.
- :icon:`fa-microphone` :guilabel:`(microphone)`: The salesperson can mute themselves during a call.
- :icon:`fa-pause` :guilabel:`(pause)`: Place the caller on hold.

.. image:: sales_calls/voip-widget-call.png
:alt: The VoIP widget opened to a call, showing the shortcut icons a salesperson has access to.

Handle call follow-ups
----------------------

The |VOIP| widget can handle some common follow-up tasks, but salespeople can still navigate Odoo
for tasks not available in the widget.

Here are some of the common follow-up tasks that can be managed from the |VOIP| widget:

- Send a follow-up email sharing new product offerings to the customer using the :icon:`fa-envelope`
:guilabel:`(envelope)` icon.
- Update the customer's mailing address by clicking on the :icon:`fa-user` :guilabel:`(user)` icon,
which opens their profile.
- Schedule a second call with the customer by clicking the :icon:`fa-clock-o` :guilabel:`(clock)`
icon, setting the :guilabel:`Activity Type` field to :guilabel:`Call`, and then filling out the
rest of the form.

Send a quotation while on a call
--------------------------------

If the customer is ready to see a sales quotation while on the call, the salesperson can send that
quotation without leaving the call.

To send a quotation while on a call, the salesperson should be in the sales opportunity they
initiated the call from. From here, they will :doc:`send the quotation as they normally would
<../../sales/sales/sales_quotations/create_quotations>`.

An added benefit of being on the call with the customer while the salesperson is sending the
quotation is that any specific questions are answered in real-time.

End the sales call
------------------

When it is time to end the call, the salesperson clicks the red :icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)`
icon in the lower-right corner of the |VOIP| widget. When they do, the call is logged in the
opportunity's chatter.

If they have not done so already, the salesperson then marks the phone call activity as done. To do
so, navigate to the opportunity's chatter and find the :guilabel:`Planned Activities` section, then
click :icon:`fa-check` :guilabel:`Mark Done` on the planned call to remove it from the
:guilabel:`Next Activities` tab in the |VOIP| widget.
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