Transfer a Call to Someone Outsider Your Company

Make a warm transfer to a person outside your company, like a partner or vendor. Talk to the external contact before you bring in your caller, without losing your connection to the caller.

Required Editions

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User Permissions Needed
To transfer a call to an external number:

Agentforce Contact Center Rep (Salesforce Voice) permission set.

  1. While on a call, click New Call.
  2. Click Keypad and enter the number you want to call.
  3. Click Call. The caller is placed on hold.
  4. To add the external contact to the call, click Merge.

    You, the caller, and the external contact are now on the call.

  5. To complete the transfer, click Leave.

    The caller and external contact remain on the call.

    Omni-Channel Phone tab showing a call group with two connected participants and the Leave button