Cisco Unity Connection allows you to record up to six personal greetings. You can enable as many greetings as you want, and you can specify how long you want a greeting enabled.
With a multilingual system, you have the option of providing your personal greetings in multiple languages—your default language and other languages available on your system. Note that you use the phone keypad to manage greetings in languages other than your default language; you cannot use voice commands.
The six personal greetings and how they work are described below. Note that Connection plays the greetings that you enable for the applicable situation, while some greetings override other greetings when they are enabled.
Alternate Greeting
Enable the alternate greeting to play during a specific time period when you want to indicate special circumstances, such as when you are on vacation. (For example, “I will be out of the office until <date>.”) When it is enabled, the alternate greeting overrides all other greetings.
Your Connection administrator specifies whether the system transfers callers to your greeting without ringing your phone, whether callers are able to skip your greeting, and whether callers can leave you a message when your alternate greeting is enabled. The Alternate Greeting page in the Messaging Assistant web tool indicates the caller options that your administrator has enabled for you, if any. Note that caller options do not apply when an outside caller or another Connection user dials your extension directly.
 Tip | Other Connection users do not hear your alternate greeting when they send messages to you by phone. In addition to enabling your alternate greeting, consider changing your recorded name to include information that you are out of the office. Your recorded name plays when users address messages to you and when callers look you up in the directory. |
The Cisco PCA Home page displays a reminder when you have your alternate greeting turned on. You can also configure Connection to remind you when your alternate greeting is enabled after you sign in by phone.
Busy Greeting
Enable the busy greeting to indicate when you are on the phone. (For example, “I am currently on another line, please leave a message.”) When it is enabled, the busy greeting overrides the standard, closed, and internal greetings when your phone is busy.
Note that not all phone systems provide the support necessary for the Connection busy greeting to work. For assistance, talk to your Connection administrator.
Internal Greeting
Enable the internal greeting to provide information that coworkers need to know. (For example, “I will be in conference room B until noon today.”) When it is enabled, the internal greeting overrides the standard and off-hours greetings, and plays only to callers within your organization when you do not answer your phone.
Note that not all phone systems provide the support necessary for the Connection internal greeting to work. For assistance, talk to your Connection administrator.
Closed Greeting
Enable the closed greeting if you want Connection to play a special greeting during the nonbusiness hours that your Connection administrator specified for your organization. (For example, “Sorry, I am not available to answer your call. Company office hours are <times>.”) When it is enabled, the closed greeting overrides the standard greeting during nonbusiness hours.
Standard Greeting
The standard greeting plays during the business hours that your Connection administrator specified for your organization, or in other situations when no other greeting is enabled. By design, the standard greeting cannot be disabled.
Holiday Greeting
Enable the holiday greeting if you want Connection to play a special greeting during a holiday. (For example, “Happy holiday. I am not available to answer your call. I will be out of the office from <date> to <date>.”) When it is enabled, the holiday greeting overrides the standard greeting during nonbusiness hours.