Define a worktype

1. By default, each workitem has a due date, expiration date, and life span. You can update the values to suit your organizational needs.
   1. Due Date: The date before which the workitem must be completed to meet the SLA.
      Note: Ensure that you terminate a workitem to check compliance with its due date.
       
   2. Expiration Date: The date after which the workitem expires and is no longer available to process in the queue.
   3. Life Span: The number of days to hold the workitem on Genesys Cloud. However, before the expiry of the life span, you could choose to extend the period, as necessary. For example, if you set the life span for 200 days, you could extend it by another 120 days anytime before it expires.
2. Choose a Schema for the worktype. The attributes that you define in the schema apply to the workitems of this worktype.
   
   Note: Once you choose a schema, you cannot change the schema. However, you can edit the attributes of the schema to create a new version.

Work automation behaves the same way that an ACD interaction does. All the routing settings set on the queue apply to the workitem that is awaiting an agent. Genesys Cloud supports Standard routing, Bullseye routing, Preferred Agent Routing, and Direct Routing (set on each workitem via the API). For more information about each routing method, see Advanced routing overview. 

1. Set the Routing Enabled to On or Off. 
   1. When you set Routing Enabled to On, the workitem routs as an ACD interaction. 
   2. When you set Routing Enabled to Off, the workitem moves to a workbin and follows the Automatic Status Transition workflow that you set up. Use this option to perform analysis or data collection on a workitem and process it further before it routes to an agent, or if you prefer agents to assign workitems to themselves. 
2. Set the Default Queue through which the workitem routes.
3. Set the Default Language for routing. Genesys Cloud uses the language that you specify to filter agents to process the workitem.
4. Set the Default Priority for the workitem related to the worktype. When an agent becomes available in the specified queue, the workitem with a higher priority routes earlier than the others.
5. Set the Default Skills to use for routing. Genesys Cloud uses the skills that you specify to filter agents to process the workitem.

Define the statuses and the possible connections of a status with the other statuses. You can map a status change to send an event that is captured with a trigger to launch a workflow. For example, when a request to increase insurance coverage transitions from open to assigned state, you can set up a workflow to send an email about the change state. The statuses help in process automation, compliance, and reporting. The workitem status is different from the routing states. 

On this page, you only define the different statuses that a workitem could possibly fall under; define the transition of status from one to another in the Auto Status Transitions tab. 

Use the Status Transition Map switch to view the status transitions in tabular and visual format. Genesys Cloud provides four different status categories within which you can create statuses.

1. Define the initial status of any newly created workitem. Upon creation, the workitem assumes this status and begins the status transition process.
2. Click Add Status and enter a name and description for the status. For example, under the category Open, you can create statuses such as Unassigned, Assigned, and Awaiting Agent.
3. Click Add Restrictions to define the possible statuses that this status can transition to. For example, a workitem in Open status can transition to either In-progress, Rejected, or Require More Information based on the workitem.

Define how the statuses that you built earlier transition from one to another. The automatic triggers that you configure can ensure that the workitem completes the pre-defined processes before it transitions to the next status. Use the automatic status transition builder mainly to handle workitems that need minimal or no manual intervention. 

1. The Auto Status Transitions page lists the different statuses you created. Click Add Status Transition alongside each status and define the transition settings. 
2. In the Select Auto Transition Status field, set the next status of the workitem. All the statuses you defined as the status restrictions are available in the list. 
3. In the Status Duration - How long until automatic status transition field, set the period at the expiry of which the status automatically moves to the status defined in the previous step. Consider the interval at which the routing state of a workitem changes before you set up the automatic transitions and triggers. 
4. Alternatively, set a time for the status to automatically transition in the Select Time field.
5. Click Save.