# How to Route Contacts by Team Functions

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In this use case article, you’ll discover how to automatically route Contacts to the right team based on their needs or contact data.
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It is important to set up a good automated routing system to help streamline your customer service process and ensure your Contacts are being attended to by the correct team in a timely manner.

#### Benefits of Routing Contacts by Team Functions <a href="#benefits_of_routing_contacts_by_team_functions" id="benefits_of_routing_contacts_by_team_functions"></a>

Route Contacts by team functions to:

* improve customer experience when Contacts are routed to agents who have the expertise to address their specific concerns effectively.
* improve resolution time by connecting Contacts to the right team, reducing transfer and escalation time.

#### Methods for Routing Contacts by Team Functions <a href="#methods_for_routing_contacts_by_team_functions" id="methods_for_routing_contacts_by_team_functions"></a>

1. Route based on Contact’s answer.
2. Route based on Contact data.

**Route based on Contact’s answer**

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**Use this method** to route Contacts based on the team they want to speak to.
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* Ask Contacts the team they want to speak to.
* Route Contacts to the right team for assistance.

**Ask Contacts the team they want to speak to**

In the **Workflows** module, click **+ Add Workflow** > Click **Multi-Team Routing: Multiple Choice by Contact** > Click **Use Template**.

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**1.** [**Trigger**](/ismessenger/modules/workflow.md): The Workflow starts when a conversation is opened by a Contact.

**2. Ask for Team**: This is the [Ask a Question](/ismessenger/modules/workflow.md) step to ask Contact the team the Contact wants to speak to and save the answer as Variables. The [Variable](/ismessenger/contact-and-messages/untitled.md) will be used in this Workflow’s Branch step for routing purposes.

The Ask a Question Step can be set up with multiple choice answers. In this Workflow Template example, we have prepared answer options as follows:

* Sales
* Support

**Route Contacts to the right team for assistance**

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**3. Sales or Support Branch**: This is a [Branch](/ismessenger/modules/workflow.md) step to route Contact to the right team based on the answer the Contact has selected in the previous Ask a Question step. If the Contact selects the answer option *Sales* or *Support*, the Contact will be routed to Branch 1 or Branch 2 respectively.

**4. Assign to Sales Team / Assign to Support Team**: Configure this [Assign To](/ismessenger/modules/workflow.md) step with a team based on your business needs.

**5. Assignment Message**: Sends a message to inform Contact about their assignment status.

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Once you have completed the setup, click **Save** and **Publish** to activate the Workflow.
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**Route based on Contact data**

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**Use this method** to route Contacts to the right team based on existing Contact information.
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Contact information such as language or country can be derived automatically from the [Channel the Contacts used to message your business or from the Contact's phone number](/ismessenger/modules/contacts.md).

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Consider doing [customer data enrichment](/ismessenger/support-use-cases.md) earlier in this Workflow so that the data collected can be used to make automated decisions on the next Workflow steps for your Contacts.
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Use a [Branch](/ismessenger/modules/workflow.md) step to route Contacts based on existing Contact information. We’ll use *Language* as the Contact Field in this example.

In the Workflow, add a *Branch* step and configure the step:

* Category: *Contact Field*
* Field: *Language*
* Operator: *is equal to*
* Select: Select your desired language.

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Consider [Auto-Assignment](/ismessenger/sales-use-cases/how-to-route-leads.md) as your next step to automatically assign Contacts to the right agent.
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Once you have completed the setup, click **Save** and **Publish** to activate the Workflow
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