# Overview

If you use Talkdesk as your telephony platform, connecting Talkdesk directly to Assembled is the easiest way to ensure that you're forecasting and scheduling your agents using the most accurate data. Once connected, your telephony contact data will flow automatically in to Assembled.

# Installation

In order to connect Assembled to Talkdesk you will have to reach out to your Assembled Customer Success Manager or [support@assembledhq.com](mailto:support@assembledhq.com).

_Note: As of Nov 2023, Assembled will use Talkdesk's "wait time" metric by default for "first response time". If you connected to Talkdesk in Assembled before this date, please reach out to your Assembled Customer Success Manager or [support@assembledhq.com](mailto:support@assembledhq.com) to update this configuration._

# Configure Talkdesk

If Talkdesk is integrated with another support platform that is already connected to Assembled, you'll likely want to create a ticket exclusion in the [_Queues and exclusions_](https://app.assembledhq.com/settings/queueconfig) page in order to insure that tickets or cases or not double counted.

Please refer to the [queue configuration and exclusion documentation](https://support.assembled.com/hc/en-us/articles/7764774375437-Queue-Configuration-Ticket-Exclusions) for more information on how to do this.

# Talkdesk Data in Assembled

Once you've connected Talkdesk to Assembled, the Talkdesk integration should appear under your integrations along with the status of the integration.

You should also see phone contact volume flowing in. You can see this in your [_Staffing timeline_](https://app.assembledhq.com/staffing/timeline)

as well as your [_Realtime dashboard_](https://app.assembledhq.com/realtime/v2).