Setting up Time Based Forwarding for your calls

Time Based Forwarding is an automated service which enables you to control where you take your calls based on the time of day, or the day of the week. This is particularly useful when you have a requirement for calls to be forwarded to certain members of your team at certain times of day. It's also very useful if you know your business is perhaps closed on a certain day of the week and you can set-up Time Based Call Forwarding to a Voicemail service or Information Line.

Setting up Time Based Forwarding

Using myTTNC, you can create multiple Time Plans to suit your business needs. To get started just follow these steps:

1. Log in by either clicking on the login button in the header or by going to www.myttnc.co.uk
2. Click on the 'Phone Numbers' tab in the left hand menu.
3. Click on the 'Edit' button on the number you want to setup Time Based Forwarding.




4. Select Call Forwarding from the list of services.




5. Click on the 'Time Based Forwarding' tab at the top.




6. All your Time Plans will be shown in the list. As standard, we provide you with a 24 hour fall back Time Plan which will be used when no other time plans are running. Please note that any Time Plans you create will be deleted if you change the forwarding type away from Time Based Forwarding.

Creating a new Time Plan

To create a new Time Plan, follow the steps below:

1. Click the 'New Time Plan' button.




2. Enter a name for this new Time Plan in the name box below. This will make it easier to distinguish between the different Time Plans.




3. Choose the days you want to apply the Time Plan to by clicking on the applicable days. Selected days will be shown as blue.




4. Use the clocks to select the start and finish times. Either use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the times or type the times in. Please note that the start time cannot be after the finish time.




5. When you have set up the Time Plan how you want it, click 'Save Time Plan'. This will add your Time Plan to the list above.

Setting up the call forwarding

Once you have a Time Plan created, you can now set up the call forwarding and any services:

1. Click on the Time Plan you want to set up.




2. You will now be presented with the full list of services available, which can be set up as normal (to learn more about setting up services, select one of the links from the left hand navigation).


3. When you are finished setting up the services, just click the back button in the setup window to go back to Time Based Forwarding setup.

Editing Time Plans

You can make amendments to existing Time Plans on the Time Based Forwarding page:

1. Click the 'Edit times' button on the Time Plan you want to edit.




2. This will load all the settings such as name, applicable days and start and finish times. You can amend any of these to suit you.

If you want to remove a Time Plan: Click the bin icon to the bottom left. This will permanently delete the Time Plan from the list.





3. Once you're done click 'Save Time Plan'. This will save the settings for you.

Re-arranging Time Plans

The time plans will be used in the order you set.

1. Click the 'Sort Time Plans' button above the Time Plan list.




2. You can change the order of the Time Plans in the list by dragging the handles to the right of each plan, changing the number in the input box or by clicking 'Top'. This will add the Time Plan to the top of the list and give it the highest priority.




3. When done, just click 'Save Order' to apply the changes.