Nesting XML IVRs
You have two choices for nesting menus (that is, for having one entry in an XML voice menu that sends the caller to another voice menu, with its own different entries, possibly with the same "digits" attribute as the previous voice menu).
You can use the "menu-sub" action, which gives you, for free, the complementary "menu-back" action. This is very handy for simple applications where only a couple voice menus are connected, and no complex inter-menus logic is involved.
In all other cases, and in cases where you cannot anticipate future development, use the "transfer" dialplan application as param in a menu-exec-app action. So, you will transfer to another extension in the dialplan, and you edit the dialplan so that your ...
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