Hello Bradley,
When discussing outbound calls, current reporting will describe them as "Answered" regardless of whether we are referring to a live call that took place or whether the call was picked up by a voicemail service.
As you well mentioned, the workaround here is indeed to set up a specific transaction code such as "Left Voicemail" or "Voicemail"
Please see 8x8 technical literature on how to set up transaction codes here. ------------------------------
Alina Maxim
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