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Phone Record Validation
This chapter provides information to validate phone records. When you choose Validate Phones, the system runs a validation
routine to check that the CSV data file and
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration (BAT) phone template have
populated all required fields, such as device pool and locations. The
validation also checks for discrepancies with the first node database.
You must have a BAT phone template for the devices that you are adding.
You can use a master phone template with multiple lines to add phones that have
a single line or several lines. You must also have a data file in comma
separated variable (CSV) format that contains the unique details for the phones
or other IP telephony devices.
Validate CSV Data File Phone Records
You can validate your CSV data file phone records.
Before You BeginYou must have a BAT phone template for the devices that you are
adding. You can use a master phone template with multiple lines to add phones
that have a single line or several lines.
You must have a data file in comma separated variable (CSV) format
that contains the unique details for the phones or other IP telephony devices.
Procedure
Step 1
| Choose
.
The Validate Phones Configuration window displays.
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Step 2
| To validate phone records that use a customized file format, click
Validate Phones Specific Details radio button
and continue with
Step 4 and
Step 5.
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Step 3
| To validate phone records from an exported phones file that was
generated by using the All Details option, click
Validate Phones All Details radio button.
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Step 4
| In the
File Name drop-down list box, choose the CSV
data file that you created for this specific bulk transaction.
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Step 5
| For the
Specific Details option, in the
Phone Template Name drop-down list box, choose
the BAT phone template that you created for this type of bulk transaction.
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Step 6
| To verify the chosen CSV data file with the first node database,
click
Submit.
The job gets submitted and gets executed immediately.
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Phone Validation Limitations
The validation of phones has the following limitations:
The validation process only checks for the number of lines that are configured on the template; it does not check the line numbers that are configured on the template. After running the Validate phones - specific details job, the administrator sees the following message in the log when the CSV date file contains more lines than are supported by the phone template: "WARNING: CSV contains more number of lines than are supported by the phone template." If blank Directory Numbers and/or blank Speed dials and/or blank Busy Lamp Field Speed Dials exist, this indicates that the warning message that is displayed in the summary log file may be inaccurate.
The validate process does not check whether mandatory fields are specified in the CSV file.
If IP phone service parameters are specified in the phone text file, the validate process only checks whether a parameter exists with a name that is specified in the CSV on Cisco Unified Communications Manager. It does not check whether the parameter that is specified is configured on the IP phone service.
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