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Phones with Users

This chapter provides information about using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration to add a group of users and their phones on a Cisco Unified Communications Manager server in one bulk transaction. You have two options for creating a CSV data file for the phones:

  • Use the BAT spreadsheet (BAT.xlt) and export the data to the CSV format.

  • Use a text editor to create a text file in CSV format (for experienced users).

You can access the Insert Phones with Users option by choosing Bulk Administration > Phones and Users from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration main menu.

Add New Phones with Users

Use the following steps to insert phones with users.

Procedure
    Step 1   To define individual values for each phone/user record that you want to update, create a comma separated values (CSV) data file.
    Step 2   Associate file format with the CSV data file.
    Step 3   Validate phones with users records
    Step 4   Insert phones with users records.

    Add Phones with Users Using the BAT Spreadsheet

    Create a CSV data file for adding phones and users in bulk.

    Procedure
      Step 1   To open the BAT spreadsheet, locate and double-click BAT.xlt file. You can download a BAT.xlt file.
      Step 2   When prompted, click Enable Macros to use the spreadsheet capabilities.
      Step 3   At the bottom of the spreadsheet, click the Phones-Users tab.
      Step 4   Follow steps 4 through 10 in Create Phone CSV Data File Using BAT Spreadsheet.

      See Table 1 for field descriptions in for adding users in the BAT spreadsheet.

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      Phones with Users

      Phones with Users

      This chapter provides information about using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration to add a group of users and their phones on a Cisco Unified Communications Manager server in one bulk transaction. You have two options for creating a CSV data file for the phones:

      • Use the BAT spreadsheet (BAT.xlt) and export the data to the CSV format.

      • Use a text editor to create a text file in CSV format (for experienced users).

      You can access the Insert Phones with Users option by choosing Bulk Administration > Phones and Users from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration main menu.

      Add New Phones with Users

      Use the following steps to insert phones with users.

      Procedure
        Step 1   To define individual values for each phone/user record that you want to update, create a comma separated values (CSV) data file.
        Step 2   Associate file format with the CSV data file.
        Step 3   Validate phones with users records
        Step 4   Insert phones with users records.

        Add Phones with Users Using the BAT Spreadsheet

        Create a CSV data file for adding phones and users in bulk.

        Procedure
          Step 1   To open the BAT spreadsheet, locate and double-click BAT.xlt file. You can download a BAT.xlt file.
          Step 2   When prompted, click Enable Macros to use the spreadsheet capabilities.
          Step 3   At the bottom of the spreadsheet, click the Phones-Users tab.
          Step 4   Follow steps 4 through 10 in Create Phone CSV Data File Using BAT Spreadsheet.

          See Table 1 for field descriptions in for adding users in the BAT spreadsheet.

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