User Extension Bulk Import Help

The QX1000 Extensions Template Management feature and the PC-based Bulk User Extensions Importer tool are used to create and update multiple user-type extensions.

The user extension settings can be divided into two groups - common settings of extensions groups (for example, SIP server name, SIP port, etc.) and settings, which are different for each extension of these groups (for example, Display Name, Extension Password, etc.). Based on this, the following three steps can be used to Add/Modify a group of extensions:

• Configure the common settings for a group of extensions, using the QX1000 Extension Template Management feature.
• Based on the common settings of these groups, configure the extensions specific settings using the Epygi Bulk User Extensions Importer tool. The tool will save the settings in a bulk User Extension configuration file that will be ready to upload to the QX1000.
• Import the configuration file to the QX1000, using the Extension Import feature.

Please Note: The Bulk User Extensions Importer tool is applicable only for Adding and Modifying the extensions of User Extension type. The extension types other than User Extension (such as Auto Attendant, Pickup Group, etc.) currently are not supported by this tool.

• Add opens the Extension Template Management- Add Entry page, where a new template can be created.
• Edit opens the Extension Template Management - Edit Entry page, where the settings of the user extension template can be configured.
• Delete removes the selected templates. If no records are selected an error message occurs.
• Select all selects all entries of the table.
• Inverse Selection inverses the current selection (if no records are selected, clicking on inverse selection will select all records).

The template file contains the common settings for user extensions, which can be the same for a group of extensions. The other settings which have to be different for each extension (such as SIP username or IP Line configuration) should be specified by the Epygi's Bulk User Extensions Importer configuration tool and imported later from the appropriate configuration file. These settings are marked with "variable" sign in the extensions configuration page (see Extension Settings).

When your configuration file is ready, select the Extension Import Settings tab to upload the Bulk User Extensions Importer configuration file to the QX1000.

• Browse opens the file selection window to browse for a new user bulk extension configuration file.
• The Override Existing Extension indicates whether the settings of the imported file should change the settings of existing extensions if the imported file is of the Add type. It can also contain the settings for extensions which already exist on the QX1000. When the Override Existing Extension is unchecked and the uploaded Add type CSV configuration file contains extensions which already exist on the QX1000, an error will appear and the conflicting extensions will be highlighted. If the uploaded file is of the Add type and the intent is to modify existing extensions, then the Override Existing Extension should be enabled, otherwise the file must be of the Modify type.

  When you upload the Bulk User Extensions Importer configuration file, the system will check the entire file before applying the uploaded configurations. If there are some incorrectly configured settings in the file, the system will return a table with all uploaded configurations and highlight the parameters which have an error.

  If the uploaded file passed and did not give any error message, the system will start to Add/Modify all specified extensions. As a result, the system will Add/Modify the specified extensions. In addition, for any settings that need to be updated in the IP phone, (e.g Display Name), a new IP phone configuration file will be created and ready for sending to the phone the next time it is rebooted.