User guide

• Phones: All Cisco Unified IP Phones and Cisco ATA 186, Cisco VGC phones, CTI ports, and H.323
clients
• Gateways: Cisco VG200 and Cisco Catalyst 6000 FXS Analog Interface Module
• User Device Profiles: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 series and Cisco Softphone
Define a BAT template by specifying values in the template fields that will be common to all the devices in
the bulk transaction. The BAT template fields require similar values to those that you enter when you are
adding a device in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.
Prior to creating the BAT template, make sure settings such as device pools, locations, calling search spaces,
button templates, and softkey templates have already been configured in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration.
After you create a BAT template, you save it with a name. Later in the configuration process, you associate
the template name with the CSV data file. The system stores the templates, so they are reusable for future
bulk transactions. For example, you can configure a Cisco IP Phone 7960 template with a specific button
template and calling search space and then configure another Cisco IP Phone 7960 template with a different
button template and the Extension Mobility feature enabled. When you need to add a large number of phones
with the same configuration, you can reuse the existing BAT template.
Master phone templates
When you are adding a group of phones that have multiple lines, you can create a master phone template that
provides multiple lines and the most common values for a specific phone model. You can use the master
template to add phones that have differing number of lines, but do not exceed the number of lines in the master
phone template. For example, you can create a master phone template for a Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960 that
has eight lines. You can use this template to add phones that have one line, two lines, or up to eight lines.
CSV data file overrides template values
The CSV data file contains the unique settings and information for each individual device, such as its directory
number, MAC address, and description. Make sure that all phones and devices in a CSV data file are the same
phone or device model and match the BAT template. The CSV data file can contain duplicates of some values
from the BAT template. Values in the CSV data file override any values that were set in the BAT template.
You can use the override feature for special configuration cases.
Example template override
The CSV data file for phones can contain multiple directory numbers. Keep in mind that the number of
directory numbers that are entered in the CSV data file must not exceed—but can be less than— the number
of lines that are configured in the BAT phone template, or an error will result.
If you want most of the phones in the bulk transaction to be redirected to a voice-messaging system, you can
set the Call Forward Busy (Internal/External) (CFB) and Call Forward No Answer (Internal/External) (CFNA)
fields to the voice-messaging number. However, if a few phones in the bulk transaction need to be redirected
to a secretary instead of to a voice messaging system, you can specify the secretary directory number in the
Call CFB and CFNA fields in the CSV data file. Most of the phones will use the CFB and CFNA values from
the BAT phone template, but certain phones will use the secretary directory number as specified in the CSV
data file.
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