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.