Migrating dial plan data from Messaging 6.0 to 6.1

If you have upgraded from Messaging 6.0 to 6.1, you must manually move the data from the Dial Rules Web page, the Dial-Out Rules Script, and the Attendant/Operator Web page to the Sites Web page

You must perform the following:

The following table includes information on the fields to be used after the upgrade.

Dial Rules Web page (Before upgrade) Sites Web page (Post upgrade) Comments
Country code Country code The country code of the dialing phone number.
Area code / Private number National destination code The beginning sequence of digits that are considered local by the telephony server other than the one defined for the telephony server.
Long-distance prefix National prefix The preceding digits before the area code of the dialing phone number.
International prefix International prefix The preceding digits before the country code of the dialing phone number.
Outside line prefix Outside line prefix The digits required to gain outside line access.
Number of digits in an extension Subscriber number length (within this site's national destination code)

Or

Short extension length

If you are configuring an:
  • External (Public Network) Dial Plan Site, configure the length of digits required to call a number within the originating area code or a local call in the Subscriber number length (within this site's national destination code) field.

  • Internal Dial Plan Site, configure the length of extensions for users on this site in the Short extension length field.

Number of DID ranges   This field has been deprecated in Messaging 6.1
Caller ID Internal Number Prefix   This field has been deprecated in Messaging 6.1
Dial-out rules   Use the fields under the Toll-Free and Premium Calls and Local Calls sections to configure the dial-out rules.
Attendant / Operator Web page (Before upgrade) Sites Web page (Post upgrade) Comments
Schedule type Availability Indicates whether the attendant is available.
Attendant (operator) extension Operator (live attendant) extension The extension number of the attendant.
General delivery mailbox number General mailbox The general mailbox for call answering in case the attendant is unavailable.