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    <title>topic Re: Bulk create new network without adding devices in Cloud Networking Platform</title>
    <link>https://community.cisco.com/t5/cloud-networking-platform/bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devices/m-p/5453648#M12443</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there &lt;A href="https://community.meraki.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/123468"&gt;@NGJ1&lt;/A&gt; ! &lt;SPAN&gt;Welcome to Meraki Community &lt;SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The bulk creation tool requires serial number of the device as listed in the &lt;A href="https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Templates_and_Config_Sync/Using_the_Bulk_Network_Creation_Tool" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;article "Using the Bulk Network Creation Tool"&lt;/A&gt; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Alternatives are:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st option is the &lt;A href="https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/create-organization-network/" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;API Create Organization Network&lt;/A&gt; which could be used in a script to bulk create networks without the need of serial number.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2nd option would be the time consuming one. You can &lt;A href="https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Organizations_and_Networks/Pre-configuring_Dashboard_networks_before_receiving_order_or_serial_numbers" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;pre-create empty networks&lt;/A&gt; in the Meraki Dashboard without associating devices yet. While this isn’t "bulk" in the automated sense, it allows you to set up the network structure ahead of time. This would have to done repeatedly a 100x which is definitely not ideal. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:38:16 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>michalc1</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2025-03-13T11:38:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bulk create new network without adding devices</title>
      <link>https://community.cisco.com/t5/cloud-networking-platform/bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devices/m-p/5453647#M12442</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to add over 100 new network location ready to install devices once they have been delivered however without serial number the Organisation -&amp;gt; Bulk Network Creation fails is there any way to complete this before the hardware devices are allocated to the network site?     &lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:16:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.cisco.com/t5/cloud-networking-platform/bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devices/m-p/5453647#M12442</guid>
      <dc:creator>NGJ1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-03-13T10:16:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Bulk create new network without adding devices</title>
      <link>https://community.cisco.com/t5/cloud-networking-platform/bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devices/m-p/5453648#M12443</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there &lt;A href="https://community.meraki.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/123468"&gt;@NGJ1&lt;/A&gt; ! &lt;SPAN&gt;Welcome to Meraki Community &lt;SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The bulk creation tool requires serial number of the device as listed in the &lt;A href="https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Templates_and_Config_Sync/Using_the_Bulk_Network_Creation_Tool" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;article "Using the Bulk Network Creation Tool"&lt;/A&gt; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Alternatives are:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st option is the &lt;A href="https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/create-organization-network/" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;API Create Organization Network&lt;/A&gt; which could be used in a script to bulk create networks without the need of serial number.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2nd option would be the time consuming one. You can &lt;A href="https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Organizations_and_Networks/Pre-configuring_Dashboard_networks_before_receiving_order_or_serial_numbers" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;pre-create empty networks&lt;/A&gt; in the Meraki Dashboard without associating devices yet. While this isn’t "bulk" in the automated sense, it allows you to set up the network structure ahead of time. This would have to done repeatedly a 100x which is definitely not ideal. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:38:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.cisco.com/t5/cloud-networking-platform/bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devices/m-p/5453648#M12443</guid>
      <dc:creator>michalc1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-03-13T11:38:16Z</dc:date>
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