Bulk update External Call Mask for extensions

[Contrial Davis]

Can anyone suggest the most efficient way to bulk update external masks for multiple extensions and/or phones?  Using the Bulk Updater XLT file doesn't seem to work as it will update any phone info I want but not the associated extensions external call mask.  

I could do this task through the update lines located here;

Bulk Administrations > Phones > Add/Update Lines > Update Lines

-This will let me update a directory number with multiple devices but that's just marginally better than changing them one by one.  

I'm pretty sure I'm just doing something wrong with the BAT file upload method but it just seems so convoluted to perform a simple task.  Any help is appreciated.

[davidn# · Accepted solution]

Hi Contrial,

You can use AXL updateLine/updatePhone APIs and write simple script to do bulk update.  We have many sample Python scripts in the Code Exchange repository as a baseline

https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/explore/#search=AXL

Hope that helps.

Regards,

David