What means the asterisk before a directory number?

[c.rodriguezesteban]

I have seen that several times at my actual job

Directory Number
Directory Number*	Shared Line
Partition	< None >Abre PuertasConsejero Delegado OcultoCorporateDUB AARDUB corporateDUB emergencyDUB internationalDUB localDUB nationalDUB premiumMN AARMN corp MobileMN corp Mobile Prueba TSOLMN corp Mobile TESTMN emergencyMN internationalMN IPMA ManagerMN IPMA RPMN IVRMN localMN local TESTMN mobileMN mobile DSVMN mobile prueba TSOLMN mobile TESTMN nationalMN national TESTMN premiumMN TX-2-3MN TX-MOVMN voicemailMN_TelepresencianulaOculto HelpdeskPhonesPhones ocultoPhones Oculto 7Phones oculto cab25354Phones_20070130Phones_20070215phones_Oculto 7 HDPhones_testPruebas BCN-MADTestSatelite
Directory Number Settings
Voice Mail Profile	< None >CiscoUnityCiscoUnity7DefaultNoVoiceMail (Choose <None> to use default)
Calling Search Space	< None >Consejero Delegado OcultoCSSTestsateliteDSV internationalDSV mobile RTCDUB AARDUB internationalDUB localDUB mobileDUB mobile ocultoDUB nationalDUB premiumMN AARMN deviceMN device_TESTMN gatewayMN gw GSMMN internationalMN IPMA MANAGERMN IVRMN IVR TESTMN localMN mobileMN mobile ocultoMN mobile oculto cab25354MN mobile oculto externoMN mobile prueba TSOLMN mobile TESTMN nationalMN oculto HelpDeskMN premiumMN premium internacionalMN premium ocultoMN premium oculto externoMN Servicios MedicosMN TelepresenciaMN voicemailNuloPhones TESTPruebas tsol
User Hold Audio Source	< None >1 - SampleAudioSource2 - MOH_TMN3 - MOH_2006_CM4 - MOH_20075 - Musica_Tarifas_GAS_30
Network Hold Audio Source	< None >1 - SampleAudioSource2 - MOH_TMN3 - MOH_2006_CM4 - MOH_20075 - Musica_Tarifas_GAS_30
Auto Answer	Auto Answer OffAuto Answer with HeadsetAuto Answer with Speakerphone

Thanks in advance

Cesar

[phooghen · Accepted solution]

The asterisk Character has no special meaning.

It's just a dialable character.

Directory number:

Enter a dialable phone number. Values can include route pattern  wildcards and numeric characters (0 through 9). Special characters such  as a question mark (?), exclamation mark (!), backslash (\), brackets  ([ ]), plus sign (+), dash (-), asterisk (*), caret (^), pound sign (#),  and an X are also allowable. Special characters that are not allowed  are a period (.), at sign (@), dollar sign ($), and percent sign (%).

At the beginning of the pattern, enter \+ if you want to use the  international escape character +. For this field, \+ does not represent a  wildcard; instead, entering \+ represents a dialable digit.

Note     : When a pattern is used as a directory number,  the display on the phone and the caller ID that displays on the dialed  phone will both contain characters other than digits. To avoid this,  Cisco recommends that you provide a value for Display (Internal Caller  ID), Line text label, and External phone number mask.

The directory number that you enter can appear in more than one partition.

If you configure this field under Call Routing > Directory Number,  you can enter insert directory numbers in bulk by entering a range (that  is, by entering the beginning directory number in the first field and  by entering the ending directory number in the second field); by using  this method, you can create up to 500 directory numbers at a time.

[vinojesh1994]

Well said phooghen. Moreover, we use this asterisk to dial a Voice Mail no. directly. For the time being, if you have got 4digits ext. used in your cluster and want to get into VM box without ringing the phones, we can use this pattern *XXXX and set the CF All to VM.

[c.rodriguezesteban]

In this case i didnt figured out why its being used, because this is a call park extension, but in some other cases i understand why, because, this is a large network, and if we want to dial extensions outside the coutry, we must dial "5" first.

thanks to both of you

Cesar