User Import and Export

CSV Import

Users can be imported and associated to other resources by use of a CSV file. CSV Importation can be used in situations where you need to modify many users at the same in an efficient manner, or for migrating users from one system to another. A CSV file can be created and edited by spreadsheet tools such as Excel, LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc, etc.

CSV file

The first line of a CSV file contains a list of field names (also sometimes called “columns”). Each new line afterwards are users to import. CSV data must respect the following conditions:

  • Files must be encoded in UTF-8
  • Fields must be separated with a ,
  • Fields can be optionally quoted with a "
  • Double-quotes can be escaped by writing them twice (e.g. Robert ""Bob"" Jenkins)
  • Empty fields or headers that are not defined will be considered null.
  • Fields of type bool must be either 0 for false, or 1 for true.
  • Fields of type int must be a positive number

In the following tables, columns have been grouped according to their resource. Each resource is created and associated to its user when all required fields for that resource are present.

User

Field Type Required Values Description
entity_id int Yes   Entity ID (Defined in menu Configuration ‣ Management ‣ Entities)
firstname string Yes   User’s firstname
lastname string     User’s lastname
email string     User’s email
language string   de_DE, en_US, es_ES, fr_FR, fr_CA User’s language
mobile_phone_number string     Mobile phone number
outgoing_caller_id string     Customize outgoing caller id for this user
enabled bool     Enable/Disable the user
supervision_enabled bool     Enable/Disable supervision
call_transfer_enabled bool     Enable/Disable call transfers by DTMF
dtmf_hangup_enabled bool     Enable/Disable hangup by DTMF
simultaneous_calls int     Number of calls a user can have on his phone simultaneously
ring_seconds int   Must be a multiple of 5 Number of seconds a call will ring before ending
call_permission_password string     Overwrite all passwords set in call permissions associated to the user

CTI Profile

Field Type Required Values Description
cti_profile_enabled bool No   Activates the XiVO Client account for this user
username string Yes, if profile enabled   XiVO Client username
password string Yes, if profile enabled   XiVO Client password
cti_profile_name string Yes, if profile enabled   XiVO Client profile (Defined in menu Services ‣ CTI server ‣ Profiles)

Phone

Field Type Required Values Description
exten string Yes   Number for calling the user. The number must be inside the range of acceptable numbers defined for the context
context string Yes   Context
line_protocol string Yes sip, sccp Line protocol
sip_username string     SIP username
sip_secret string     SIP secret

Incoming call

Field Type Required Values Description
incall_exten string Yes   Number for calling the user from an incoming call (i.e outside of Wazo). The number must be inside the range of acceptable numbers defined for the context.
incall_context string Yes   context used for calls coming from outside of Wazo
incall_ring_seconds int     Number of seconds a call will ring before ending

Voicemail

Field Type Required Values Description
voicemail_name string Yes   Voicemail name
voicemail_number string Yes   Voicemail number
voicemail_context string Yes   Voicemail context
voicemail_password string   A sequence of digits or # Voicemail password
voicemail_email string     Email for sending notifications of new messages
voicemail_attach_audio bool     Enable/Disable attaching audio files to email message
voicemail_delete_messages bool     Enable/Disable deleting message after notification is sent
voicemail_ask_password bool     Enable/Disable password checking

Call permissions

Field Type Required Values Description
call_permissions string   list separated by semicolons (;) Names of the call permissions to assign to the user

Importing a file

Once your file is ready, you can import it via Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX settings ‣ Users. At the top of the page there is a plus button. A submenu will appear when the mouse is on top. Click on Import a file.

Import users

Import Users

Examples

The following example defines 3 users who each have a phone number. The first 2 users have a SIP line, where as the last one uses SCCP:

entity_id,firstname,lastname,exten,context,line_protocol
1,John,Doe,1000,default,sip
1,George,Clinton,1001,default,sip
1,Bill,Bush,1002,default,sccp

The following example imports a user with a phone number and a voicemail:

entity_id,firstname,lastname,exten,context,line_protocol,voicemail_name,voicemail_number,voicemail_context
1,John,Doe,1000,default,sip,Voicemail for John Doe,1000,default

The following exmple imports a user with both an internal and external phone number (e.g. incoming call):

entity_id,firstname,lastname,exten,context,line_protocol,incall_exten,incall_context
1,John,Doe,1000,default,sip,2050,from-extern

CSV Update

The field list for an update is the same as for an import with the addition of the column uuid, which is mandatory. For each line in the CSV file, the updater goes through the following steps:

  1. Find the user, using the uuid
  2. For each resource (line, voicemail, extension, etc) find out if it already exists.
  3. If an existing resource was found, associate it with the user. Otherwise, create it.
  4. Update all remaining fields

The following restrictions must also be respected during update:

  • Columns that are not included in the CSV header will not be updated.
  • A field that is empty (i.e, “”) will be converted to NULL, which will unset the value.
  • A line’s protocol cannot be changed (i.e you cannot go from “sip” to “sccp” or vice-versa).
  • An incall cannot be updated if the user has more than one incall associated.

Updating is done through the same menu as importing (Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX settings ‣ Users). A submenu will appear when the mouse is on top. Click on Update from file in the submenu.

Update users

Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX settings ‣ Users ‣ Update from file

CSV Export

CSV exports can be used as a scaffold for updating users, or as a means of importing users into another system. An export will generate a CSV file with the same list of columns as an import, with the addition of uuid and provisioning_code.

Exports are done through the same menu as importing (Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX settings ‣ Users). Click on Export to CSV in the submenu. You will be asked to download a file.

Export users

Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX settings ‣ Users ‣ Export to CSV