Parsing the Outbound Caller ID Number to use as your 7-digit bridge action

[robert]

I have now found myself with a customer that has users in multiple area codes that need to be able to dial 7-digit in all of the area codes.
My intention would be to have an outbound extension for each area code on 1 phone. When the user selects that line for an outbound call I want it to recognize that area code to send based on ${outbound_caller_id_number} variable.

If the "Outbound Caller ID Number" is set to +15597779900, I would hope to be able to do something like this:

action

bridge

sofia/gateway/xxxx-xxx1/1${outbound_caller_id_number[digits3-5]}$1

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Any advice will be appreciated.

 

[agree]

Create a dialplan to set the area code

<extension name="set-area-code" continue="true">
    <condition field="${outbound_caller_id_number}" expression="^1?(\d{3})">
        <action application="set" data="area_code=$1" inline="true"/>
    </condition>
</extension>

In the 7 digit gateway, use

sofia/gateway/xxxx-xxx/1${area_code}$1

 

[robert]

This appears to be EXACTLY what I am looking for. Thanks.

I am not familiar how to use an XML file with fusionpbx. I went to the XML editor and poked around a bit.

Would you mind either providing an example from the fusion dial plan manager or let me know how to create/execute the file?

I did use the xml editor to create the file. I then rebooted that server... but do not see it . ( see attached )

Thanks in advance.

 

[robert]

Thanks for the help! Resolved!

 

[michaelcrapse]

Thanks for the help! Resolved!

Can you indicate what you did to resolve this? Thanks

 

[robert]

It has been a few weeks and I have a sketchy memory as to exactly how I got to a resolution, but attached is a screenshot of the dialplan and Outbound Route. I hope this helps.

 

[michaelcrapse]

It has been a few weeks and I have a sketchy memory as to exactly how I got to a resolution, but attached is a screenshot of the dialplan and Outbound Route. I hope this helps.

Thank you for this, i wanted to also ensure future googlers can see the actual resolution (everyone hates seeing, i got it resolved after asking a tough question.) But you also taught me that i can add a ${domain_name} into the context to make it universal!
However, i would change your regex to be ^\+?1?(\d{3})\d{7}$ or something similar, because you're capturing 4 digits(and maybe a +) but we tend to put our outbound caller id as 10 digits with no leading 1, and your regex would fail in that scenario. This means you'll need to add the 1 where you add the + though.