Mike's PBX Cookbook

DN Licence exceeded 2

If CallBill reports the following error:

The DN Licence for Site: xyz has been exceeded. Please contact your vendor to upgrade your licence.

Before purchasing a license upgrade, check for unused sets, and follow the procedure below to remove duplicates.

Goto the CallBill Reports Module

Click User Details ➤ Search

Note which columns are being used, eg: Extension, Aux. ID, FirstName, LastName, Department:

Goto the Reports Module

From the menu bar, select File ➤ Options

In the General Options tab, uncheck "User Identifier Associated with Extension only" (bottom of Options):

Goto the Record Processor program

From the menu bar, select File ➤ Identifiers ➤ Export Identifiers

Drag the required fields from Available to Output Fields (refer to FIND USER screen)

eg: Extension, Auxilary ID, First Name, Last Name, Department:

Click Browse, chose a file location and enter a filename

Save as Type must be Comma Separated .CSV

For Separation character, select Comma (,)

Click Save Settings, then Export

Open the exported file in EXCEL (or, in plain text with Notepad) to examine and edit it.

Example of export file:

ExtensionAXIDFirst NameLast NameDepartment
2022firstlast
2023Vacant
2024IDF233PBX
2025000.1.02.07firstlast
2025008.0.03.03Jimlast
2026IDF644
2027008.0.10.14JohnDoe
2027012.1.09.11JohnDoe
2028SallySmithAdmin
2029MikeBrownAdmin
2030004.0.8.13PeterGreen
2030008.0.3.14PeterGreen
2031Break Rm

Duplicate DN numbers use up licenses, only one DN needs to be in the file.
Remove any duplicate DN's, all AXID's (delete the column), and save.

Cleaned up:

2022firstlast
2023Vacant
2024IDF233PBX
2025Jimlast
2026IDF644
2027JohnDoe
2028SallySmithAdmin
2029MikeBrownAdmin
2030PeterGreen
2031Break Rm

Goto the Record Processor program

From the menu bar, select File ➤ Identifiers ➤ Import Identifiers

Select the cleaned export file (browse)

At Delimiter: select Comma (,)

Check Delete existing User Details before importing - yes, this process is destructive! Use caution!

For Delimiter, select Comma (,)

Choose the fields and order, matching the "cleaned up" exported file fields

Click Save Settings, and then click Import

The edited Identifier Fields are imported and applied.


-- End of procedure --


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