[asterisk-gui] Feature question/suggestion

[Pari Nannapaneni]

Hi Shem,

I was just checking that's what you really meant. Anyway coming to the
case where if you want alphanumeric names for Queues
edit the pattern field in line 421 of queues.html to something like

<input size='5' id='name' pattern='^[a-zA-Z_0-9]*$' class="input8">

and that should allow alphanumeric fields.

I guess you need to also remove the extension length check (line 161 to line 165)
may be just comment them out
//if( localextenlength !=  $('name').value.length){
//	alert("Sorry, An Extension must be  "+ localextenlength  + " digits !");
//	$('name').focus();
//	return ;
//}

regards
- Pari



Shem Valentine wrote:
> Perhaps I'm the only one that sets up queues.conf with meaningful words,
> but I would be very surprised.  O'reilly even seems to encourage it.
> 
> "Assigning names to extensions may seem like a revolutionary concept,
> but when you realize that many Voice-over-IP transports support (or
> even actively encourage) dialing by name or email address instead of
> by number, it makes perfect sense. This is one of the features that
> make Asterisk so flexible and powerful."
> 
> Here is a snippet of how the call arrives via alphanumeric queues:
> 
> extensions.conf
> 
> [extensions]
> exten => 703,1,Goto(init-tier2,s,1)
> 
> [init-tier2]
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,n,Wait(2)
> exten => s,n,background(voice-options)
> etc
> etc
> exten => 2,1,Wait(2)
> exten => 2,n,Playback(transfer)
> exten => 2,n,Queue(tier2sales|t|||60)
> exten => 2,n,Voicemail2(u711)
> etc
> etc
> 
> queues.conf (the sip extensions with an a are when the sales person is
> working from home)
> 
> [tier2sales]
> music = default
> strategy = ringall
> timeout = 60
> retry = 10
> maxlen = 15
> context = open-sales
> monitor-format = wav
> monitor-join = yes
> announce-frequency = 0
> announce-holdtime = once
> member =>Agent/@1
> member =>SIP/711
> member =>SIP/711a
> member =>SIP/713
> member =>SIP/713a
> member =>SIP/716
> member =>SIP/716a
> member =>SIP/740
> member =>SIP/740a
> member =>SIP/751
> member =>SIP/754
> member =>SIP/739
> 
> So, to me one of the great things about asterisk is it's ability to
> configure it with meaningful extensions/queues/users using alphanumeric
> characters.  So it would be great to have alphanumeric queues, and even
> if we could define users with alphanumeric (but I'm not as concerned
> about this as I understand it is not standard at all).  I guess I just
> don't really see the point in restrictions, when one of the things that
> is so great about asterisk is it's flexibility.
> 
> Irregardless of if you see my point, I am still very thankful for the
> work you've done with the gui.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Shem Valentine
> 
> Pari Nannapaneni wrote:
>>>  Could you possibly add alphanumeric to Call Queues -> Queue: as well?
>> if you are talking about 'Call Queues -> Queue' which is an extension
>> just like any other user extension it is numeric field.
>>
>> Did you mean something else ?
>>
>> - pari
>>
>>
>>
>> Shem Valentine wrote:
>>> Hey Pari,
>>>
>>> Sorry to be hitting this list so often.  The three digit extensions
>>> works great (now that I have the localext.html), as does the
>>> alphanumeric passwords.  Thank you for adding those.  Could you
>>> possibly add alphanumeric to Call Queues -> Queue: as well?
>>>
>>> Thanks again for all the work put into this,
>>> -Shem Valentine
>>>
>>> Shem Valentine wrote:
>>>> Hey Pari,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the response, and sorry for the double post (e-mail client
>>>> acting up).  When I go to Options -> Local Extension settings, it
>>>> points
>>>> to https://host.domain.com:8089/asterisk/static/config/localexts.html,
>>>> which is non-existant.  I browsed SVN and it doesn't exist there
>>>> either.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for adding the alphanumeric capabilities to the password :D
>>>>
>>>> Have a good day,
>>>> -Shem Valentine
>>>>
>>>> Pari Nannapaneni wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> You can set your extensions length from "Options -> Local Extension
>>>>> Settings"
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>> but the GUI demands numeric.
>>>>>>       
>>>>> noted, I'll fix it in the morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> -Pari
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Shem Valentine wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm working on converting our companies asterisk box to 1.4 from a
>>>>>> cvs
>>>>>> build from 2002.  In doing so I am very excited by the aspect of
>>>>>> having
>>>>>> managers provision new phones for employees through the GUI.  The
>>>>>> problem I have is all of our extensions are 3 digits, but the GUI
>>>>>> demands 4?  Also all the phone passwords use alphanumeric
>>>>>> passwords, but
>>>>>> the GUI demands numeric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was curious what the reasoning was behind doing it this way, and
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> the pros/cons are?
>>>>>> Also, would it be silly for me to ask for an override checkbox?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for all the hard work,
>>>>>> -Shem Valentine
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