[Asterisk-Users] Getting the "real" extension into CDR

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

Matthew Boehm wrote:
> Hey gang,
>  Getting ready to run some test bills for customers. Most SIP phones have
> both an extension and a DID. If a person calls a DID asterisk redirects the
> call to the right extension:
> 
> exten => 8005551212,1,Goto(companyA-internal,3022,1)
> 
> The problem is, that if someone calls 8005551212, the CDR shows the DST
> number as 3022. Is there a way around this? I understand that 3022 is the
> "destination" but that isn't what the outside person dialed; and I need to
> know what was dialed in order to bill correctly.
> 
> The same goes for the 's' extension. Lots of my CDRs show 's' as the DST
> instead of the actual number the person dialed.
> 
> I see there are a few apps for modifying the CDR, but I don't see anything
> to let me modify the DST number.

The only way I know of to do what you want to do is to not use the GoTo, 
but to set up extension 8005551212 exactly like extension 3022.

--Eric

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