Create a telephone number to an area or region
Create a telephone number to add that number to an area or to a region by using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. You can review, create, update, or delete a telephone number.
Before you begin
- Ensure that the Telecommunications Network Inventory application includes all the required components of your telephone number. Otherwise, see Create the components of a telephone number.
- Role required: sn_inv_num_mgmt.inventory_number_manager
About this task
Setting the Create telephone allocations and numbers checkbox as true, while creating a telephone block, creates individual numbers and telephone allocation. You can also add a telephone number to a telephone number allocation.
Procedure
Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
Select the list icon (
List icon.\), and then go to **Inventory Number Allocation** > **Telephone Numbers**.
Select New
On the Details tab, in the telephone number section, fill in the fields.
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Switch CLLI | A reference to any Configuration Item but is ideally recommended to telco equipment. |
| Line number | Portion of a telephone number that uniquely identifies an individual telephone line within an area. You can provide a series or individual line numbers in an xxxx-xxxx or xxxx, xxxx-xxxx format. Note: If the provided line number isn’t in a series of numbers, multiple number allocations are created. |
To learn about the other fields, see [Inventory number allocation fields](inventory-number-allocation-fields.md).
- Add the attachments, such as the graphics or documents, by selecting the attachment icon (
Attachment icon.\) in the right panel.
Select Save.
A telephone number is created with an area code, central office code, status of the number, switch CLLI, line number, and telephone number.
What to do next
You can review and update the fields, create a related tab record, or delete a record. To learn more, see Update or delete a record of an inventory number allocation.
Parent Topic:Create a telephone infrastructure