4. Call forwarding

With call forwarding, you can forward your calls to a specific destination depending on a chosen scenario. You can create your personalised profiles for certain scenarios, e.g. "Vacation", and set a target phone number to which calls can be forwarded to.

Each user has an automatically set call forwarding profile – the default profile – with the following properties:

  • It is active per default
  • It cannot be deleted
  • Call forwarding destination can be edited
  • It does not have source-based call forwarding

Up to 10 call forwarding profiles are available per extension.

The user can create up to 9 additional call forwarding profiles.

Creating a profile

  1. Click on the + button in the Profiles tab.
    ⇒A pop-up window to create a profile appears.
  2. Define the title and the number of the profile. Furthermore, you can add a colour to your call forwarding profile.
  3. Click on Create.
    ⇒The new call forwarding profile has been added.

- Define a title and the profile number for your profile. You can also define a colour for your profile.

Selecting and activating a profile

To select a profile, tick the circle next to the call forwarding profile.
⇒The circle has a blue dot inside it, which means that the profile has been selected.

To activate a profile, go to the destination section and make your call forwarding selection.

To use a call forwarding profile, you need to select it. Otherwise, the default profile or another profile you have previously selected will be active.

Editing a profile

You have created a profile "Vacation". To define exactly what this profile should do, you can either activate one of the call forwarding conditions

  • Always
  • Busy
  • No answer
  • Not registered

or you can set a rule and use source-based call forwarding (for more information, see Source-based call forwarding).

Activate profile

- In order to activate a profile, click on the blue dot next to the profile name.

If you want to use this profile, you need to activate it. Otherwise, the basic profile or another profile you have chosen, will be active!

Call forwarding conditions

There are four call forwarding conditions, Always, Busy, No answer and Not registered.

  1. Select a call forwarding condition.
  2. Select a call forwarding destination via the Destination dropdown below the call forwarding condition. You can select between three options, Voicemail, Busy and Phone number.

What do the call forwarding conditions mean:

  • Always

The call will always be forwarded. The caller will be forwarded directly to the defined destination.

Please note that if this forwarding condition is active, it will influence the call destination on Global DND. That means that Global DND will have the same call forwarding destination as defined here.

  • Busy

The call will be forwarded if your extension is busy. The caller receives a busy signal and will then be forwarded to the defined destination.

Please note that if this forwarding condition is active, it will influence the call destination on Global DND. That means that Global DND will have the same call forwarding destination as defined here.

  • No answer

The call will be forwarded if you do not answer within a defined time limit. The caller receives a waiting signal and will then be forwarded to the defined destination.

The time limit can be set to 5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds by clicking on the number dropdown.

  • Not registered

The call wil be forwarded if your device is not registered on PBX (e.g. broken cable etc.). All incoming calls will be forwarded to a defined destination.

Duplicate profile

  1. Click on the duplicate button .
    ⇒ The pop-up window will appear.
  2. Select a profile you would like to duplicate.
  3. Enter a new profile title.
  4. Choose a profile number.
  5. Click Save.
    ⇒The new profile will appear in the list.

Star codes (DTMF)

The star code for the activation of call forwarding profiles is *10 (followed by the profile number of the call forwarding profile. Find the profile number on the administration portal).

- e.g. to activate profile number 3, please dial *103.

By using star codes you can also activate dedicated call forwarding rules like *11NUMBER. If you do so, this rule will always be set for the default profile independently from which profile is active right now.

However, you will automatically activate the default profile, if you switch on a call forwarding rule via the star code.
- e.g.:

  • You have 3 profiles.
  • The active profile is profile #2
  • Dial *110049892343123
  • The rule ”always forward calls to 0049892343123“ will be set and the default profile will be activated.