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How to Change the Description on a Route

This tutorial provides instructions on how to change the description of a route on your account—individually or in bulk.


Info, Notes and Warnings

This is used for route management. Making changes here does not affect a fax line’s functionality.

There are two methods, one is via a Bulk Operation. The other involves individually addressing each route.


Prerequisites

Before reading these instructions be sure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • An etherFAX account.

  • An etherFAX portal user.

    • The Global Administrator, or

    • one with the Edit Customer role.

  • A route.


Instructions

How to change the customer description on a route—individually

  1. Sign into the etherFAX Client portal at https://clients.connect.etherfax.net.

  2. On the left-hand side, click on Assigned DIDs:

  1. Click in the field for Customer Description on the route needing the update:

  1. Enter the description and click Update.

You have now successfully changed the Customer Description on an individual route!


How to change the customer description on a route—bulk operation

  1. Sign into the etherFAX Client portal at https://clients.connect.etherfax.net.

  2. On the left-hand side, click on Assigned DIDs:

  1. Click the checkbox on the route(s) where you would like to make a change:

  1. Within the Bulk Operation drop-down, select Change Customer Description, enter a Customer Description and then click Apply Change:

  1. Confirm that your description is now applied:

If so, the Customer Description has now been successfully applied in bulk!


Ending Notes and Details

The inability to perform this action suggests that the user performing the action is of a Read Only role.

The Global Administrator or a user of the Edit Customer role will be needed to perform this action.


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