.. _cucm-group-selection:


Cisco UCM group selection
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.. tip:: 

   :ref:`use-action-search-to-navigate-automate`


Overview 
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Provider level administrators can manage the default Cisco UCM (Unified Communications Manager) 
group setting in a customer's Site Defaults:

* The least utilized group can be calculated, in other words the group with the least
  number of phones can automatically be determined.

  In this case, the administrator can set the Default CUCM Group in the customer's Site Defaults
  to automatically be the least utilized group so that CUCM Groups are optimally
  assigned whenever a site is created.

* The current device utilization of customer CUCM Groups can be inspected.
  Device utilization is calculated by inspection of the Device Pools that
  belong to a CUCM Group of a CUCM cluster and the number of Phones in these Device Pools.

  The administrator can therefore inspect the CUCM Group counts and then
  choose a Default CUCM Group to be the Default CUCM Group in the customer's Site Defaults.

High level administrators carry out these tasks via **CUCM Group Counts**. Use the Action search to locate the page.




.. _select-a-cucm-group:

Select a Cisco UCM group
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1. Log in as a Provider administrator, then go to **CUCM Group Selection**.
2. The list of existing CUCM Group Selection configurations
   at the Provider hierarchy are listed.
   
   Click the Plus icon (+) to create a configuration. A hierarchy pop-up
   will show to choose the customer hierarchy at which the
   configuration should apply.
   
3. Choose a name for the configuration. The default name is the hierarchy name.
4. Choose an algorithm to apply to the CUCM Group Selection:
   
   * If **Use Default** is selected, the Site Defaults doc is 
     updated if necessary so that the Default CUCM Group is applied.
     
     .. note:: 
      
        The CUCM Group called Default is always used when adding a site unless the "Least utilized" algorithm 
        has been selected. Default will also be the fallback CUCM Group in the event that all CUCM Groups 
        have been excluded from the selection.

   * If Least utilized CUCM Group is selected from the Algorithm drop-down,
     options are available to include and exclude specific CUCM groups
     from the algorithm.

     * If no groups are included or excluded, *all* groups available
       at the customer hierarchy are considered by the algorithm.

     * If groups are added to the CUCM Groups to Include, only these
       groups are considered by the algorithm.

     * If groups are added to the CUCM Groups to Exclude, these
       groups are not considered by the algorithm, *unless* they
       have also been added to the Groups to Include.

     The table summarizes the options and outcomes:

.. tabularcolumns:: |p{1cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{5cm}|

+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Group Selection | Algorithm      | Include List | Exclude List | Result         | Comment                                                                                        |
+=================+================+==============+==============+================+================================================================================================+
| No              | Use Default    | N/A          | N/A          | Default        | Falls back to Default always                                                                   |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Yes             | Use Default    | None         | None         | Default        |                                                                                                |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Yes             | Least utilized | None         | None         | Least utilized |                                                                                                |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Yes             | Least utilized | Yes          | None         | Least utilized | From the groups in the included list.                                                          |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Yes             | Least utilized | None         | Yes          | Least utilized | Least utilized from all groups except in the exclude list.                                     |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Yes             | Least utilized | Yes          | Yes          | Least utilized | From the groups in the included list. Note that the exclude list will be ignored in this case. |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


5. Click **Save** to save the configuration for the customer hierarchy.
   
   When a new site is created, the Default CUCM Group in the Site Defaults Doc is updated
   to reflect the configuration, so that any sites that are now created 
   under this customer hierarchy will apply the calculated CUCM group.

   .. note:: 

      An administrator can override this calculated CUCM group by manually updating the Site Defaults Doc.