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Chapter 5 Configuring System Components
Managing Triggers
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Wild Card Trigger Patterns
Beginning with Cisco Unity Express 8.0, the trigger number can be a combination of digits and wildcard 
characters. Incoming calls targeted to a number that matches the pattern cause the associated script to be 
invoked. The script determines which number was dialed by inspecting the called number attribute 
associated with the call. Cisco Unity Express supports a limit of 32 characters in the trigger pattern. 
Wildcard patterns are supported for both SIP and JTAPI triggers.
Table 5-2 shows the trigger pattern wildcards and special characters supported in Cisco Unity Express 
8.0.
Wildcard patterns are based on Cisco Unified Communications Manager route patterns. The rules for 
choosing between multiple wildcard patterns matching an incoming call are similar to those used by 
Cisco Unified Communications Manager. For each pattern that is a candidate match for the dial string, 
Cisco Unity Express calculates the number of other dial strings of the same length as the input dial string 
that would match each pattern, and then selects the pattern that has the fewest alternative dial string 
matches.
Ta b l e  5-2 Trigger Pattern Wildcards and Special Characters
Character Description Examples
X The X wildcard matches any single digit 
in the range 0 through 9.
The trigger pattern 9XXX matches all 
numbers in the range 9000 through 9999.
! The exclamation point (!) wildcard 
matches one or more digits in the range 0 
through 9.
The trigger pattern 91! matches all 
numbers in the range 910 through 
91999999999999999999999999999999.
? The question mark (?) wildcard matches 
zero or more occurrences of the 
preceding digit or wildcard value.
The trigger pattern 91X? matches all 
numbers in the range 91 through 
91999999999999999999999999999999.
+ The plus sign (+) wildcard matches one 
or more occurrences of the preceding 
digit or wildcard value.
The trigger pattern 91X+ matches all 
numbers in the range 910 through 
91999999999999999999999999999999.
[ ] The square bracket ([ ]) characters 
enclose a range of values.
The trigger pattern 813510[012345] 
matches all numbers in the range 
8135100 through 8135105.
- The hyphen (-) character, used with the 
square brackets, denotes a range of 
values.
The trigger pattern 813510[0-5] matches 
all numbers in the range 8135100 
through 8135105.
^ The circumflex (^) character, used with 
the square brackets, negates a range of 
values. Ensure that it is the first character 
following the opening bracket ([). 
Each trigger pattern can have only one ^ 
character. 
The trigger pattern 813510[^0-5] 
matches all numbers in the range 
8135106 through 8135109.










