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Override where a call goes based on who’s calling, before it reaches the phone number’s normal routing rule.
This controls inbound routing only — which destination an incoming call reaches based on the caller’s number. It doesn’t affect the caller ID Get2Dial presents on outbound calls; that’s set per carrier (see Connect a SIP carrier) and per lead list (see Import a lead list).

Before you start

  • You need a destination to route matching calls to — most commonly a queue.
  • Understand routing rules first — caller ID rules are evaluated before them, not instead of them.

Steps

1

Go to Caller routing

In the left navigation, select Caller routing, then select New caller rule.
2

Name the rule

Enter a Name you’ll recognize, such as “VIP customers to priority queue”.
3

Scope it to a number, or leave it open

Leave DID blank to apply this rule to calls to any of your phone numbers, or select one to scope it to that number only.
4

Choose how it matches the caller

Set Match type to Prefix to match the start of the caller’s number, or Regex for a pattern.
5

Choose the destination

Set Destination type to Queue, Ring group, IVR menu, Voicemail, or Extension, then pick the specific one.
6

Set the priority

Enter a Priority if you have more than one caller rule that could match the same call — lower numbers are evaluated first.
7

Save the rule

Confirm Active is Yes, then select Save.

Verify

Call one of your phone numbers from a number that matches the rule. It reaches the rule’s destination instead of the number’s normal routing rule.

Common problems

  • The rule doesn’t seem to apply. A more specific rule (lower priority number) might be matching first, or the call might not match your prefix or pattern exactly.
  • You wanted this for outbound caller ID, not inbound routing. See Connect a SIP carrier for your default outbound caller ID, Caller ID policies for rule-driven selection (pooled, geographic, or DID-based) applied per campaign, or Import a lead list for a per-list static override.

Next steps

Route an inbound number

Create a queue