Forwarding to External Numbers

This article will provide a walkthrough on how to forward to external numbers in the phone system.

Updated at July 27th, 2024

Forward to External Numbers

Depending on your intended call flow, there's multiple ways and places that you can arrange for a call to forward over to an external phone number outside of the phone system. 

Auto-attendants Don't Forward

IVR cannot be set to “Forward” to send a call outbound. Instead you need to read through our article Creating Forwarding Extensions, and use that extension as the destination.

 

Extensions

  1. Login to the bvoip phone system.
  2. Click on the Extensions drop-down menu.
  3. Go to the Extensions subsection.
  4. Click the Edit button for the desired extension to have a forward.
  5. Go to the Forwarding Rules tab.
  6. Scroll down to the Status and External Calls sections. 
  7. Select the Forward to Number option in the desired drop-down.
  8. In the underlying field, type in the desired external number. 
  9. Click the Save button. 

Inbound Rules

  1. Login to the bvoip phone system.
  2. Click on the Call Flow drop-down menu.
     
  3. Go to the Inbound Rules subsection.
  4. Click the Edit button for the desired Inbound Rule to have a forward.
  5. Scroll down to the Route Calls to section.
  6. Select the Forward to Outside Number option from the desired drop-down.
  7. In the underlying field, type in the desired external number. 
  8. Click the Save button.

Ring Groups

  1. Login to the bvoip phone system.
  2. Click on the Call Flow drop-down menu.
  3. Go to the Ring Groups subsection.
  4. Click the Edit button for the desired Ring Group to have a forward.
  5. Scroll down to the Destination if No Answer section.
  6. Select the External option from the desired drop-down.
  7. In the underlying field, type in the desired external number. 
  8. Click the Save button.

Call Queues

  1. Login to the bvoip phone system.
  2. Click on the Call Flow drop-down menu.
  3. Go to the Call Queue subsection.
  4. Click the Edit button for the desired Call Queue to have a forward.
  5. Scroll down to the Destination If No Answer section.
  6. Select the External option from the desired drop-down.
  7. In the underlying field, type in the desired external number.
  8. Click the Save button.