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Device Name Profiles

You can create a profile for device names to speed up device creation and help you maintain a consistent naming convention.

Create New Device Name Profile​

To create a Device Name Profile, go to Tools > Templates & Bulk Operations > Device Name Profiles.

In this example, we will create a device profile that will generate the device names NH-DC-0001 through to NH-DC-9999.

To create a device name profile, enter:

  • A required Name for the profile
  • An optional Prefix, which will cause every name generated to have the prefix at the start (such as NH-DC-)
  • An optional Suffix, which will cause every name generated to have the suffix at the end (no suffix in the example)
  • A Number Length (in the example above, 4 digits is entered, which in combination with the Start Number parameter, results in the range 0001 to 9999)
  • A Start Number (usually this will be 1, but it can be any number)
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Create From Existing Name Profile​

You can then create devices directly from the Device Name Profiles list view by clicking the Create link next to a profile.

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In the example, we want to create eight devices. The first created device will be named NH-DC-xxxx, where xxxx is the next number for the profile. In other words, if no devices have been created, the first device name will be NH-DC-0001. If the last device name created was NH-DC-0051, then the first of the eight new devices will be NH-DC-0059.

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