# Question about CallerID

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793>\
**Category:** Asterisk General\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793 "2023-05-05T02:17:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aysman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@aysman](https://community.asterisk.org/u/aysman)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793/1 "2023-05-05T02:17:09Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I’m having problem setting up callerid name in my dialplan. I have this  
same =\> n,SET(CALLERID(num))=123456)  
same =\> n,SET(CALLERID(name))=My Name)

with CALLERID(num) I have no issue, however with CALLERID(name) I get this error

> func\_callerid.c:1269 callerid\_write: Unknown callerid data type ‘name)’.

Any ideas as to why I’m getting this?  
TIA

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**Author:** ![Langelange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/langelange/32/6522_2.png) [@Langelange](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Langelange)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793/2 "2023-05-05T02:35:57Z")

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Hi Partner!

Hello partner, you are putting an extra closing parenthesis.

Put it this way:

same =\> n,Set(CALLERID(num)=123)  
same =\> n,Set(CALLERID(name)=MyName)

I hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![aysman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@aysman](https://community.asterisk.org/u/aysman)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793/3 "2023-05-05T03:36:13Z")

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Hi @Langelange This worked. Thank you so much.

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**Author:** ![Langelange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/langelange/32/6522_2.png) [@Langelange](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Langelange)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793/4 "2023-05-05T12:34:34Z")

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It was nothing bro!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/original/2X/4/475d0c889911cfb84ac4881ad6df8b523e3f9105.png) [@system](https://community.asterisk.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/question-about-callerid/96793/5 "2023-06-04T12:34:41Z")

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Closed on June 4, 2023, 12:34pm UTC

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