Searching Ldap Contacts - Avaya J169 Manual

Searching LDAP contacts

About this task
You can search the LDAP directory using the Contacts application on your phone, and specify the
LDAP directory as a search source. Alternatively, the user can open the LDAP directory
application and refine the search of the LDAP directory directly.
Before you begin
Set LDAP directory as the contacts search source.
Procedure
1. Press Contacts.
2. (Optional) To navigate through Main Menu list, do one of the following:
• Scroll to Applications, and press Select.
• Scroll to Contacts, and press Select.
3. If you are searching from a LDAP Directory, scroll to LDAP Directory, and press Select.
The phone displays the list of up to 1000 LDAP contacts. You can use Up and Down line
keys to scroll through the list. If the phone cannot retrieve the contacts from a LDAP
server, the phone displays the following message:
No contacts in the group.
4. Press Search.
5. Scroll to the Search type option and toggle between Starts with and Contains.
When you select Starts with, the phone returns only the matches that have your query at
the start. When you select Contains, the phone returns all matches that contain your
query.
6. Use the dial pad to enter multiple keywords, separated by a blank space or a comma, into
the Search field, and press Search.
The phone displays the list of matches. If no matches are found in the LDAP directory, the
phone displays the following message: No match found.
If more than 20 matches are found in the LDAP directory, the phone displays the following
message: We found too many matches. Select from the list or press
Back to refine your search.
7. (Optional) Press Details to view contact information for a selected match.
8. (Optional) Press +Contact from the Details view to add an LDAP contact to the list of
your local contacts.
9. (Optional) Press Combine from the Details view to select an existing local contact and
merge it with the selected LDAP contact.
April 2021 Using Avaya J169 and J179 SIP IP Phones in Open SIP
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