Importing And Exporting The Global Directory; Information On Importing The Directory - Polycom GlobalManagementSystem User Manual

Importing and Exporting the Global Directory

Information on Importing the Directory

Click on this button to import a comma-delimited (.csv) address book exported from another
Global Directory. Use this feature to share address book information between sites that cannot
register with the same Global Directory server. For example, a satellite office without a full-time
Internet connection might want to periodically import address books from the corporate server.
This allows a video endpoint at a remote office to have dialing information of other systems
within that organization. These imported addresses will be normalized with GlobalDial for the
location of the remote sales office.
Import
Export
Importing an Address book
1. Click on the Import button. A new dialog box will appear.
2. Browse to the file location on client machine.
3. Click on check box import entries as static addresses if importing addresses that will not
register with the Global Directory.
4. Click on check box import entries as static if importing addresses that will not register with
the Global Directory.
5. Click on Import data.
Exporting the Global Directory
1. Click on Export. A pop up window will appear.
2. Determine the file path for the location you wish to place this file on the server.
3. Select the Address book(s) you would like to
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Imports a .csv file into the Global Directory
Exports a .csv file from the Global Directory
NOTE
Keep Import entries as Static Addresses as deselected when importing an address directory
containing endpoints that will register with the Global Directory.
This will prevent the Global Directory, you are importing to, from removing dynamic entries
that register with the Global Directory that you are exporting from. If this imported directory
contains video endpoints that report to another Global Directory server, these endpoint
entries cannot be dynamic entries to this Global Directory.
By leaving that check box deselected, the Global Directory will remove the imported dynamic
entries that do not register with Global Directory within 35 minutes. Static addresses will not
be removed from the Global Directory unless a user removes it manually.
NOTE
If "Do not overwrite existing static address entries" box remains unchecked, static address
entries with the same name and protocol type will be modified with the import address
information. If there is no existing entry with the same name and protocol a new static
address entry will be added.
export.
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