Populating the contact list – CounterPath Bria for Linux User Guide User Manual
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Populating the Contact List
At any time, but particularly when you first deploy Bria, you may want to populate the contact list with contacts
from an external source.
From WebDAV or XCAP
If your system administrator has set up a WebDAV or XCAP server, then once Bria is configured to use this
server for contact storage, the contacts from that source will automatically appear in the contact list. From then
on, each time you add a contact, it will be stored on that server.
The contact list on WebDAV or XCAP is individual, not shared among users.
From an LDAP Directory
If your system administrator has set up an LDAP directory, then once Bria is configured to connect to this
directory, the contacts from that source will automatically appear in the Directory tab (page 24). From that tab,
you can select people and set them up as contacts.
Importing Contacts
You can populate the Bria contact list by importing from an external file or files. Your system administrator may
have placed a file on a server for you to import. You can also import your own file or files, as many as required.
The new contacts will be added to the existing contacts.
You can import a contact list from:
•
A comma-separated file. You will first have to set up the file; see below.
•
A vCard file (*.vcf file). A vCard is an electronic business card that is often attached to an e-mail.
1.
From the main menu, click the Contacts menu and choose Import Contacts. The Import Contacts wizard
starts.
2.
As soon as you click Finish on the wizard, the Contacts tab in Bria is updated to show the imported entries.
Setting up a
CSV File for Import
1.
Make sure there is no introductory text at the top of the file. (You can keep text at the end of the file; it will
be ignored during the import.)
2.
As the first line, insert the headings that Bria will use to interpret the meaning of the data. Separate each
heading by a command. Key headings are:
•
uri. Bria recognizes a value in this column as a softphone address and considers the address as one that
can be phoned.
•
display-name, entry_id, given_name, surname
•
business number
For a complete list of headings, see page 32.