Phonebook

Phone books can be defined in Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX Services ‣ Phonebook. The phone books can be used from the Wazo Client, from the phones directory look key if the phone is compatible and are used to set the Caller ID for incoming calls.

You can add entries one by one or you can mass-import from a CSV file.

Note

To configure phonebook, see Directories.

Mass-import contacts

Go in the Services ‣ IPBX ‣ IPBX Services ‣ Phonebook section:

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The file to be imported must be a CSV file, with a comma character (,) as field delimiter. The file must be encoded in UTF-8.

Available fields are :

  • title
  • displayname
  • firstname
  • lastname
  • society
  • email
  • url
  • description

Address fields:

  • address_<location>_address1
  • address_<location>_address2
  • address_<location>_city
  • address_<location>_state
  • address_<location>_zipcode
  • address_<location>_country [1]

Available locations:

  • home
  • office
  • other

Number fields:

  • number_fax [2]
  • number_office [2]
  • number_home [2]
  • number_mobile [2]
  • number_other [2]
[1]These fields must contain ISO country codes. The complete list is described here.
[2](1, 2, 3, 4, 5) These fields must contain only phone number characters: + and * are allowed, but not space, point, etc.

Example:

displayname,firstname,number_mobile,number_office,email,address_home_addres1,address_home_address2,address_home_country
Alice,Alice,5555551234,5555557894,alice@example.com,123 wazo drv,apt. 42,CA
Bob,Bob,5556661234,5556667894,bob@example.com,123 wazo drv,apt. 42,CA