Rules concerning importing contacts

Action:

An "Action" column is automatically added, you can constat it by downloading the xls template file. This column allows you to indicate to the system what you want to do with this contact : recognized values are : 'Delete', 'Insert' ou 'Update'.

If this column is empty, by default the system will consider that it's an update.

It's possible to insert a contact that is exactly named as an other contact still present in the directory (a token will be attributed to each contact)

Attributes:

To add attributes, it is necessary to respect the denomination that has been defined in AlarmTILT. It is advised to proceed as follows:

  • Adding of attributes, and, if necessary, values of those in AlarmTILT
  • Directory export
  • Adding of attributes in the Excel file (columns relative to the new attributes have to appear).

Be carrefull: During the encoding of attributes in the Excel file, it's necessary that these one are perfeclty identical to the value encoded in AlarmTILT. To attribute two values of attribute to a contact, you have to place the attributes one below the other.

Attribute fonction EN

To introduce two values one below the other in an xls file cell, you can use ALT + ENTER