_EN_ User Options

You can import users from Active Directory into your company account from the Users  page as follows: 

• Click the Import Users button on the Users page.
  An Import Users window opens.
• Select Microsoft Exchange as the Source Type from the available list of supported formats.
  Enter the following information to enable Web Portal to retrieve the user information from your Exchange server:
  • Server path: This is the path of the server running Active Directory
  • Username: This is the username of the account used to retrieve users from Activate Directory
  • Password: This is the password of the account used to access Active Directory.
• Press Retrieve Users to retrieve the users from the Active Directory.
• Select which users you want to import by checking the box under the Include field.
• Press OK to start importing the users into the system, or press Close to close the window without importing the users.

You can import users from the Active Directory into your company account from the Users page  as following: 

• Click Import Users. The Import Users window opens.
• Select the Active Directory source from the list of supported sources.

  Enter the following information to enable the Web Portal module to retrieve user information from your Exchange server:

  • Server Address: This is the email address of the server that is rolling your Active Directory.
  • Username: This is the username of the account used to access and retrieve users from the Active Directory.
  • Password: This is the password of the account used to access and retrieve users from the Active Directory.
• Tap Import Users to import users from the Active Directory.
• Select the users to import by checking the Include box.
  Users whose email address already exists on the virtual assistant system (duplicate) are unchecked and displayed in a different color. You can still choose to import them by checking their Include box.
• Press OK to start the user import operation in your company account, or press Close to close the window without importing users.

You can import users from a CSV or XML file into your company account from the Users  page as follows:

• Click the Import Users button on the Users page.
  An Import Users window opens.
• Select XML or CSV as the Source Type from the available list of supported formats.
• Click on Browse to select the file containing the list of users to import.
• Select which users you want to import using the Include  checkbox.
• Press OK to start importing the users, or Cancel to close the window without importing the users.

CSV files are text files that use the CSV convention to define the data fields. An example of CSV file for batch user import is described below. Make sure that the following conditions are met:

• No field duplication: The fields for a user account must not be duplicated ( they appear only once).
• Exact field name spelling: Make sure that the field names in the file header are spelled exactly as defined in the sample CSV file provided to you. Field names are not case sensitive.
• Required fields must be included: Required user fields are in bold
• UserID is the User's ID field. Set this value to -1 if you want Evatel to automatically assign a new User ID
• Protocol is the protocol used by the user for mail access.
  • OWA: Outlook Web Access
  • IMAP
  • POP3
• MailServer is the address of the mail server. example: http://mailserver.company.com
• UserName is the login username

_EN_Start

Format and sample XML file

XML files are text files that use the XML format to define data fields. An example of an XML file for importing bulk users is described below. Make sure that the following conditions are met:

_EN_End

Example:
  
      2206
      John
      Smith
      john.smith@mobileforce.com
      en
      +1 (650) 555 1212
      +1 (650) 555 1213
      +1 (650) 555 1214
      +1 (650) 123 4568
      1
      mailserver.mobileforce.com
      john-smith
  
  
      -1
      Sylvie
      Tremblay
      stremblay@mobileforce.com
      fr
      +1 (650) 555 1299
      +1 (650) 555 1298
      +1 (650) 555 1297
      +1 (650) 123 4567
      3
      pop3.mailserver.com
      Sylvie.Tremblay
  

Preparing the XML File for Batch User Import_EN_ DELETE PART BELOW