Extension Configuration 1

[LJRing444]

Hello everyone,

Can someone tell me what does it mean when you place a * in front of the description line/name of the extension?
Are there any other symbols you can put in front? What do they mean or is it in the CM Admin Manual?


(Example: *Kent, Clark)

 

[ddog6601]

It hides your name from the phone directory when using the directory button to look up users from the phone

 

[bleebrant]

On newer releases, you need to enter a ~~ instead of the * to block the name from the directory.

 

[ddog6601]

a single ~ will distort the name display so it is not able to be read.

 

[AvayaTier3]

Avaya Aura™ Communication
Manager Feature Description and
Implementation
555-245-205
Issue 7
Release 5.2
May 2009

Page 1542
Telephone Display
Integrated Directory Data Base:
Station users’ names are entered from the System Administration Terminal. If you want the
station user name to be hidden from the Integrated Directory feature, the name should be
entered with ‘~~’ as the first two characters of the name. Names entered in this way are not
added to the Integrated Directory Database. The Integrated Directory feature only retrieves
names that are in the Integrated Directory Database.
INTEGRATED DIRECTORY Mode Button:
An INTEGRATED DIRECTORY mode button is provided to activate the Integrated Directory
service.
The Integrated Directory feature allows you to do the following changes:
● The ability to hide names (Display Character Set = Roman) can only be accomplished if
the name begins with two tildes. Before Communication Manager 4.0, other symbols might
have been used to hide names. This is no longer supported. If your site was using a
symbol other then the tilde to hide names, the recommended upgrade procedure is to
export such names to a CSV file. You must do a global change on the symbol you used
replacing such symbol with two tildes. After making the change, import the data back to
your Communication Manager server.
● Before Communication Manager 4.0, the asterisk was used as a wild card to skip the
comma in Integrated Directory names such as “Doe, John." The comma is now supported
on button 1 and so the one key should be pressed rather then the asterisk key when you
want to move past the comma in any Integrated Directory name.
When the Display Character Set field on the System-Parameters Country-Options screen is
set to Cyrillic or Ukrainian:
● Names are stored in a Roman or a Cyrillic integrated directory.
If a name includes a tilde (~) the name is stored only in the Cyrillic integrated directory. If
not, the name is stored in the Roman integrated directory.
● The integrated directory searched is determined by the value (Roman or Cyrillic) in the
Directory Search Sort Order of the System-Parameters Country-Options screen.
● While in the integrated directory feature, Communication Manager interprets # key as an
instruction to switch the Directory Search Sort Order to the non-administered value when
the # key is pressed before any other dialpad keys: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,*,0. The # key is
ignored if it is not the first dialpad key pressed.
This switch to the non-administered value only stays in effect during the current integrated
directory feature session. So the next invocation of the integrated directory feature uses
the administered value.
1542 Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager Feature Description and Implementation May 2009


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[ddog6601]

That would explain my system (6.0 ) still works with a * or ~~