Sharing Contacts

[shaun76]

I have searched the threads and went to Novell website, but can't find a way to share contacts. I work in an office with 4 other associates. It is important that we all have a list of our clients and a way to put notes in after we speak with one of them. I like the contacts because you can sort by any field. I tried to proxy them in, but CONTACTS is not visible. I also tried sharing my address book, but it ran slowly and didn't allow for the same sorting. PLEASE HELP!!! I can't believe I'm the only one that needs this.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

I have multiple shared address books. Some I maintain and share with others, some are shared with me. They have never run any slower than any other address book.

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[shaun76]

I started messing around with the shared address books, but I need to sort by category, and that field does not show up for the other users.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

The other users can add that field.

At the top of the address book, right click on one of the headers (Name, E-Mail address, etc.).

A drop-down with several fields will appear.

If the field you want doesn't show up, click on More Columns.

Choose Category from the list on the left and click Add (or you can double-click an item).

That's it!

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[shaun76]

Seems simple................BUT.....

The category doesn't pull in. I have it on mine, but it does not show up for the other users. I'm testing it using another field to seperate the clients in hopes that the info will populate for all users.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

It's too late in the day for me to test, but I'm pretty sure each user will have to add this for themselves (or have it added for them). The reasoning would be that you can't force your custom view on another user - even if you are sharing an address book with them. Each user has the option of whether to add that field or not.

Unless, of course, a change could be made at the administrator level to change the columns that are visible by default. But I don't know how to do that (or if it can be done).

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[shaun76]

Thanks for the help. I can put the info in Dept and it goes through to each user. I WILL need to change the view for each user, but at least the info will be there. Have a good day!

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Glad you got it sorted!

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