Admin Portal – Custom Directories

Custom Directories

The Custom Directories feature enables administrators to manage common directories through the admin portal at both a customer/enterprise level and for each individual location. Once contacts are added, the Custom Directories feature allows end users to search, view and click-to-dial entries in the directories with supported phone models (Cisco MPP, Polycom and Yealink phones), the Calling User Portal (CUP), UC-One clients, Receptionist Client, and the Call Center Client. This feature is especially useful for companies who need to have an easily accessible shared phone list of numbers that are frequently called. Examples are vendors, suppliers, customers and restaurants.

Adding Custom Directory Contacts

1. Log in to the admin portal.
2. Select your site from the Site drop-down menu in the upper, right-hand corner.
3. Select the Advanced Services tab in the left-hand navigation.
4. Select the Directory tab. Then select either Enterprise Common Contacts or Site Common Contacts.
   • Enterprise Common Contacts – A customized list of external contacts for end users across the entire enterprise. End users can search, view and click-to-dial these entries.
   • Site Common Contacts – A customized list of external contacts for end users across individual sites. End users can search, view and click-to-dial these entries.



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5. To add a contact, select Edit.



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6. Enter the Name and Phone Number and select Add Contact.



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7. You can also manage contacts from this window by selecting the Manage Contacts button. From here, you can select the contacts you would like to either Remove or Export. If you choose export, a CSV file will download with the contacts selected.

Bulk Import to a Custom Directory

You can perform a bulk import of contacts into your Enterprise or Site Common Contacts.

1. Select Advanced Services from the left-hand navigation of the admin portal dashboard.
2. Select the Directory tab. Then select either Enterprise Common Contact or Site Common Contacts.
3. Then select Edit.
4. From the contacts window, select Import.
5. Download the CSV Template and enter the Names and Numbers you would like added to the custom directory.



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6. Then upload the CSV file by dragging and dropping or by selecting browse.

Note: A directory can only have up to 500 contacts.