People Contact Details Import
People Contact Details can be imported into R-Service using UTF-8 or UTF-16LE encoded comma-separated values (CSV) or tab-separated values (TSV) files.
Contact details for People can include telephone numbers, email addresses, Skype and postal addresses.
To link contact details to a specific Person, the primary email address should be provided in the Person column.
Detailed information about the data that can be specified in the columns of a People Contact Details import file can be found in Contacts API - Fields and Addresses API - Fields.
CSV Example
Person,Contact Protocol,Contact Label,Contact URI,Address Label,Address Address,Address City,Address State,Address Zip,Address Country,Integration
chess.cole@widget.com,telephone,work,+1 (773) 288 2668,,,,,,,true
chess.cole@widget.com,telephone,fax,+1 (773) 288 2301,,,,,,,true
chess.cole@widget.com,website,personal,www.chesscole.net,,,,,,,true
chess.cole@widget.com,telephone,skype,chesscole1,,,,,,,true
chess.cole@widget.com,email,personal,chess.cole@gmail.com,,,,,,,true
chess.cole@widget.com,,,,home,505 North Michigan Avenue,Chicago,IL,60611,US,true
ed.turner@widget.com,telephone,work,+1 (212) 369 2604,,,,,,,true
ed.turner@widget.com,telephone,fax,+1 (212) 369 2601,,,,,,,true
tom.peterson@widget.com,telephone,work,+1 (773) 288 2672,,,,,,,true
tom.peterson@widget.com,telephone,fax,+1 (773) 288 2301,,,,,,,true
tom.peterson@widget.com,chat,chat_workchat,https://widget.facebook.com/chat/t/100215506159543,,,,,,,true
Updating Existing Contact Details
If one or more rows of contact details are defined for a Person in the import file and the Integration value is set to true (or 1), then all existing contact details of that Person, which Integration value is also true, will be removed during the import. Any contact details that were manually added for this Person (i.e. contact details which Integration value is false) will not be removed during imports.
Note that contact details which Integration value is true cannot be modified manually. It is possible, however, to use the Import API to change the Integration value of contact details from true to false or vice versa.
Important: Make sure all contact details for a Person are grouped together in the import file. Otherwise the last row of contact details in the import file will cause the previous contact details, which were added during the import for that same Person, to be removed.
If needed, it is also possible to specify the ID column to update existing contact details.
Active Directory Integration
Visit the Active Directory page for more information about how the Import API can be used to import the contact details of people from Microsoft Active Directory or other LDAP directory services.