Searching LDAP contacts

Last Updated : Dec 02, 2022 |
Prolog information
You can search the LDAP directory using the Contacts application on your phone, and specify the LDAP directory as a search source. Alternatively, the user can open the LDAP directory application and refine the search of the LDAP directory directly.
You can configure the LDAP contact search result filter.
Before you begin
Set LDAP directory as the contacts search source.
Ensure that your administrator enables Filter contacts without numbers feature.
  1. Press Contacts.
  2. To navigate through Main menu list, do one of the following:
    • Scroll to Applications and press Select.
    • Scroll to Contacts and press Select.
  3. Optional: If you are searching from a LDAP Directory, scroll to LDAP Directory, and press Select.
    STEP RESULT:
    The phone displays the list of up to 1000 LDAP contacts. You can use Up and Down line keys to scroll through the list. If the phone cannot retrieve the contacts from a LDAP server, the phone displays the following message:
    No contacts in the group.
  4. Press Search.
  5. Scroll to the Search type option and toggle between Starts with and Contains.
    STEP RESULT:
    When you select Starts with, the phone returns only the matches that have your query at the start. When you select Contains, the phone returns all matches that contain your query.
  6. Use the dial pad to enter multiple keywords, separated by a blank space or a comma, into the Search field, and press Search.
    STEP RESULT:
    The phone displays the list of matches. If no matches are found in the LDAP directory, the phone displays the following message: No match found.
    If the administrator enables the Filter contacts without numbers parameter, search results from the LDAP source only display contacts with the specified numbers.
    If more than 20 matches are found in the LDAP directory, the phone displays the following message: We found too many matches. Select from the list or press Back to refine your search.
  7. To view contact information for a selected match, press Details.
  8. To add an LDAP contact to the list of your local contacts, from the Details view, press +Contact.
  9. To select an existing local contact and merge it with the selected LDAP contact, from the Details view, press Combine.