CISCO IP PHONE 7941 Custom xml

[baharanji]

HI all,

I need to create a custom phone directory something like the following and I can search by any element and retrieve all results.

also FYI I think my manager needs it to be installed as a service on the Cisco unit. but anyway I need a working xml file.

- <CiscoIPPhoneDirectory>

  <Title>Cisco Coporate Directory</Title>

  <Prompt>Select the User</Prompt>

- <DirectoryEntry>

  <Name>Shze Chew Lee</Name>

  <Telephone>140</Telephone>

  <CellPhone>141</CellPhone>

  </DirectoryEntry>

- <DirectoryEntry>

  <Name>Sherman Scholten</Name>

  <Telephone>130</Telephone>

  <CellPhone>131</CellPhone>

  </DirectoryEntry>

- <DirectoryEntry>

  <Name>Josh Bottum</Name>

  <Telephone>186</Telephone>

  <CellPhone>187</CellPhone>

  </DirectoryEntry>

  </CiscoIPPhoneDirectory>

thanks in advance.

regards,

Baher

[Aaron Harrison]

Hi

1) You probably won't get this installed 'on the Cisco unit' - it's a sealed appliance install and Cisco do not allow you to do so.

2) The way you have phrased your questions suggests you don't have any development experience. I would suggest that you look up a Cisco partner that can provide you with an off-the-shelf or custom written directory.

If I am wrong and you are able to develop this yourself, you should probably ask a question - i.e. where have you got to, what do you need help with specifically?

Aaron

[baharanji]

Well thanks for replying so quick. and well i have the required skills to create such xml file as above. My question  here let me rephrase it,

1- Is there a way that i can install this xml as a service on a cisco unit ?

2- if yes is the xml above is in corect format? if not correct what is the right format ?

3- if No what can i do to acheive a multiple entries per directory to appear in the search result.

hope that it makes more sense now.

[Aaron Harrison]

Hi

1. No. See my answer above. The exception to this is if your CUCM is a very old, Windows-based one - this is less likely, and if/when you upgrade to linux it would stop working.

2.The schema for the xml is in the IP Phone Services documentation here :

http://developer.cisco.com/web/ipps/home

The schema for an CiscoIPPhoneDirectory object is not changeable as far as I'm aware. I don't think you can change the names of the numbers or have multiple numbers per person.

3. I would probably try to use a CiscoIPPhoneMenu object, with the URL set to the internal Dial: URI and the number.

Aaron

[baharanji]

Aaron,

Well I saw this post :https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3142393#3142393

and wanted to ask you if I- followed the same steps do you think it will lead to something ?

and FYI I just want to create a custom directory not to change the CiscoIPPhoneDirectory schema

Baher.

[Aaron Harrison]

Hi

Sure, you can start with that.

The point re: the schema is that you do not have a choice. If you deviate from what is documented (i.e. using

131 instead of, or as well as ) the phones will just fail to parse the XML.

Aaron