Alias Creation Issue

[ross.parker]

Unity 4.0(3) VM Only

Call Manager 3.3(4)

This is a new install. I have already added five hundred users with the Bulk Import tool. In my CSV, I specified the Alias name using the first and last name of the user seperated by a period. (example Tom.Smith). The problem is now when I try to add individual users, the interface refuses to accept the period. It disapears almost as soon as I type it in. I can create the account and then import it, but my client does not want to do this every time. What can I do to get the Unity interface to accept the period?

[lindborg]

The web based interface is not going to accept the period in the alias string - you can import existing users (it'll take whatever you have in there for that) but creating new users it will not allow anything other than characters, numbers and uncerscores I believe - there's no setting you can twiddle that will change that behavior in the SA.

[abdul-malik.wells]

During our VoIP implementation, I heard that there is an XML file that you can "hack" that will allow periods. Do you know anything about this file? I do not recall what file it was.

[lindborg]

The XML hack is for CUBI - you can adjust which characters are accepted for which fields in there - this does not affect the SA, however...

[abdul-malik.wells]

So the only way to setup users with periods is by using the Bulk Import Tool? Will this change? In 3.1, you were able to use periods.