Ways to populate UniVoIP App's contact list:

  • By importing contacts.
  • From the Microsoft Outlook Address Book.


Populating by Importing Contacts
You can populate the UniVoIP App contact list by importing from an external file or files. You can also import your own file or files, as many as required.
You can import a contact list from:

  • CSV. A comma-separated file. Use this method to import from a Microsoft® Excel® file. You will first have to set up the file; see below.
  • vCard. A vCard file (*.vcf file). A vCard is an electronic business card that is often attached to an e-mail.
  • PST. A Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft® Exchange contact list (a *.pst file).


Setting up an Excel File for Import
1. Remove any introductory text or headings from the top of the file. (You can keep text at the end of the file; it will be ignored during the import.)
2. Insert a blank row as the first row, then insert the headings that UniVoIP App will use to interpret the meaning of each column. The columns can be in any order. Key headings are:

  • sip-address. UniVoIP App recognizes a value in this column as a softphone address and considers the address as one that can be phoned and as an address that can be used for IM/presence (if SIP is being used for IM/ presence).
  • xmpp_address: UniVoIP App recognizes a value in this field as a Jabber (XMPP) address and will map this field to the Jabber contact method for the contact. UniVoIP App considers a Jabber address as one that can be used for IM/presence (if XMPP is being used for IM/presence).
  • display_name, given_name, surname
  • business_number
  • presence_subscription. Complete this column in one of these ways:

If you only want to share presence information with some of your contacts, fill in this column in the file. Enter "true" for contacts whose online presence you want to see, leave blank or enter "false" for others. During the import, you will be able to choose to share presence with only these contacts. UniVoIP App will subscribe to the presence of these "true" contacts, assuming that the user has a SIP (if using SIP for presence).
3. Save the file as *.csv.