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<p>This article describes how to import contacts into your portal. The import function allows users to import existing contacts that are stored in a third party application into their Shared Contacts space.<br /><br /><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Important:</strong> </span>Only a Group Owner or Group Administrator can Import Contacts into Shared Contacts, a user can Import Contacts into their personal My Contacts area, if they are given access to this feature.<br /><br /><strong>Note:</strong> Most spreadsheets will save a file as a "csv" or "comma separated value" file. The file must have a "header row" with the fieldnames (mentioned above) listed as the first line of the file. You can download a sample file from the import contacts page.</p>
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<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>To import contacts, follow these steps:</strong></span></h1>
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<li>Click the Groups tab on the left navigation bar.</li>
<li>Click the Group Memberships icon. The Active Memberships page appears.</li>
<li>Select the group in which you would like to import contacts. The Group homepage appears.</li>
<li>Click the Shared Contacts button. The Shared Contacts page appears.</li>
<li>Click the import button to import your contacts. The Import Contacts page appears.</li>
<li>Click the Browse button to locate your file on the computer. The Choose File dialog box appears.</li>
<li>Locate the file you want to upload and click the Open button.</li>
<li>Click the Upload File button.</li>
</ol><br /><br /><strong>Note:</strong> To import contacts, you must upload a comma-delimited file using these specified fieldnames:<br />
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<li>FULLNAME</li>
<li>FIRSTNAME</li>
<li>LASTNAME</li>
<li>EMAILADDRESS</li>
<li>WORKPHONE</li>
<li>HOMEPHONE</li>
<li>MOBILEPHONE</li>
<li>MOBILEPHONE2</li>
<li>JOBTITLE</li>
<li>ORGANIZATION</li>
<li>MANAGER</li>
<li>WORKZIP</li>
<li>HYPEROFFICELOGIN</li>
<li>FAXNUMBER</li>
<li>NICKNAME</li>
<li>ICQUIN</li>
<li>WORKPHONE2</li>
<li>TITLE</li>
<li>MIDDLENAME</li>
<li>MANAGERPHONE</li>
<li>BIRTHDATE</li>
<li>PGPKEY</li>
<li>ONLINENICKNAME</li>
<li>WORKSTATE</li>
<li>WEBPAGE</li>
<li>EMAILADDRESS2</li>
<li>EMAILADDRESS3</li>
<li>WORKCITY</li>
<li>CITY</li>
<li>COMPANYWEBPAGE</li>
<li>ASSISTANT</li>
<li>NOTES</li>
<li>ZIP</li>
<li>AIMNICKNAME</li>
<li>HOMEPHONE2</li>
<li>IRCNICKNAME</li>
<li>WORKFAX</li>
<li>ASSISTANTPHONE</li>
<li>PAGER</li>
<li>OTHERNUMBER</li>
<li>COUNTRY</li>
<li>STATE</li>
<li>ADDRESS</li>
<li>WORKCOUNTRY</li>
<li>WORKADDRESS</li>
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