Import Contacts - Default View - Zimbra 8.0.3

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powrrrplay
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Import Contacts - Default View - Zimbra 8.0.3

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Hello, I need to import approximately 10,000 contacts from a csv file.
This is a conversion, so a brand new zimbra account is setup.
The problem is that the default zimbra view for address book contacts is "last name, first" and I can not find where I can change this default view.
The client wants "Company, last name, first" as the default view.
Remember, this is more than 10,000 address book contacts, so manually re-saving every contact is not acceptable.
How can I change the address book default view to "Company, last name, first" before I import the 10,000 contact csv file?
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Import Contacts - Default View - Zimbra 8.0.3

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[quote user="powrrrplay"]Hello, I need to import approximately 10,000 contacts from a csv file.
This is a conversion, so a brand new zimbra account is setup.
The problem is that the default zimbra view for address book contacts is "last name, first" and I can not find where I can change this default view.
The client wants "Company, last name, first" as the default view.
Remember, this is more than 10,000 address book contacts, so manually re-saving every contact is not acceptable.
How can I change the address book default view to "Company, last name, first" before I import the 10,000 contact csv file?[/QUOTE]


Hello powrrrplay, you can modify the attribute fileAs.
zmmailbox -z -m account@domain.com mcta Idcontact fileAs 6
Of course, you have to loop across every account and every contact to find Idcontact.
ccelis
Edit: As you are importing from a CSV file, you can set fileAs attribute in this file and set 6 to each contact.!
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