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Chapter 4 Configuring Personal Assistant
Configuring the Corporate Directory
The value that you enter depends on your corporate directory. Use the applicable value, as follows:
• For Cisco CallManager DC Directory—Enter ou=<Root user DC Directory node>,o=<Fully
qualified domain name>. For example: ou=Users,o=Domain.com.
• For Active Directory—Enter a comma-separated list of each component of the distinguished name
for the user node in Active Directory. For example: if the node is
UserNode1.Subdomain1.Domain.com, enter dc=UserNode1,dc=Subdomain1,dc=Domain,dc=com.
• For Netscape Directory—Enter ou=People,o=<Fully qualified domain name>. For example:
ou=People,o=UserNode1.Subdomain1.Domain.com.
For any other directory, ask the directory administrator for the value to use.
Step 6 In the Directory Search Filter field, enter an LDAP expression for restricting the entries retrieved. For
example, you can limit the Personal Assistant directory lookups to a specific location, thus allowing
users to use name dialing for employees only in the selected area. If your directory includes a “location”
field, and “newyork” is a valid location in your directory, a directory search filter for limiting searches
to New York would be “(location=newyork).”
The expression you enter depends on your corporate directory:
• For Cisco CallManager DC Directory—If the user search base is set to the root node or domain,
append !(description=ciscoPABUser) to the Directory Search Filter. For example,
(&(objectclass=person)(!(description=ciscoPABUser))). Otherwise, Personal Assistant will be
unable to distinguish between users in the corporate directory and users in the address book.
• For Active Directory—If your message store is Exchange 5.5, enter
(&(objectclass=user)(objectcategory=Person)). Otherwise, enter
(&(objectclass=user)(objectcategory=Person)(legacyExchangeDN=*)).
• For Netscape Directory—Enter (objectClass=person).
Note that the instructions above are valid for the typical configuration. The expression you enter might
need additional search-filter parameters, depending on how your directory is structured. The expression
must be valid for the directory you are using. If you do not know what to enter, refer to the documentation
supplied with the directory, or ask your directory administrator for information on valid LDAP
expressions for your corporate directory.
Step 7 Click Test to have Personal Assistant validate the search filter.
Step 8 If you are using an LDIF file, check the Use LDIF File check box, and in the LDIF File Location field,
enter the UNC path for the file that you created in the “Using an LDIF File” section on page 2-7. For
example, enter \\Paserver\ldif\paldifdata.ldif.
Step 9 Click Test to have Personal Assistant validate the LDIF file.
Step 10 If the system uses Active Directory, and if the LDAP directory has a restriction on the number of results
returned per query, check the Limit Page Size check box, and fill in the Number of Results Per Page.
Otherwise, uncheck the check box.
Consult your LDAP administrator to determine the page size to use.
Step 11 Click Save to save your changes.
If you are installing or upgrading Personal Assistant, continue to follow the applicable task list.
Otherwise, changes to corporate directory settings take effect on the next refresh. If you need the changes
to take effect immediately, go to the Speech Services Configuration page, and click Refresh Now.