Selecting an LDAP Directory for the Address Book

There are two ways to select an LDAP Directory for an Address Book:

• Create a new Project
• Convert an existing Address Book

These two options are discussed below.

Create a New Project

New projects are created by selecting to the Administration | System | Projects link on the FootPrints Toolbar.   Only the System Administrator has access to this option.

The instructions below refer specifically to linking to an LDAP Address Book when creating a new project.   For complete instructions on creating Projects, please refer to the section on Projects in the chapter on System Administration.

There are three options for creating a new project:

1. Use the Wizard to create my project—The System Administrator has the option to create a new FootPrints Address Book, Link to an existing Address Book, or link to an LDAP Address Book. 
2. Create the project on my own—The System Administrator has the option to create a new FootPrints Address Book, link to an existing Address Book, or link to an LDAP Address Book. 
3. Use an existing project configuration—Only the existing Address Book for the originating the project or a new FootPrints Address Book is allowed.  If the Address Book for the originating project is an LDAP one, the new project links to the same LDAP database using the same fields.

In options 1 and 2, select link to an LDAP Address Book and the next page displayed (after the other project options are selected) is the LDAP Configuration page.  In option 3, to link to an LDAP Address Book, the options are: a. select FootPrints Address Book and then convert the Address Book later (see below) or b. convert the Address Book associated with the originating project to an LDAP Address Book (also see below).

Convert an Existing Address Book

An existing FootPrints Address Book can be converted to an LDAP Address Book at any time.  This is done from the Address Book Administration Edit Options page under Change to LDAP/Active Directory Address Book.  Click the radio button for Change to LDAP, enter your password, and click “GO”.  The LDAP Configuration page is displayed.

When converting from a FootPrints Address Book to an LDAP Address Book, the references between Issues and address contacts may be affected.  Contacts are linked to Issues based on the primary key in the Address Book.  In order to ease the transition, you can map existing Address Book fields to LDAP field attributes.  Although not all fields map directly to the LDAP attributes, for those that do map directly, you can search the Address Book for a particular contact and any existing Issues with contact data that matches the primary key in the new LDAP Address Book are associated with that contact.