asterisk users - Jun 2006 - Directory - First Name/Last Name - How to use both? a@h?

I think A@Home allows a user to search a directory by either first OR last
name, right? I don't know for sure since I don't run A@Home.

I would like to offer that functionality in my system - and I'd have done it
by now if there was a prompt where Allison asks "press 1 to search by first
name, press 2 to search by last name". But I don't think that prompt
exists.

Can someone explain how (or just tell me that it does not exist) A@Home
gives the search option?


Sincerely,

Brent A. Torrenga

Torrenga Engineering, Inc.
907 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321-1771

tel:+1 219 836 8918 x325
fax:+1 219 836 1138
email:brent.torrenga@torrenga.com
web:www.torrenga.com

Brent Torrenga wrote:
> I would like to offer that functionality in my system - and I'd have
done it
> by now if there was a prompt where Allison asks "press 1 to search by
first
> name, press 2 to search by last name". But I don't think that
prompt exists.
> 
> Can someone explain how (or just tell me that it does not exist) A@Home
> gives the search option?
> 
I am not familiar with A@H, but this is how you do a dial-by-name directory:

;first name
exten => 1,1,Directory(default,default,f)
;last name
exten => 2,1,Directory(default,default)

More details below:

pbx*CLI> show application Directory
pbx*CLI>
   -= Info about application 'Directory' =-

[Synopsis]
Provide directory of voicemail extensions

[Description]
   Directory(vm-context[|dial-context[|options]]): This application will 
present
the calling channel with a directory of extensions from which they can 
search
by name. The list of names and corresponding extensions is retrieved 
from the
voicemail configuration file, voicemail.conf.
   This applicaiton will immediate exit if one of the following DTMF 
digits are
received and the extension to jump to exists:
     0 - Jump to the 'o' extension, if it exists.
     * - Jump to the 'a' extension, if it exists.

   Parameters:
     vm-context   - This is the context within voicemail.conf to use for the
                    Directory.
     dial-context - This is the dialplan context to use when looking for an
                    extension that the user has selected, or when 
jumping to the
                    'o' or 'a' extension.

   Options:
     f - Allow the caller to enter the first name of a user in the directory
         instead of using the last name.



-- 
Darrick Hartman
DJH Solutions, LLC
http://www.djhsolutions.com

Brent Torrenga wrote:
> I think A@Home allows a user to search a directory by either first OR last
> name, right? I don't know for sure since I don't run A@Home.
> 
> I would like to offer that functionality in my system - and I'd have
done it
> by now if there was a prompt where Allison asks "press 1 to search by
first
> name, press 2 to search by last name". But I don't think that
prompt exists.
> 
> Can someone explain how (or just tell me that it does not exist) A@Home
> gives the search option?
"show application directory"  Pay special attention to the options.

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Matt,

Ahh, they use an AGI script. That's what I was looking for. I think I'll
go
dig through the a@h packages now... Thanks!
>We do both first and last name searching.
>In A@H just select "first or last name".
>In asterisk do:
>
>    -- Executing AGI("Zap/2-1",
"directory|general|ext-local|bo") in new
stack
>    -- Launched AGI Script /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/directory
>    -- Playing 'dir-intro-fnln-oper' (language 'en')
>
>
>On 6/14/06, Eric ManxPower Wieling <eric@fnords.org> wrote:
>> Brent Torrenga wrote:
>> > I think A@Home allows a user to search a directory by either first
OR
last
>> > name, right? I don't know for sure since I don't run
A@Home.
>> >
>> > I would like to offer that functionality in my system - and
I'd have
done it
>> > by now if there was a prompt where Allison asks "press 1 to
search by
first
>> > name, press 2 to search by last name". But I don't think
that prompt
exists.
>> >
>> > Can someone explain how (or just tell me that it does not exist)
A@Home
>> > gives the search option?
>>
>> "show application directory"  Pay special attention to the
options.
>>
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Sincerely,

Brent A. Torrenga

Torrenga Engineering, Inc.
907 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321-1771

tel:+1 219 836 8918 x325
fax:+1 219 836 1138
email:brent.torrenga@torrenga.com
web:www.torrenga.com