Input File

The file containing the information to import into the LDAP directory could be an extract from a corporate online directory service that provides basic information about employees.

This file is shown in Example 5-1.

Example 5-1 Example of Input File

Rob Green, rgreen@london.XYZ.com, phone x 44 1234, marketing communications
manager
Jean White, jwhite@london.XYZ.com, phone x44 1123, documentation manager
Susan Brown, sbrown@london, phone (44) 123 45 67 00, technical writer
Karen Gray, kgray@london, tel (44) 123 45 67 01, engineering project manager
Steve Black, sblack@eng, x44 1122, software development engineer
Felipe Diaz Gonzalez, fdgonzalez@eng, x41 2233, software development
engineer
Anne Marie de la Victoire, amvictoire@paris.xyz.com, x33 3344, software
support engineer
DURAND Pierre, pdurand@paris, tel 33 1133, software support engineer

In this file, there is one employee definition per line. On each line the information is ordered as follows:

• Name

• E-mail address

• Telephone number

• Job description

The level of information is not always consistent for the various employees: the e-mail address is not always fully qualified, the telephone number is not always a complete telephone number but an extension, and in one case the last name is given before the first name.

If you want a consistent level of information for the entries that will be created in the LDAP directory, you must either make the necessary corrections in the source file, or make them after the import operation using the Deja tool.