/mcpAdding an LDAP Filter Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, expand System Settings > LDAP, then select LDAP Custom Filter. Step 2 The Find and List LDAP Filters page appears displaying the currently configured LDAP filters. Step 3 Select Add New. Step 4 In the Filter Name field, enter a name for this LDAP filter. If you are adding more than one LDAP filter configuration, enter a name that identifies the LDAP users included in the current filter, for example, “Engineering.” Step 5 In the Filter field, enter a filter that adheres to the LDAP filter syntax specified in RFC 2254, “The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters.” You must enclose the filter text in parentheses. Step 6 Select Save. Creating Unity Connection Users from LDAP Data Using the Import Users Tool The LDAP Integration process imports the LDAP data into a hidden Cisco Unified CM database on the Unity Connection server. You can create new Unity Connection users by importing the user data from an LDAP directory using the Bulk Administration Tool or Import Users tool. You can also use BAT tool to update the existing Unity Connection users with the users in an LDAP directory. Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, expand Users and select Import Users. Step 2 On the Import Users page, import the LDAP user accounts to create Unity Connection users (For more information on each field, see Help> This Page): a) Select LDAP Directory in Find End Users In field. b) Select the template on which the new user is based. c) Specify the Alias, First Name, or Last Name of the LDAP user accounts that you want to import. d) Check the check boxes against the LDAP user accounts that you want to import and select Import Selected. Creating Unity Connection Users from LDAP Data Using Bulk Administration Tool Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration, expand Tools and select Bulk Administration Tool. Step 2 To add Unity Connection users, do the following steps on the Bulk Administration Tool page (For more information on each field, see Help> This Page): a) From Select Operation, select Export. b) From Select Object Type, select Users from LDAP Directory. c) Enter the values in all the required fields. d) Select Submit. This creates a CSV file with the LDAP user data. Open the CSV file in a spreadsheet application or in a text editor and edit the data as applicable. Now, import the data from the CSV file: System Administration Guide 156 LDAP Adding an LDAP Filter