XFOR: Changing the Display Name of GroupWise Users in the Exchange Server Global Address List

ID: Q231687

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

It is possible to change the display name of GroupWise users as they appear in the Microsoft Exchange Server global address list. This article explains how to change the display name to be in the format of LastName, FirstName. By default, the GroupWise custom recipients are displayed in the format of FirstName, LastName.

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By default in Exchange Server, users are displayed in the global address list in the format of FirstName, LastName. In GroupWise, users appear in the address book as LastName, FirstName. For this reason, you may want to change the way the GroupWise users appear in the global address list to match the way they appear in the GroupWise system.

To accomplish this, you need to modify the Mapgwise.tbl file, which is located in the Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn\DxaGwise directory.

IMPORTANT: You should make a backup of the Mapgwise.tbl file before making any changes to it. By default, the Mapgwise.tbl file appears as follows:

TA = "GWISE:" DOMAIN "." POSTOFFICE "." OBJECT
DN = DOMAIN "." POSTOFFICE "." OBJECT
ALIAS = OBJECT
FULLNAME = ISEQUAL(FIRSTNAME AND(" ", LASTNAME), "", ISEQUAL(FIRSTNAME, "", ISEQUAL(LASTNAME, "", OBJECT, LASTNAME), FIRSTNAME), TRIM(FIRSTNAME AND(" ", LASTNAME),"B"))
FIRSTNAME = FIRSTNAME
LASTNAME = LASTNAME
DEPARTMENT = DEPARTMENT
TITLE = TITLE
PHONE = PHONE
FAX = FAX
SMTPADDR = SMTPALIAS

To change the display name to be LastName, FirstName, modify the file so that it appears as follows:

TA = "GWISE:" DOMAIN "." POSTOFFICE "." OBJECT
DN = DOMAIN "." POSTOFFICE "." OBJECT
ALIAS = OBJECT
FULLNAME = ISEQUAL(LASTNAME AND(" ", FIRSTNAME), "", ISEQUAL(LASTNAME, "", ISEQUAL(FIRSTNAME, "", OBJECT, FIRSTNAME), LASTNAME), TRIM(LASTNAME AND(" ", FIRSTNAME),"B"))
FIRSTNAME = FIRSTNAME
LASTNAME = LASTNAME
DEPARTMENT = DEPARTMENT
TITLE = TITLE
PHONE = PHONE
FAX = FAX
SMTPADDR = SMTPALIAS

In the Exchange Server Administrator program, go to the properties of the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Novell GroupWise and select the Dirsynch Schedule tab. Select the Immediate Full Reload of GroupWise to Exchange Directory Synchronization option. You may want to do this during off-peak hours so that the impact on your messaging environment is minimal.

The GroupWise users should now be in the format of LastName, FirstName.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : exc55 
Version           : winnt:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 3, 1999