Overview of the Contacts Table
Introduction
This section describes the main contacts table component and its functionality.
The Table Layout
Top row
- Action buttons
- Current view name
- "Last refreshed" indicator showing the time the data in the current view was updated
Left-hand Navigation
For details see Organizing Contacts and Views
- My Contacts
- My Team
- Contact Folders
- My Groups
- Distribution Lists
- Global Address List
- Search
- Adding New Contacts
- Adding New Folders
- Help
The left hand menu can be collapsed to provide more space for the main table.
Main Table
The contacts table shows details of the contacts in a view. The table is paginated and can be scrolled to see more contacts. A number of actions are availble for each contact row in the table.
Multi selections allows the user to carryout actions with one or more contacts, such as start a group chat or make a Teams call with multiple users.
Sorting, Filtering and Pagination
Each column can be sorted by clicking on the column header.
Filter by typing in the search box.
Pagination options include:
page size
page number
previous page
next page
The Columns
Name
Hover over a contact to see more details in a popup card.
Info
- Filterable: YES
- Sortable: YES
Actions
Contains buttons allowing you to take actions with your contacts.
Presence
Shows the presence status indicator of each user. This indicator is updates at regular intervals and not on every page refresh
Info
- Filterable: YES
- Sortable: YES
- Internal contacts only
Time
Indicates the current time for the contact, if internal. Aso indicates the user is "In Working Time. This is determined via the "Meeting Hours" setting in Outlook.
https://outlook.office.com/mail/options/calendar/view
Phone
Shows all the phone numbers for a contact. Each on is a Clickable button that initiates a phone call via teams (if applicable)
Info
- Filterable: YES
- Sortable: No
UserType
Indicates whether the user belongs to your organisation or is an external contact
Info
- Filterable: YES
- Sortable: YES