<a id="Directory overview"></a>

Directory overview

TIM Enterprise was is designed upon an object-based directory that places no limits on its hierarchical width or depth. This approach permits the integration of multiple sites within one centralised system, where every user can be grouped into folders, sites, cost centres and divisions, allowing you to create an exact replica of your company's internal structure.

The Directory is the central place where every system object is stored, each having Every system object of the Directory has an explicit, defined relationship with its peers . This way, and an entire tree of related objects can be defined, with no width or depth limits of the branches.Special virtual groups, known as Reporting Collection, can be added to the Directory, whereby disparate users from anywhere in your organisation can be grouped into one single container for reporting purposes.

To facilitate the configuration and management of large systems, TIM Enterprise

...

supports directory synchronisation with third-party applications such as Active Directory and Cisco AXL.

<a id="Accessing the Directory">></a>

Accessing the Directory

To access the Directory, click on the

...

Adding objects to the Directory

To add an object objects to the Directory, click on the

A new window will appearopen, displaying all available objects, grouped in two categories of objects: Organisation units and Other objects. For a detailed description of each object type, refer to the relevant section.

<a id="Moving objects within the Directory"></a>

Moving objects within the Directory

To move objects within the Directory, follow the steps below:

1. Locate in the Directory the object you want to move, click on it and select 

   Referencemacro
   Label Copy

   from the drop-down list. In the example below, the user Joe Bloggs is being moved from

   Referencemacro
   Label Manchester Admin

   group to 

   Referencemacro
   Label Manchester Sales

   .
   

   Screenshotmacro
   URL /download/attachments/1671330/move_object_1.png

2. The object will be copied on the

   Referencemacro
   Label Clipboard

   panel on the right-hand side of the screen, as shown below:
   

   Screenshotmacro
   URL /download/attachments/1671330/move_object_2.png

3. To move the selected object, go to the point in the Directory where you want the object to be moved into, and click on the

   Buttonmacro
   Label Paste

   button at the top-right of the

   Referencemacro
   Label Clipboard

   screen.
   

   Screenshotmacro
   URL /download/attachments/1671330/move_object_3.png

Directory overview video