Customization phonebook

Change settings of LDAP fields

• Open configuration file app/Config/cakeldap.php
• Comment or delete unused LDAP fields;
• Customize using LDAP fields:
  • label - Full label of field (used e.g. in view);
  • altLabel - Short label of field (used e.g. in table);
  • priority - Priority (used as an order in the header of the table);
  • truncate - Truncate long text in a table;
  • rules - Validation rules (used when saving data);
  • default - Default vale (used when saving data);
  • inputmask - Input mask;
  • tooltip - Tooltip of input form.
• After editing the file, select the menu item Application settings -> Application settings and click the Save button to clear the application cache.
• If you comment or delete unused LDAP fields, go to the OS console, navigate to the directory app application, and run the following commands: sudo ./Console/cake CakeInstaller createdb to update database.

Change the logo of the organization on the title page PDF

Place your logo file in app/webroot/img/project-logo.png - size: 200x200 px, or remove this file.

Change the order of departments in the exported files

• Select the menu item Informations of departments -> Index of departments.
• Use the buttons on the right side of the line to change the position of the department.

Filter employees to sync with phonebook

Employees are filtered for synchronization with the phonebook according to the LDAP attribute value of the company, specified in the application settings. You can edit the value of this field through the phonebook until the company name is specified in the application settings.

Changing the synchronization frequency with LDAP and updating exported files.

Configure scripts to run schedule, run the command sudo crontab -u www-data -e where www-data - user name for web server. Example of cron jobs:

   #
   # In this example, run the synchronizing script will be made every day on 7:10 AM
   10 7 * * * cd /var/www/paht_to_app/app && Console/cake CakeLdap.cron sync -q
   #
   # In this example, at 7:00 on Monday, the script for the PDF and Excel
   # files builder will be launched.
   0 7 * * mon cd /var/www/paht_to_app/app/ && Console/cake generate all all -q
   #
   # In this example, every 15 minutes, the script to check for new deferred saves
   # will be launched.
   */15 * * * * cd /var/www/paht_to_app/app/ && Console/cake cron deferred -q