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View_Contact_Full

The following of fields is a basic view of all contacts. This view lists all fields in the ca_contact table, plus referenced fields such as short descriptions for contact type, location name, organization names, and service type for each contact. This view has already been joined with the ca_location, ca_organization, srv_desc, and ca_contact_type tables to get the actual names and symbols for some of the fields in the ca_contact table. The actual names and symbols are located at the end of this view’s field list.

Field

Remark

contact_uuid

ca_contact.contact_uuid: A binary-unique identifier for each ca_contact record.

middle_name

ca_contact. middle_name: The middle name of this contact.

alias

ca_contact.alias: The alternate, often informal name for this contact.

last_name

ca_contact.last_name: This contact's surname.

first_name

ca_contact.first_name: This contact's formal first name.

pri_phone_number

ca_contact.pri_phone_number: The contact's primary phone number.

alt_phone_number

ca_contact.alt_phone_number: The contact's alternate phone number.

fax_number

ca_contact.fax_number: The contact's facsimile number.

mobile_phone

ca_contact.mobile_phone: The contact's mobile phone number.

pager_number

ca_contact.pager_number: The number for issuing a page to the contact's page.

email_address

ca_contact.email_address: The contact's email address.

location_uuid

ca_contact.location_uuid: A binary-unique identifier referencing a record in the ca_location table, which indicates the contact's static location.
ca_contact.location_uuid = ca_location.location_uuid

floor_location

ca_contact.floor_location: A contact's floor number.

pager_email_address

ca_contact.pager_email_address: A contact's email address for their pager.

room_location

ca_contact.room_location: The contact's specific room on the floor at the static location.

contact_type

ca_contact.contact_type: An unique integer-identifier, referring to a row in the ca_contact_type table, which indicates the general function of this contact within the service desk application.
ca_contact.contact_type = ca_contact_type.id

inactive

ca_contact.inactive: A boolean indicator of the state of this record, determining its inclusion or exclusion from standard searches within service desk.

creation_user

ca_contact.creation_user: The userid of the contact who created this record.
ca_contact.creation_user = ca_contact.userid

creation_date

ca_contact.creation_date: A timestamp (pdmtime), indicating the date and time this contact was created.

last_update_user

ca_contact.last_update_user: The userid of the contact who last updated this contact record.
ca_contact.last_update_user = ca_contact.userid

last_update_date

ca_contact.last_update_date: A timestamp (pdmtime), indicating the date and time this record was last modified.

version_number

ca_contact.version number: The internal version indicator.

department

ca_contact.department: An integer-unique identifier, referencing a row in the ca_resource_department table, that indicates the contact's department.
ca_contact.department = ca_resource_department.id

comment

ca_contact.comment: A freeform text comment field for analysts to document important facts that influence the handling of this particular contact.

company_uuid

ca_contact.company_uuid: A binary-unique identifier, which references a row in the ca_company table. It indicates this contact's affiliation with a company.
ca_contact.company_uuid = ca_company.company_uuid

organization_uuid

ca_contact.organizaiton_uuid: A binary-unique identifier which references a row in the ca_organization table. It indicates this contact's working organization.
ca_contact.organizaiton_uuid = ca_organization.organization_uuid

admin_organization_uuid

ca_contact.admin_organization_uuid: A binary-unique identifier, which references a row in the ca_organization table. It indicates this contact's administrative organization.
ca_contact.admin_organization_uuid = ca_organization.organization_uuid

alternate_identifier

ca_contact.alternate_identifier: A user-defined identifier, usually an entity used by human resources to uniquely identify this contact.

job_title

ca_contact.job_title: An integer-unique identifier, which references the ca_job_title table. It indicates the standardized job title for this contact.
ca_contact.job_title = ca_job_title.id

job_function

ca_contact.job_function: An integer-unique identifier, which references the ca_job_function table. It indicates a standardized general description of the contact's job function.
ca_contact.job_function = ca_job_function.id

mail_stop

ca_contact.mail_stop: Mail Stop.

cost_center

ca_contact.cost_center: An integer-unique identifier, which references the ca_resource_cost_center table. It indicates this contact's primary cost center.
ca_contact.cost_center = ca_cost_center.id

userid

ca_contact.userid: The user identifier this contact will use for logging into service desk.

supervisor_contact_uuid

ca_contact.supervisor_contact_uuid: A binary-unique identifier, referencing a row in the ca_contact table, that creates a hierarchy of contacts to indicate the reporting structure of each contact.
ca_contact.supervisor_contact_uuid = ca_contact.contact_uuid

exclude_registration

ca_contact.exclude registration: An internal flag.

delete_time

ca_contact.delete_time: A timestamp indicating when the inactive flag was set to 1.

contact_type_name

ca_contact_type.name: A short description of this contact's ca_contact.contact_type.

location_name

ca_location.name: A short description of this contact's static location.

organization

ca_organization.org_name: A short description of this contact's ca_contact.organizaiton_uuid.

admin_organization

ca_organization.org_name: A short description of this contact's organization name.
ca_contact.admin_organization_uuid

service_type

srv_desc.sym: A short description of this contact's usp_contact.c_service_type.
ca_contact.contact_uuid = usp_contact.contact_uuid AND usp_contact.c_service_type = srv_desc.code

state_sym

ca_location.state: An integer-unique identifier, referencing a row in the ca_state_provice table, that indicates the State, Province, or other artificially defined geographic region.
ca_contact.location_uuid = ca_location.location_uuid AND ca_location.state = ca_state_province.id