Start a Sametime chat with an entry

Find information on how to start a Sametime® chat with another person using their search entry page.

In the IBM® Telephone Directory V5.2 application, you can start a Sametime chat with an entry if the application administrator has enabled Sametime support in the application. Only administrators can set up Sametime support.

To start a Sametime chat with an entry, perform the following steps:

  1. Access the IBM Telephone Directory application by entering the following URL in your Web browser: 
    http://your.server.name:port/ibm-bizApps/welcome/home.do

    where your.server.name is the name of the server where IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 is installed and port is the port number that was specified during installation.

  2. Click IBM Telephone Directory.
  3. Click Search.
  4. Enter criteria to search for (such as a last name), and click Search.
  5. In the entry, click on the name of the person with whom you want to start a Sametime chat.
    Note: If the name of the person is not hyperlinked and does not have a Sametime status icon next to it, this means the person is not logged on to Sametime. You cannot start a Sametime chat with that person.
Parent topic: Use IBM Telephone Directory V5.2
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