From the Windows NT User Upgrade Options dialog box, select the format from the "Name format for full name parsing" box. The Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service automatically parses imported Windows NT full names into Notes first name and last name components according to the specified parsing format.

In Windows NT, there are two types of names associated with a user account, a unique user name and a full name. The Windows NT user name consists of a string of up to 20 characters and has no required format. The full name is optional and generally represents the user's complete name, formatted according to the conventions of the organization, such as last name followed by first name. For example, in the Windows NT domain list, the user Susan Salani might have the user name ssalani, and the full name Salani Susan.

In Notes, name information is stored as separate first name, middle name, and last name components. For example, the name Susan Salani is stored not as a single full name, but as separate first name (Susan) and last name (Salani) components. When you import names from a Windows NT domain list, you need to specify how users' full names will be converted into Notes name components.

In Notes the following formats are available:

Notes name format	Example
Firstname Lastname	Susan Salani
Title Firstname Lastname	Dr. Susan Salani
Firstname Middlename Lastname	Susan Rachel Salani
Title Firstname Middlename Lastname	Dr. Susan Rachel Salani
Firstname Lastname1 Lastname2	Susan Mills Salani
Title Firstname Lastname1 Lastname2	Dr. Susan Mills Salani
Title Lastname	Dr. Salani
Lastname Firstname	Salani Susan
Title Lastname Firstname	Dr. Salani Susan
Lastname, Firstname	Salani, Susan
Lastname, Title Firstname	Salani, Dr. Susan
Lastname, Title Firstname Middle Name	Salani, Dr. Susan Rachel
Lastname1 Lastname2, Firstname	Mills Salani, Susan
Lastname1 Lastname2, Title Firstname	Mills Salani, Dr. Susan

Selecting a parsing format

When you import users from a Windows NT domain list, you have the option of selecting the parsing format to use in converting Windows NT full names into the components of a Notes name (First name, Middle name, and Last name). The default parsing format assumes that the full names in the Windows NT domain list are entered in First name Last name format (for example, Susan Salani). If the domain list you import uses a different format, select the most compatible parsing format.

If the Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service cannot parse a name correctly -- for example, if the number of name components in the Windows NT full name does not equal the number of name components in the specified parsing format -- the Adjust Windows NT User Name Components dialog box appears. The dialog box specifies whether the Windows NT full name has too few or too many components to accommodate the parsing format selected. For example, if you specify the format Title Firstname Lastname and the full name is Susan Salani, the dialog indicates that too few components have been specified. "Susan" is placed in the Title field and "Salani" in the First name field.

On the other hand, if you select the parsing format Lastname, Firstname, and the full name is Susan R. Salani, the dialog box indicates that there are too many components to accommodate the parsing format selected. Rather than discarding the extra components, and placing just the middle initial in the Firstname field, the Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service places "Susan" in the Last name field, and "R. Salani" in the First name field.

An incompatible parsing format may require considerable editing to create suitable Notes names. If you do not adjust names in the dialog box, the names added to the registration queue may not be suitable for registering users. Always be sure that each imported name has a last name component; Notes requires a valid last name component to register users.

Note The Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service only checks whether a parsed name is missing components for the format specified; it does not verify that components appear in the correct field, or check for invalid characters. For example, the Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service does not check whether the first name component contains title information.

Importing users who do not have full names

If there is no full name to import from Windows NT, the Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service does not prompt you to make any adjustments. Instead, the Windows NT Domino Upgrade Service automatically adds the Windows NT user name to the Notes Last name field, regardless of the specified parsing format. For example, if you import the user name ssalani from the Windows NT domain list, the user added to the registration queue has a last name of ssalani and no first name. You can edit the name in the registration queue as needed, adding S or Susan to the First name field and changing the Last name field to Salani.

See Also

Specifying advanced options for importing Windows NT users