Hmmm. All my business contacts came in as blanks on the Google side. But, since I did the sync before Charlie said he'd fixed it, I tried syncing again. No dice. So, I deleted all the contacts in Google and then did the sync again. Still blanks for business contacts on Google side. Like dcwllhite, in Address Book I have the company name filled in and the company flag checked. Any ideas?
I'm still using the trial version, if that makes a difference. I'm trying to decide on a sync product. While many reviews I've read contain complaints from people about the server-side service component of SS, as a software developer myself, I much prefer a lighter client and server workhorse for handling API issues. If nothing else, I like the scalability of a server-based model rather than having to deal with patch/hotfix, package, deploy ... repeat, repeat, repeat. -Tim On Apr 10, 11:01 pm, dcwilhite <[email protected]> wrote: > I still see the blank entries in my Gmail Contacts for all Address > Book entries for companies only. I have the company name filled in and > the company flag checked. I do not have any text in First or Last > name. Do I also need to fill in the company name entered in either the > first or last name field? > > On Apr 9, 3:20 pm, Charlie Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually there is a fairly easy way to clean this up, but it has some > > potential drawbacks. You can easily merge duplicate contacts in > > Address Book (Address Book > Card > Look for Duplicates...) and then > > replace yourGooglecontact data with your (cleaned) Address Book data > > in Spanning Sync (Spanning Sync > Advanced > Replace Data onGoogle> > > Contacts). > > > The downside of this procedure is that the group information for your > > contacts inGooglewill be lost, as will your Gmail chat lists. If > > this information isn't important to you, or is easy to replicate, this > > procedure is probably the easiest way to clean everything up. > > > Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any > > problems. > > > Thanks, > > Charlie > > > On Apr 9, 3:14 pm, Charlie Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've found and fixed the problem. When I removed the workaround we > > > previously had in place forGoogle'slack of support forcompany-only > > > contacts, the doubled contact andcompanyname data inGooglewas > > > exposed to the client. I've re-added the filter on the pull phase of > > > the sync but left it out of the push phase. So the doubled-name data > > > will no longer be created inGoogle, and it will be filtered out as it > > > comes fromGoogleto your Mac. > > > > Unfortunately cleaning up the duplicated contacts (one with only a > > >companyname and one with both acompanyname and a contact name) will > > > be a manual process unless you have a backup. (Time Machine works > > > great with Address Book, by the way.) > > > > If anyone needs any help with their specific data, please let us know > > > at [email protected] and we'll walk you through it. I apologize > > > for the inconvenience. I know it's a pain. > > > > Regards, > > > Charlie > > > > On Apr 7, 11:21 pm, maddscot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, here is what I have done and it worked. Inserted two new "test" > > > > names (testcompany1, testcompany2) one withcompanychecked, and > > > > one without. TheCompanyChecked one sync'd with theCompanyName as > > > > the first name as Test, and the last ascompany1, the other was > > > > created the same. > > > > > So here is what I did: > > > > 1) Deletedblanknames inGoogleContacts after ensuring they were > > > > duplicates (all were) > > > > 2) Went to Address Book on my iMac and scrolled through listing, found > > > > records withoutCompanyName in First Last fields as well as in > > > >Companyfield. > > > > 3) Modified/Corrected each one to have theCompanyName in the First > > > > Namefield, checked theCompanyfor listing as such in Address Book > > > > (preference). > > > > 4) Deleted duplicate withoutCompanyName in first namefield > > > > > Fixed, all sync fine now... New entries w/o entry into First Name > > > >fieldare created after next sync - I went to a good sushi place for > > > > lunch and entered into the G1 with onlyCompanyName, then entered a > > > > business partner information (no Names) into Address Book, both sync'd > > > > fine. > > > > > A lot of work as I have a few, but manageable contacts at this time. > > > > Let's hope it does not occur again as my actual list that is being > > > > updated (manually) from another program, or imported via Excel, is > > > > around 750 plus. > > > > > Hope this helps, remember to do with care, back up address books, > > > > ensure duplicates are the only ones deleted. > > > > > On Apr 7, 11:46 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > According to the Spanning Sync website: > > > > > > "Until recentlyGoogleContacts didn't displaycompanycontacts > > > > > correctly, so Spanning Sync used thecompanyname from Address Book > > > > > for both thecompanyname and the contact name inGoogle. Google > > > > > Contacts now showscompanycontacts correctly, so Spanning Sync no > > > > > longer doubles upcompanynames." > > > > > >http://blog.spanningsync.com/2009/04/spanning-sync-keeping-pace-with-... > > > > > > So I just did the doubling up of theCompanyname to Last Name and the > > > > > problem is solved. > > > > > > I really shoulnd't have to do that, but it's a minor inconvenience. I > > > > > recommend that Spanning Sync have a setting so that the user can > > > > > choose to do that duplication or not. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > On Apr 6, 9:58 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > This happened to me as well sometime on Saturday later afternoon, > > > > > > Eastern Time in the US. Ever since I started using the G1, I have > > > > > > been syncing from my Mac Address Book with Spanning Sync and having > > > > > > no > > > > > > troubles. On Saturday, I discovered that no longer was the > > > > > > "company" > > > > > >fieldappearing on my G1. > > > > > > > There appear to be no settings to which to map the different fields > > > > > > to > > > > > > correct the issue. And no longer is theCompanyname appearing in the > > > > > > absence of a regular name. > > > > > > > Is this something I did or is the new version of Spanning Sync > > > > > > causing > > > > > > an issue? I honestly can't remember which I did first -- installing > > > > > > the new Spanning Sync version or discovered the error. But it's > > > > > > made > > > > > > this a HUGE problem for me. It appears as though I am not the only > > > > > > one! > > > > > > > I am reluctant to do a factory reset on the G1 to see if that's the > > > > > > problem. It's just a pain to do it, and I'd hate to waste the day > > > > > > doing it. > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated! > > > > > > > best, > > > > > > > Dan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
