Migration from an other Sync-Providers (Google, Palm Profile, Chapura Echo...)
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Calendar (on the fly):
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* Nice thing is in calendar you can change the events from other accounts to zarafa when hitting the account selection button.
* This will delete the event in the old account (google/palm profile...) and add it as new into zarafa.
If you like to keep it in the other account as backup for now, you could also select 'Edit as new Event' in Ubercalendar to create
an identical copy and change account in this one.
* This manual method is only good for a few single events, for exporting/importing many events look for "Export/Import options" (todo)
Contacts (on-the-fly not possible):
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The bad thing is, you can't do the same on-the-fly convert in contacts. No account changing and no copy function there.
Does someone know a method to "batch convert" all events/contacts on the webOS device from one account to a new one - let's say 'Palm Profile' to 'Zarafa'?
Best would be a simple interface to select source account (for contacts/calendar) and destination account and perhaps a checkbox if it should copy or move the events/contacts.
Contacts (Export/Import):
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* As long as batch converting is not available, you have several options to fill your Zarafa-Server with contacts:
1. Exporting all your contacts in your webOS device and reimporting it on your webOS device, having Zarafa as standard contacts account (!!!) - Nice thing is all contactdata of all accounts is exported and merged in one .vcf file so if you have facebook account in your contacts the facebook-emailadresses will be in your Zarafa too afterwards. But more on this in the cleaning the file section below.
* Optional: Before exporting your contacts you perhaps want to apply the following patch for webOS 2.2.4 [Patch] Fixing/Enhancing vCard (.vcf) Export (it fixes some limitations in export noted below)
* Export all contacts as .vcf or via Export all your contacts | webOS Nation
** be sure to set in contacts the default account to "Zarafa"
** before importing the .vcf again on your webOS device you can edit it and so clean data a little bit, because:
*** cause URL is wrong formatted in in export .vcf (fixed with applied patch mentioned above)
*** Kids/Spouse is missing in export .vcf (fixed with applied patch mentioned above)
*** perhaps delete @facebook.com adresses if not wanting them in Zarafa
Be sure to edit the .vcf file only with a UTF-8 compatible editor, else you will get wrong entries on special characters like Umlauts.
.... more on editing vcf file before reimporting in the posting linked above