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Appendix A
Custom GAL Files Appendix A
About GAL Files
The GAL generator provided with the Google Apps Connector will create a static Global
Address List device and email addresses, using the Google Provisioning API.
You can build a custom GAL file to include other extended information: name, company,
department, title, address, phone number, and email address.
This chapter includes details on how to do this, as well as sample files.
Google provides two example custom GAL generation scripts, you can obtain these scripts by
downloading the supplemental support tools package in Google Apps Admin Help.
XML GAL File Format
The GAL file uses an XML file format to store information for the Global Address List, imported
from Google Apps.
To include extended information, modify the GAL file to add appropriate XML fields for each
user.