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Contact Sync Data Reference

When you Sync Contacts from your Liferay Instance, you can choose different fields from the Contacts table and the User table.

Fields are selected from the contacts table and the user table.

In addition to these tables and fields, there are other user associated data that are also synced.

Custom Fields

Custom Fields can extend many of Liferay’s assets and resources, including users or organizations. The following custom fields are synced:

Attribute	Description
`columnId`	Numeric identifier of the custom field
`className`	Reference to which entity (i.e. User, Organization) the custom field belongs to
`dataType`	Type of the data value the custom field refers to
`displayType`	Type of data value the custom field presents
`name`	Name of the custom field

Users can belong to different Organizations in Liferay. Organizations can have their own sites as well as their own roles and permissions. Organizations can have sub-organizations under a parent organization. The following organization fields are synced:

Attribute	Description
`organizationId`	Numeric identifier of the Organization
`organizationType`	Type of the Organization
`name`	Name of the Organization
`parentOrganizationId`	Numeric identifier of the parent Organization as Organization can be hierarchical
`parentOrganizationName`	Name of the parent Organization
`treePath`	The hierarchical path to the Organization

Roles

Users can be given different Roles in Liferay. Roles can be created and managed to have different levels of permissions. The following role fields are synced:

Attribute	Description
`roleId`	Numeric identifier of the role
`Name`	Name of the role

Teams

Users can also belong to Teams. Users are brought together into a team within a single site for site-specific functions. The following team fields are synced:

Attribute	Description
`teamId`	Numeric identifier of the Team
`Name`	Name of the Team

User Groups

User Groups are users who may be from different organizations, who are grouped together for a specific purpose. The following user group fields are synced: