Caller id when many contacts have same work number

[johnaussie]

25 contacts all who work at the same company...
If synced contacts from outlook have multiple names for people who all work at the same company - how do you get the caller id to show the Name of a specific contact created with Firstname and Lastname = “Company Name” instead of the caller id on the phone showing John Smith and 25 others… I would prefer the caller id to match the company name I have created in a generic contact. Can i force that id to show up in preference to an individual employee name showing up? all contacts have the phone number 222-333-5555 for ‘work.'

Wanting the caller id to just show "Davis Associates" (fake name BTW)

[Bad Ash]

All I can think of is create a single contact for "Davis Associates" and delete that number from the individuals that also have that number. Sorry but I don't think there is any other way around this.

[johnaussie]

thanks for the tip Ash

I wonder if the caller id would go to first name on the list with the 222-333-5555 number?

So if i create the name *Davis *Associates would the asterisk help force the caller id to go to that contact in priority?

[Bad Ash]

Im not sure... Only one way to find out. Give it a try and see what happens.

[johnaussie]

Na, did not work.
Used your method of deleting all but the single contact Business phone for "Davis Associates"
that worked.
I guess i could enter each individual employee's DID number and see if the local carrier switch passes that through the PBX from the office.