Image processing apparatus, control method of image processing apparatus, and program

Abstract

It is an object to reduce a troublesomeness required to export/import an address book (destination table) between image processing apparatuses. For this purpose, at the time of import request of destination data for import, an import instruction to a group destination table is made. A group destination table ID which coincides with a destination table ID obtained from the destination data for import is retrieved. The group destination table associated with the group destination table ID is specified as a group destination table of an import destination side. The destination data obtained from the destination data for import is imported as destination data into the specified group destination table (group destination table DB).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
 a storing unit configured to store destination data in a destination table of a first type and destination data in a destination table of a second type in which a managing method of the destination data differs from that of the destination table of the first type;   a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for importing the destination data in the destination table of the first type in destination data for import as the destination data in the destination table of the second type; and   an importing unit configured to import the destination data in the destination table of the first type in the destination data for import as the destination data in the destination table of the second type in accordance with the reception of the instruction by the receiving unit.   
     
     
         2 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a discriminating unit configured to discriminate whether or not the apparatus is in a state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type when the instruction is received by the receiving unit; and   an output unit configured to output information showing that the destination data cannot be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type if it is determined by the discriminating unit that the apparatus is not in the state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type.   
     
     
         3 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the discriminating unit discriminates whether or not a setting of a use permission of the destination table of the second type is validated, and if the setting of the use permission of the destination table of the second type is not validated, the discriminating unit determines that the apparatus is not in the state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type. 
     
     
         4 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the discriminating unit discriminates whether or not the number of destination tables of the second type which can be stored by the storing unit is equal to or larger than the number of destination tables of the first type to which the destination data for import belongs, and when the number of destination tables of the second type which can be stored by the storing unit is smaller than the number of destination tables of the first type to which the destination data for import belongs, the discriminating unit determines that the apparatus is not in the state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type. 
     
     
         5 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the discriminating unit discriminates whether or not the maximum number of destination data manageable in the one destination table of the second type is equal to or larger than the maximum number of destination data in the one destination table of the first type to which the destination data for import belongs; and   when the maximum number of destination data manageable in the one destination table of the second type is smaller than the maximum number of destination data in the one destination table of the first type to which the destination data for import belongs, the discriminating unit determines that the apparatus is not in the state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type.   
     
     
         6 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the output unit further outputs information showing a cause by which the destination data in the destination table of the first type cannot be imported as the destination data in the destination table of the second type in accordance with a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit. 
     
     
         7 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the receiving unit can receive an instruction for importing the destination data in the destination table of the first type of the number as many as the number of destination data which can be imported into the destination table of the second type; and   even when it is determined by the discriminating unit that the apparatus is not in the state where the destination data in the destination table of the first type can be imported into the destination table of the second type, if the instruction for importing the destination data in the destination table of the first type of the number as many as the number of destination data which can be imported into the destination table of the second type is received by the receiving unit, as the destination data in the destination table of the second type, the importing unit imports the destination data in the destination table of the first type of the number as many as the number of destination data which can be imported as destination data in the destination table of the second type in the destination data for import.   
     
     
         8 . The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising obtaining unit configured to obtain at least either identification information for identifying the destination table of the first type and the destination data associated with the identification information or identification information for identifying the destination table of the second type and the destination data associated with the identification information, and
 wherein the importing unit imports the destination data associated with the identification information for identifying the destination table of the first type into the destination table of the second type having the same identification information as the identification information for identifying the destination table of the first type obtained by the obtaining unit.   
     
     
         9 . A control method of an image processing apparatus, comprising:
 a first obtaining step of obtaining at least either destination data in a first destination table or destination data in a second destination table in which a managing method of the destination data differs from that of the first destination table;   a second obtaining step of obtaining an instruction for importing the destination data in the first destination table into the second destination table; and   an importing step of importing the destination data in the first destination table obtained by the first obtaining step into the second destination table in the case where the destination data in the second destination table is not obtained by the first obtaining step and the instruction is obtained by the second obtaining step.   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 .