Importing user entries from a CSV file

User directories information can be imported via CSV files. To do this, generate a set of files in a specific structure, as follows:

Steps

  1. Create 3 text files named computers.csv, users.csv, and groups.csv. See CSV file formatting for details on the format.
  2. Click New in the toolbar at the top of the Settings > General > User Directories
  3. Select CSV File in the Type field.
  4. Enter the path of the CSV files.
  5. Enter a user name and a password with access to this directory.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Each time you want to import user, group, or computer data from the CSV files, go to the Settings > General > User Directories page and click Import Now in the toolbar at the top of the page.
    Note:

    If the Status column in the Settings > General > User Directories page displays "Import failed", then navigate to Logs > System logs page and check if the following message has been displayed "Resource Repository: Import of user directory failed. Action: Synchronization, Reason: One or more entries in (csv file path) are not in uuid format."

    If yes, check that the UUID is in the right format and that the value is unique for each entity in user, group, or computers CSV files. For example, a user and a computer with the same UUID will cause an import failure.