Importing Groups

Use the Command Line Interface feature to Import Groups .

To import Groups,

1. Go to Accessing the Command Line Interface if you have not already done so. At the command line, you must enter the command to import groups.  For example: importGroups inputfile

2. Now, enter the appropriate command to import Groups. Make sure the format and syntax is exactly as shown in the following example.

 cmd > importGroups inputfile

Notes:

• The input file names should be quoted only if the file name has special characters - this applies to various commands.  

• First Parameter: inputFile – It is a comma separated file.  The table below describes a sample content.

• The * indicates this is a mandatory field and must be completed.

• You can create a group under a group (a subgroup) by using the syntax shown in row 3 of the sample below.  Use the 3rd column to define the containing group or the hierarchy by using a % sign between each level of group.

*GROUP_NAME	GROUP_DESCRIPTION	GROUPS#GROUPS
Quality	Quality
Management	Management
Sales	All Sales	Quality%NoGroup
Marketing	Marketing	Quality%Management
Everyone		Management

In case of errors, the logs to be inspected are commandLineUtil.log and bulkgroup.log in directory INSTALLATION_DIR/logs.

Sample File Content for Import Groups

GROUP_NAME,GROUP_DESCRIPTION,GROUPS#GROUPS

Quality,Quality

Management,Management

Sales,All Sales,Quality%NoGroup

Marketing,Marketing,Quality%Management

Everyone,,Management