Use the Command Line Interface feature to Import Users .

To import Users,

  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 users.  For example: importUsers inputfile

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

cmd > importUsers 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.

  • Notice groups and subgroups have the syntax shown in row1 and row 2.  The subgroup is delimited by a % character.

  • The groups are assumed to be present in Network Configuration Manager when assigning users to it.  They are be created as a part of this command.

Please use the horizontal scroll bar to view all the columns within the table.

*#User Name

First Name

Last Name

*Email Address

Phone

*Authentication_ Type

*User_Password

Lock

Groups%Groups

GUEST

guestname

[email protected]

5555555555

DB_AUTHENTICATION

Guest

1

Everyone

admin

adminuser

adminuser

[email protected]

5555555555

RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION

Admin

0

EveryOne%Quality

user

user

[email protected]

DB_AUTHENTICATION

user

0

EveryOne%Management

adminldap

[email protected]

LDAP_AUTHENTICATION

1

EveryOne%Quality

admintacacs

[email protected]

TACACS_AUTHENTICATION

1

EveryOne%Quality

*User Password is Required for DB_AUTHENTICATION and RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION Types of authentication.  In the case of Radius, this field is treaded as the radius realm name.

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

Sample File Content for Import Users

#USER_NAME,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,EMAIL_ADDRESS,PHONE,AUTHENTICATION_TYPE,

USER_PASSWORD,LOCK,GROUPS%GROUPS

GUEST,guestname,,[email protected],1298654575,DB_AUTHENTICATION,guest,1,Everyone

admin,adminuser,adminuser,[email protected],42343244343,RADIUS_AUTHENTICATION,

admin,0,EveryOne%Qualityuser,user,,[email protected],,DB_AUTHENTICATION,user,0,

Everyone%Managementadminldap,,,[email protected],,

LDAP_AUTHENTICATION,,1,Everyone%Quality