User Import Upload

Once the Organization Levels and Organization Nodes have been added to ContentWelder as shown in the Organizational Levels and the Organizational Nodes sections, you can now upload to ContentWelder via the Upload User Import action. User types can be single-sign on-users or local users.

First, a spreadsheet with fields shown in the table below must be created and populated with the user data. Ensure all required fields are populated. A sample of the User Upload import can be downloaded by clicking this link: UserImport.xls.

Note: Required fields must be populated with a value. Required fields are highlighted in green in the UserImport.xls spreadsheet.

Note: Empty non-required fields must have their columns in the UserImport.xls spreadsheet.

Name	Description	Field Value Required?
Name	The user's name.	Yes
UserType	This is the type of user. (SingleSignOnUser or LocalUser).	Yes
UserID	A unique ID for the user.	Yes
Password	The user's password. Note: For single sign on users, this field is required but the value must be empty.	Yes
Email	The user's email address.	Yes
CostCenter	The cost center associated with the user.	No
Node	This is a combination of the organization level and identifier value separated by a semi colon.	Yes
ReplaceAuthorities	If the value is "TRUE", then the user's authorities specified in the “Authorities” column will remove any existing authorities for the specified user. Input "FALSE" to leave any existing authorities as is.	Yes
Authorities	This is the Organization Level for the user. Multiple organization levels can be assigned and they must be separated by a semi colon.	Yes
PhoneNumber	The user's telephone number.	Yes
Salutation	The user's salutation.	No
FirstName	The user's first name.	Yes
LastName	The user's last name.	Yes
MiddleName	The user's middle name.	No
Disable	Input "TRUE" to disable the user. Input "FALSE" to ensure that the user is allowed to access ContentWelder.	No
Suffix	The suffix value for the user	No
Title	The title for the user.	No
Address1	The user's address.	No
Address2	An additional address for the user, if applicable.	No
City	The user's city.	No
State	The user's state.	No
PostalCode	The user's postal code.	No
FaxNumber	The user's fax number.	No
TollFreeNumber	A toll free number for the user, if applicable.	No
Website	A website for the user, if applicable.	No
Facebook	The user's Facebook page, if applicable.	No
Twitter	The user's Twitter page, if applicable.	No
Expires	This is an optional field that will automatically disable a user when the specified date is reached.	No

 

Click on the Upload User Import option to initiate the upload user import.

Select the excel file containing the user information and then click the Upload button to initiate the upload to ContentWelder.

The uploaded file will be shown in the User Imports screen.

Return to the Users page to view the users that were uploaded.

Note: If there is an upload error, review the spreadsheet and ensure that the required fields have been populated and all of the columns shown in the table above have been added to the uploaded spreadsheet.