Import Additional Owners
The Import Additional Owners wizard enables you to specify additional owners for a group using an external file.
The wizards search the directory for objects listed in the external file, and if found, adds them as additional owners to the group.
Supported file formats are:
- Text (.txt)
- Comma Separated Value (.csv)
- Microsoft Excel (.xls and .xlsx)
- Extensible Markup Language (.xml)
What do you want to do?
Import additional owners using a wizard
Use the Import button on the Owners tab of the New Group page and in group properties to launch the Import Additional Owners wizard.
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On the File page, click Browse to locate and select the file containing the data to upload.
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Click the Up arrow to upload the file to the GroupID server for processing.
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Click Next.
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On the Import page, follow these steps:
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In the Import Options section, select this site/domain or the entire directory from the Search drop-down list.
The wizard compares records in the import file with records in the selected domain or directory to update the group's membership.
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In the Map Field area, map a field in the source file (Source Field) with a directory attribute (Destination).
The value in the selected source field is compared to the value of the selected destination field, and records with matching values are added to the group as members.
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The Preview page displays the possible outcome of the import process based on the settings specified on the previous pages. The wizard processes the records from the source file by matching the values of the source and destination fields. Results displayed may include the following types of items:
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Resolved Items:
Shows all objects that will be successfully processed.
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Unresolved Items:
Shows objects that will not be processed because a matching object could not be found in the destination directory.
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Ambiguous Items:
Shows objects for which duplicate entries were found in the destination directory.
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Click Finish to import the Additional Owners.
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