Generic options for importing multiple users
To create a sample importfieldspecification.xml file, open a text editor such as Notepad, copy the following content to a new file, then save the file as importfieldspecification.xml.
Make sure that the values in the CSV file corresponding to the options given in this XML file match exactly with the column numbers as specified for that option. For example, the column number for the option "IP Phone Number" is specified as 18 in this sample XML file. Thus, the value of the IP phone number given in the CSV file must be located exactly at column 18.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ImportFieldsSpecification>
<Service>
...
<!-- You can define the csvcolumn attribute for all attributes of a service that
supports defining the user-specific options using a XML file here. -->
</Service>
<Platform>
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Title" csvcolumn="13" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Home Phone Number" csvcolumn="14" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Pager Number" csvcolumn="15" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Mobile Number" csvcolumn="16" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Fax Number" csvcolumn="17" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="IP Phone Number" csvcolumn="18" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Private field 1" csvcolumn="19" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Private field 2" csvcolumn="20" />
<ImportField FieldDisplayName="Assistant" csvcolumn="21" />
</Platform>
</ImportFieldsSpecification>
The table below explains the parameters mentioned above:
Value Name
Required/ Optional
Description
Valid Input
Title
Optional
Role of the user in its organization.
Any input is valid
Home Phone Number
Residential telephone number of the user.
Any phone number format is valid
Pager Number
Pager number of the user.
Mobile Number
Mobile number of the user.
Fax Number
Fax number of the user.
IP Phone Number
IP telephone number of the user.
Private field 1
Any information that you want to specify for the user.
Private field 2
Assistant
User name of another user belonging to the same organization, who is an assistant to this user.
A string in the form of username@domainname. For example, user1@example.net