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.

Sample importfieldspecification.xml file

<?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>

  <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>

</ImportFieldsSpecification>
 

The table below explains the parameters mentioned above:

Generic options for importing multiple users

Value Name

Required/ Optional

Description

Valid Input

Title

Optional

Role of the user in its organization.

Any input is valid

Home Phone Number

Optional

Residential telephone number of the user.

Any phone number format is valid

Pager Number

Optional

Pager number of the user.

Any phone number format is valid

Mobile Number

Optional

Mobile number of the user.

Any phone number format is valid

Fax Number

Optional

Fax number of the user.

Any phone number format is valid

IP Phone Number

Optional

IP telephone number of the user.

Any phone number format is valid

Private field 1

Optional

Any information that you want to specify for the user.

Any input is valid

Private field 2

Optional

Any information that you want to specify for the user.

Any input is valid

Assistant

Optional

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