Bulk import of global user settings

Last Updated : Nov 19, 2012 |

You can use the Import Global Settings functionality to import global settings in bulk from an XML file. The XML file must conform to XML schema definition, for more information, see XML Schema Definition for bulk import of global setting records. For sample XML file for import global settings, see Sample XML for bulk import of global setting records.

You can perform the following tasks with Import Global Settings:

  • Abort or continue the import process when the import operation encounters first error in the global user settings input file.

  • Skip importing the global user settings records that already exist in the database. Use this option to import new global user settings records and retain the existing users.

  • Update and merge the global user settings attributes data from the imported file to the existing data in the attributes.

  • Replace all the global user settings records in the database with the global user settings records from the imported file.

  • Delete the global setting records from the database that match the records in the input XML file.

  • Schedule the bulk import job.

  • View the details of an import job:

    • Job scheduled time

    • Job end time

    • Job status

    • Job completion status in percentage

    • Total number of global settings records in the input file

    • The number of global settings records with warnings in the input file

    • The number of global settings records fail to import in the input file

    • The link to the Scheduler user interface

  • Cancel or delete an import job.

  • View logs of records that fail to import and require manual intervention.

  • Download failed records in an XML file. The XML file conforms to XML schema definition. You can modify the failed records and import the records again to the database.

To add and update (Merge and Replace) global settings use XML Schema Definition for bulk import of global setting records.

To delete bulk global settings, use the XML schema definition for global settings delete, see XML Schema Definition for bulk deletion of global setting records. For a sample XML conforming to delete bulk global settings XML schema definition, see Sample XML for bulk deletion of users.