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Business Scenario:

We want to import members to a group from an external data source using the GroupID portal.

More Information:

To import the membership for a group from an external data source, such as a CSV, TXT, XLSX, XLS, or XML file, GroupID offers the Import Group Membership wizard. The members you are looking to import must exist in Active Directory and can be resolved using a unique identifier. This is different from a database group where the connection to the external data source is persistent. A use case for a database group is when you have sensitive information in your database that you do not want to bring into your Active Directory, but you still want to build a criterion based on the information.

Steps:

You must specify an external data source; the Import Group Membership wizard gets the list of members from it and imports them from the Active Directory into the group. For example, you have a list of Employee-IDs in a text file, and you want to add all Active Directory users with matched IDs to the membership of the group.


The process to import members is discussed in these steps:

  • Launch the GroupID portal and search for the Group you would like to import members into.
  • Navigate to the Members tab and click on the Import button to launch the Import Wizard.
     
             
  • On the Membership Lifecycle page, specify whether the imported members will remain in the group permanently or temporarily. Provide the following information and click Next:

    Select the Import member perpetually option to import the membership for the group permanently.
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              Select the Import Members temporarily option to import the membership for the group temporarily. In case of temporary membership, select the membership duration from the Duration list:
    • 7 Days: to import the membership for 7 days starting today.
    • 30 Days: to import the membership for 30 days starting today.
    • 90 Days: to import the membership for 90 days starting today.
    • Custom: to import the membership for the period indicated in the From and To boxes. Members are added to the group on the date in the From box.

            

  • On the Data Source page, select and configure the data source that contains the objects to import to the group. You can choose between a Local File such as TXT, CSV, XLS, XLSX, and XML or an External Data Source such as SQL DB, ODBC, SCIM providers, etc.

              

  • If you select, External Data Source in the above step, on the next page, you will be required to provide an LDAP Criteria and an External Source in the Query Designer.

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  • Click on the Query Designer button and provide the Data Source from where you would like to import the Membership. 

              
 

  • If you select Local File on the Data Source page as the source, simply upload the relevant file.

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  • On the Import Options page, select the search option and map the data source fields to the Active Directory fields.
     
    • The wizard matches the values of the mapped fields to determine the objects to import.
    • From the Source field list, select the name of the field in the external data source to map to its equivalent Active Directory field.
    • From the Destination field list, select the name of the Active Directory field to map to the selected source field. The wizard imports memberships where values for both fields match.
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  • Click Next to Preview the objects returned for adding as group members.


     
  • Click Finish
Keywords: Self-Service, GroupID, Import, Membership, Groups.