Bulk Load Users in IDM

[Mohit_Verma02]

Hi Team,

Was wondering if there is any OOB functionality available for bulk loading users in NetIQ IDM via workflow means a form field where you can select csv file to upload and then workflow imports users in bulk and go via approval/timeouts etc.
Is there anything available like above or anyone had such requirement before and have done stuff around it?
Any pointers will be really helpful.

Regards,
Mohit

[aburgemeister]

Personally if I need to bulk-load users doing so with an LDAP file (LDIF)
is probably a lot easier; converting from CSV to LDIF is pretty easy with
scripting, and various tools can help with it.

If not that, iManager has an impocrt/convert/export wizard which can
handle CSVs too, as I recall.

No, neither of these involve the UserApp, but the UserApp isn't meant to
do this like eDirectory is, so using eDirectory directly makes more sense
to me.

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[geoffc]

On 6/3/2019 6:15 AM, ab wrote:
> Personally if I need to bulk-load users doing so with an LDAP file (LDIF)
> is probably a lot easier; converting from CSV to LDIF is pretty easy with
> scripting, and various tools can help with it.
>
> If not that, iManager has an impocrt/convert/export wizard which can
> handle CSVs too, as I recall.
>
> No, neither of these involve the UserApp, but the UserApp isn't meant to
> do this like eDirectory is, so using eDirectory directly makes more sense
> to me.

We did actually do this for a client. An upload widget, and a CSV was
loaded and read, then run through the workflow, line by line. I do not
have the code handy, but it is possible, not neccasarily wise.

[Mohit_Verma02]

Thanks for the revert. Please excuse if asking any silly questions.
A few clarifications :-

Upload Widget :- Created a new widget in user application which reads and loads the CSV.Is this understanding correct?
You then used the wizard you created above in a PRD and then iterate line by line?

Also can you refer me the docs which might help in this like creating wizard and how to add in PRD?

[Anonymous_User]

On 6/3/2019 11:04 AM, Mohit verma02 wrote:
>
> Thanks for the revert. Please excuse if asking any silly questions.
> A few clarifications :-
>
> Upload Widget :- Created a new widget in user application which reads
> and loads the CSV.Is this understanding correct?
> You then used the wizard you created above in a PRD and then iterate
> line by line?

Something like that.
> Also can you refer me the docs which might help in this like creating
> wizard and how to add in PRD?

My boss did the work, I remmeber seeing it and probably have the PRD,
but I do not remember how it worked.

I do not think it is documented at all anywhere per se.

[Anonymous_User]

On 6/3/2019 11:57 AM, Geoffrey Carman wrote:
> On 6/3/2019 11:04 AM, Mohit verma02 wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the revert. Please excuse if asking any silly questions.
>> A few clarifications :-
>>
>> Upload Widget :- Created a new widget in user application which reads
>> and loads the CSV.Is this understanding correct?
>> You then used the wizard you created above in a PRD and then iterate
>> line by line?
>
> Something like that.
>> Also can you refer me the docs which might help in this like creating
>> wizard and how to add in PRD?
>
> My boss did the work, I remmeber seeing it and probably have the PRD,
> but I do not remember how it worked.
>
> I do not think it is documented at all anywhere per se.

I found the PRD. It was the other way, sorry. Provide some specs,
generate a report, save it to a file, and present it to be retrieved.

[Mohit_Verma02]

Thanks for the revert.
I am a bit confused now.
Can you let me know which use case is your PRD covering and how it is achieved.

Regards,
Mohit

[Anonymous_User]

On 6/3/2019 8:36 PM, Mohit verma02 wrote:
>
> Thanks for the revert.

I have never understood this use of 'revert'. Seems like you mean
report? Revert seems to imply changing back to a previous state.
Report means providing more information.

> I am a bit confused now.

Arn't we all?

> Can you let me know which use case is your PRD covering and how it is
> achieved.

My PRD example is using a form to kick off some process, writing the
results toa file to later retrieve. Not related to your request
really, I remembered it incorrectly.

[lhaeger]

Geoffrey Carman wrote:

> I have never understood this use of 'revert'. Seems like you mean report?

....reply?

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[cpedersen]

On 03.06.19 08:56, Mohit verma02 wrote:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> Was wondering if there is any OOB functionality available for bulk
> loading users in NetIQ IDM via workflow means a form field where you can
> select csv file to upload and then workflow imports users in bulk and go
> via approval/timeouts etc.
> Is there anything available like above or anyone had such requirement
> before and have done stuff around it?
> Any pointers will be really helpful.
>
> Regards,
> Mohit
>
>

Hi,

I do belive there was a discussion about how to upload a file via a
workflow (Steve did comment on it, I think). You could use that upload
functionality to upload a csv file, which is then consumed by an DTD
driver - which is way easier than having to build this in a pure workflow.


Casper

[Mohit_Verma02]

That's what I was thinking of using a DTD driver for this functionality and using a cron job to transfer the file to location where DTD will pick up.
But, as you said should be possible to upload a CSV file using Workflow,Can you please let me know how to upload a CSV file using workflow functionality.

Mohit

[cpedersen]

On 06.06.19 01:54, Mohit verma02 wrote:
>
> That's what I was thinking of using a DTD driver for this functionality
> and using a cron job to transfer the file to location where DTD will
> pick up.
> But, as you said should be possible to upload a CSV file using
> Workflow,Can you please let me know how to upload a CSV file using
> workflow functionality.
>
> Mohit
>
>

There was a discussion at some point on how to create a workflow which
can upload a file, and you would not have to transfer it, you can run
the DTD driver on an RL which runs on the UA server.


https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php/493070-How-to-import-data-from-csv-file-to-Workflow?p=2400025&mode=linear#post2400025

https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php/486840-Upload-Image-using-PRD

You will have to search the forums as the subject of uploading files
have been discussed before.


Casper