Installation guide

Information about other parameters supported by this tool is available in migrate-users.exe (refer to
page 114).
Deleting special characters in user names
(Topic number: 60402)
IMPAX 6.5.3 is more restrictive on what constitutes a valid user name than IMPAX 5.3 and earlier
and WEB1000 were. To avoid problems in exporting user profiles into AD LDS, delete invalid
characters from the exported user names in advance.
To delete special characters in user names
1.
Open the users.xml file in a text editor.
2. In each UserName and Fullname field, check for and delete any instances of the following
characters:
= + < > # ; / \
3.
Save and close the users.xml file.
4.
Repeat with the webusers.xml file, if applicable.
Planning the migration of user preferences
(Topic number: 55014)
4.
IMPAX 6.0 and later introduces the concept of inheritance to user preferences. With inheritance,
users can acquire their preferences from the roles they belong to. Preferences are defined by groups,
and most (other than hanging protocols and image wizards) are non-merged, so that if any one of
the preferences in a group is modified at the user level, that whole group of preferences is no longer
inherited from the role. (For more information, refer to “Preferences: Key concepts” (topic number
9426) in the IMPAX 6.5.3 Client Knowledge Base: Extended.)
Migrating user preferences from IMPAX 4.5, 5.2, or 5.3 can interfere with how you would prefer to
set up preference inheritance in IMPAX 6.5.3, because the migrated preferences become associated
with users rather than roles. Therefore, these users get custom preferences for a whole group of
settings, rather than inheriting preferences. Changing preferences for all users in a role therefore
becomes more cumbersome, because each user has to be configured individually instead of just the
one role all users belong to.
To mitigate the potential pitfalls, work with the site to effectively plan the migration of user
preferences, following steps such as the following:
1. Define the appropriate hierarchy of roles and users, determining which preferences should be
inherited by all.
For help with this, consult “Determining the hierarchy of roles and users” (topic number 9440)
in the IMPAX 6.5.3 Client Knowledge Base: Extended and the list of IMPAX 5.2 preferences
migrated to IMPAX 6.5.3 (refer to page 118).
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