User Guide

● “Product Codes” on page 111
● “Considerations for Setting Filters” on page 112
● “Sequence of Operations” on page 107
● “Preparing the Property File” on page 107
● “Considerations for Setting Filters” on page 112
● “Prerequisites for Running Import/Export Utility from a Remote Host” on page 113
● “Running the Utility” on page 113
● “Import File format” on page 114
❍ “XML File Format” on page 114
❍ “CSV File Format” on page 118
Overview
The Import/Export utility, a standalone, command-line utility, is primarily a tool to manage
provisioning by facilitating the bulk-provisioning of user and groups with Hyperion product
roles. It allows Shared Services Administrators to use an XML or CSV file as the source file to
create Native Directory users, groups, and provisioning information. Shared Services
Administrators can use the Import/Export utility to export, import, and validate data related to
various entities:
● Users
● Groups and their relationships
● Roles and their relationship with other roles
● User and group provisioning data
● Delegated lists
● Internal identities of users and groups defined in Native Directory
The utility can be used to export data from a source Native Directory into an export file, which
can then be updated imported into a target Native Directory. This utility cannot be used to
import data into external user directories. Hyperion recommends that you run the utility on the
computer that hosts Shared Services.
You can use the Import/Export utility to create, update, replace, and delete users, groups, and
roles that originate from Native Directory. You can also use it to modify groups and role
relationships. The utility also validates the quality of the files used for import operations.
Components of the Import/Export utility:
● Batch (Windows) or shell (UNIX) file to invoke the operation
● Properties file to configure the utility
● Sample XML data file
● Sample CSV (comma-separated values) data file
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Managing Provisioning