User Guide

Use Scenarios
● “Move Provisioning Data Across Environments” on page 105
● “Manage Users and Groups in Native Directory” on page 105
● “Bulk Provision Users and Groups” on page 105
Move Provisioning Data Across Environments
Shared Services Administrators can use Import/Export utility to move users, groups and
provisioning data across environments, for example from a development environment to a
production environment.
Moving data across environments involves these steps:
● Exporting the data from the source environment into an XML or CSV file
● Modifying the XML or CSV file, if needed
● Validating the updated XML or CSV file
● Importing the XML or CSV file into the target environment
Manage Users and Groups in Native Directory
Shared Services Administrators can create an XML or CSV file containing user and group data,
which can then be imported into a target Native Directory to manage users and groups. Bulk
creation of users and groups involves these steps:
● Creating a properly formatted XML or CSV file that defines users and groups. See “Preparing
the Property File” on page 107.
● Validating the XML or CSV file
● Importing the XML or CSV file into the target environment
Bulk Provision Users and Groups
Shared Services Administrators can bulk-provision users and groups using the Import/Export
utility. Bulk provisioning involves these steps:
● Exporting the data from Native Directory into an XML or CSV file or creating a properly
formatted XML or CSV file
● Modifying the XML or CSV file to include information on role assignment to users and
groups
● Validating the XML or CSV file
● Importing the XML or CSV file back into the Native Directory to update it
Importing and Exporting Native Directory Data
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