User Guide

Element Attribute Description and Example
manager
Users and groups who manage the list. Each manager definition
may contain user and group definitions. The
provider
identified must be the user directory that contains the
manager's account.
CSV File Format
The CSV file format is a tabular data format that contains fields separated by commas and
enclosed in double quotation marks. The Import/Export utility supports only Excel-compliant
CSV files. The CSV files that Excel outputs differ from the standard CSV files:
● Leading and trailing white space is significant.
● Backslashes are not special characters and do not escape anything.
● Quotes inside quoted strings are escaped with double quotes rather than backslashes.
Excel converts data before putting it in CSV format.
Conversions that Excel performs on CSV files:
● Tabs are converted to single spaces.
● New lines are always represented as the UNIX new line ("\n").
● Numbers greater than 12 digits are represented in truncated scientific notation form.
The Import/Export utility categorizes the CSV file into the following entities:
● User
● Group
● Role
● Group_children
● Role_children
● Provisioning
● Delegated list
Each section is identified by two mandatory lines: entity and header. The entity line is identified
by a predefined entity name preceded by the # character. The header line follows the entity line.
The header line is a comma-separated list of predefined attributes for the entity.
The order of attributes in the header line is not significant. However, the data lines, which follow
the header line, must present data in the order in which the header line presents attributes. If
data is not to be specified, you use a comma to indicate that a value is not to be set. The entity
line, header line, and data lines provide the information required for processing.
Boundaries applied to create, update, and delete operations on CSV files:
● Users, groups, and roles are processed one data line at a time.
● Group members are processed with multiple data lines under one header and one parent
group.
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Managing Provisioning