Adobe Connect Enterprise

Import a user CSV file and add users to groups

Use this option to import new users and add them to a Built‑in or previously created group. The Built‑in group names appear in the menu for group selection as default groups. After you create a group manually, its name also appears in the menu, so you can use the import option to assign large numbers of users to multiple groups. However, you can select only one group for the users whom you imported from one CSV file. This means that you should create a different CSV file for each set of users that you want to add to a specific group.

After you import these users, you can do the following:

  • Assign these users to additional groups, or assign the whole group to another group. Since you can add groups, as well as users, to an existing group, you can use this procedure to assign the group with the newly imported users to another group. For example, you may import new users in a single department in your organization and assign them to the Sales and Promotion group. If you now also want to give them Publish permissions for the Content library, you can assign the entire Sales and Promotion group to the Authors group.

  • To expand or restrict permissions for the group or any of the people within it, you can set the appropriate permissions in the specific libraries. For example, if you do not want to grant certain people in the Sales and Promotion department Publish permissions for a specific set of folders the Content library, you can assign these individuals Denied permissions for these folders.

    The following example shows the minimum user information required for the CSV file. You can add other information in the CSV file to prepopulate other user properties. The CSV file you create must include user information in the following format:

    first-name,

    last-name,

    login,

    email,

    password

    Mary,

    Betts,

    mbetts1@mycompany.com,

    mbetts1@mycompany.com,

    private1

    Robert,

    Blatt,

    rblatt2@mycompany.com,

    rblatt2@mycompany.com,

    private1

    Ron,

    Bloom,

    rbloom3@mycompany.com,

    rbloom3@mycompany.com,

    private1

    Charles,

    Bond,

    cbond4,@mycompany.com,

    cbond4@mycompany.com,

    private1

    Jennifer,

    Cau,

    jcau5@mycompany.com,

    jcau5@mycompany.com,

    private1
  1. Click the Administration tab at the top of the Connect Enterprise Manager window.
  2. Click Users And Groups.
  3. Click the Import link above the list of users and groups.
  4. Under the Select Import Type bar, select Create New Users And Add Them To A Group.
  5. Under the Select File To Import bar, browse to the CSV file that you want to import.
  6. Click the Upload button.

    If the CSV file contains the names of groups that are already in the system, the system ignores them but logs a message stating that duplicate groups were encountered.

  7. Add the new users to a group. For more information, see Add or remove group members.
  8. Set permissions for these users. For more information, see Setting custom permissions for the Connect Enterprise libraries.