Import user profiles

You can import user profiles from the ReachFive Console. The instructions below guide you step-by-step in importing your users. The visual below shows you a high-level flow of the process.

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Import users from the console

Follow the instructions below to import user profiles from the ReachFive Console.

Prerequisites

  • You must have access to the ReachFive Console.

  • You must have a Developer, Manager, or Administrator role.

  • You must have the Import Jobs feature enabled.

Instructions

The instructions below apply to both creating and editing an import job definition.

If editing an existing import job, be sure to select the edit icon instead of creating a new definition.

  1. Go to Settings  Import definitions.

  2. Select New definition.

  3. Under General, give the import job a name and description. Don’t forget to Enable the job.

  4. Under Source, choose the protocol you wish to use to import the file.

    • SFTP

    • S3

    • GCS

    1. Specify the Server host for the secure FTP site.

    2. Specify the Server port.

    3. Enter the User name for the server.

    4. Enter the Password for the server.

    5. Specify the Path where the import file is located.

      For example

      <serverhost>/path-to-file/file.csv.

    6. If you are importing files with additional encryption:

      • Select Encrypt.

      • Enter your password that is used as part of the encryption.

      • Specify the number of PBKDF2 iterations you used.

        PBKDF2 encryption command
        openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 -iter 10000 -in file_to_import -out file_to_import.enc

        See encrypting an import file for more details.

    1. Specify the URL for the S3 bucket.

    2. Specify the name Bucket.

    3. Enter the Region for the server.

    4. Enter the Access key for AWS.

    5. Enter the Secret key for AWS.

    6. Specify the Path where the import file is located.

      For example

      <serverhost>/path-to-file/file.csv.

    1. Specify the Project ID for the Google Cloud Storage.

    2. Specify the App name.

    3. Enter the User name for the server.

    4. Specify the name Bucket.

    5. Enter the Credentials in JSON format.

    6. Specify the Path where the import file is located.

      For example

      <serverhost>/path-to-file/file.csv.

  1. Under Schedule, if desired, use a cron expression for scheduling the job.

  2. Under File format, select the file format type you wish to import. This will be either JSON or CSV.

    • JSON

    • CSV

    Choose the Encoding standard for your JSON file.

    1. Choose the Encoding standard for your CSV file.

    2. Enter your Delimiter. The default is ;.

    3. Enter your Quote char. The default is ".

    4. Enter your Escape character. The default is \.

  1. If desired, enable the End Job Notification Webhook.

    For more information on the webhook, see the End Job Notification Webhook page.

  1. Under Advanced:

    1. If desired, select testing mode.

    2. If importing LITE profiles only, select LITE profile only.

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