Using Create Bulk Actions

The Create bulk action loads data from a CSV file. Unlike the Load from File process, the create bulk action allows you to define any writable attribute in the user view, including Identity Manager-specific attributes, global attributes, and resource account attributes. This flexibility means that it will probably be more difficult to assemble a bulk actions CSV file. If your bulk actions affect multiple resources, you will need to find a way to merge resource data into a single CSV file. However, you could also define a simpler bulk action file and use subsequent update actions to load data into Identity Manager user accounts.

Bulk actions runs the default workflows for create, update, and delete actions. This slows down the process of loading user accounts, but add greater flexibility.

The following example illustrates the use of Create bulk actions only. The command and user attributes are required.

command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmPassword,
accounts[MyAD].description,accounts[MySolaris].comment

Create,John Doe,MyAD|MySolaris,changeit,changeit,John Doe,John Doe
Create,Jane Smith,MyAD,changeit,changeit,Jane Smith

The following example illustrates how the Create and Update bulk actions can be used in two separate files.

command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmPassword,
accounts[MyAD].description,
Create,John Doe,MyAD,changeit,changeit,John Doe,John Doe
Create,Jane Smith,MyAD,changeit,changeit,
Jane Smith

command,user,waveset.resources,password.password,password.confirmPassword,
accounts[MySolaris].comment
Update,John Doe,MySolaris,changeit,changeit,John Doe
Update,Jane Smith,MySolaris,changeit,changeit,Jane Smith

Creating accounts using bulk actions does not add entries into the Identity Manager account index. Therefore, you must perform a full reconciliation before your Identity Manager deployment is complete.

. Creating accounts using bulk actions does not add entries into the Identity Manager account index. Therefore, you must perform a full reconciliation before your Identity Manager deployment is complete.