Bulk Registration

Bulk Registration usage

If you are administrator, you will take these actions:

1. (First time use) Create new bulk registration topics (see Settings below).
2. In the REGISTERTOPIC topic: create a table of new users. An example table is provided below to copy.
3. Return to this topic and press the button "Bulk Register" to create the new topics.
4. Read UnprocessedRegistrationsLog to verify if all has gone well.
5. When you are ready, use the BulkResetPassword page to assign passwords and notify the users of their new accounts.

Below are the details.

Settings

• Define where to pick up the table of users to register

• Use this to define where to log the bulk registration process. It needs to be a topic name in this web.
  • Set LOGTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrationsLog
• Set this to 1 to make the bulk registration overwrite any existing user topics. By default, existing user topics are left alone.
  • Set OVERWRITEHOMETOPICS = 0

The user table

Example format

<noautolink>
%EDITTABLE{}%
| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser |
</noautolink>

Usage:

1. Copy this text to your clipboard
2. Click through and paste this on UnprocessedRegistrations.
3. Add and customize entries, save table. Note that the first row must not contain bolded entries, so don't apply any formatting.
4. Return here

Customizing user data

You can write additional data to the new user topics. Do this by enhancing the user table with additional field names as table headers.

Mandatory fields

• WikiName
• FirstName
• LastName

Optional fields

• LoginName - if not set will register with WikiName

Customized table example

<noautolink>
%EDITTABLE{}%
| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName | CustomFieldThis | SomeOtherRandomField | WhateverYouLike |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser | A | B | C |
</noautolink>

<-- 

 

 

 Set NOTMODIFYABLE = 
 
 
-->

Main.UnprocessedRegistrations

Main.UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

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Bulk Registration

Bulk Registration usage

Settings

• Define where to pick up the table of users to register
  • Set REGISTERTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrations
• Use this to define where to log the bulk registration process. It needs to be a topic name in this web.
  • Set LOGTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrationsLog
• Set this to 1 to make the bulk registration overwrite any existing user topics. By default, existing user topics are left alone.
  • Set OVERWRITEHOMETOPICS = 0

Example format

<-- 

 

 

 Set NOTMODIFYABLE = 
 
 
-->

Related Topics: AdminToolsCategory

Bulk Registration

Bulk Registration usage

Mandatory fields

• FirstName
• LastName

Optional fields

• LoginName - if not set will register with WikiName

Settings

• • Set REGISTERTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrations

• • Set LOGTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

• • Set OVERWRITEHOMETOPICS = 0

Example format

| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName | CustomFieldThis | SomeOtherRandomField | WhateverYouLike |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser | A | B | C |

To use this:

1. Copy the above table to your clipboard
2. Click through and paste this on UnprocessedRegistrations, save the topic and return here.
3. Click the Bulk register button below
4. Read UnprocessedRegistrationsLog
5. When you are ready, use the BulkResetPassword page to assign passwords and notify the users of their new accounts.

Notes:

1. The first row of the table dictates the heading format and that the fieldnames must be plain, i.e. must not contain bolded entries.

UnprocessedRegistrations

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrations

UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Related Topics: AdminToolsCategory

Bulk Registration

The TWikiAdminGroup can use BulkRegistration to register (i.e. create logins and UserTopics) for a group of people quickly. Create a table in the REGISTERTOPIC named below, setting each row to represent each user and each column to correspond to the metadata. Then press the button on this page to perform registration for those users. Unlike normal registration the administrator is assumed to have correct e-mail addresses for the users, so no verification is required. Note that the new users are not notified that they have an account. This is so you can prepare and verify the accounts before announcing them. To announce them use the BulkResetPassword feature: this will assign a new random password and notify users.

Bulk Registration usage

Any fields you define in this table will end up in the User's topic. If a form (such as UserForm) is attached to NewUserTemplate then the data will go in as META:FIELDS, meaning that you can use SEARCH formfield constructs to search.

If you use the UserForm then ensure that it contains all the fields you define here. Otherwise they will disappear when the user edits their home topic!

Mandatory fields

Optional fields

Settings

Example format

| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName | CustomFieldThis | SomeOtherRandomField | WhateverYouLike |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser | A | B | C |

To use this:

UnprocessedRegistrations

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrations

UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Related Topics: AdminToolsCategory

Bulk Registration

The TWikiAdminGroup can use BulkRegistration to register (i.e. create logins and UserTopics) for a group of people quickly. Create a table in the REGISTERTOPIC named below, setting each row to represent each user and each column to correspond to the metadata. Then press the button on this page to perform registration for those users. Unlike normal registration the administrator is assumed to have correct e-mail addresses for the users, so no verification is required. Note that the new users are not notified that they have an account. This is so you can prepare and verify the accounts before announcing them. To announce them use the BulkResetPassword feature: this will assign a new random password and notify users.

Bulk Registration usage

Any fields you define in this table will end up in the User's topic. If a form (such as UserForm) is attached to NewUserTemplate then the data will go in as META:FIELDS, meaning that you can use SEARCH formfield constructs to search.

If you use the UserForm then ensure that it contains all the fields you define here. Otherwise they will disappear when the user edits their home topic!

Mandatory fields

• WikiName
• Email
• FirstName
• LastName

Optional fields

• LoginName - if not set will register with WikiName

Settings

• • Set REGISTERTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrations
  • Set LOGTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

• • Set OVERWRITEHOMETOPICS = 0

Example format

| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName | CustomFieldThis | SomeOtherRandomField | WhateverYouLike |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser | A | B | C |

To use this:

1. Make sure that the Custom fields appear on the UserForm
2. Copy the above table to your clipboard
3. Click through and paste this on UnprocessedRegistrations, save the topic and return here.
4. Click the Bulk register button below
5. Read UnprocessedRegistrationsLog
6. When you are ready, use the BulkResetPassword page to assign passwords and notify the users of their new accounts.

Notes:

1. The first row of the table dictates the heading format and that the fieldnames must be plain, i.e. must not contain bolded entries.
2. You are responsible for ensuring that the fieldnames appear in the Main.UserForm
3. Only members of the TWikiAdminGroup can run this.

UnprocessedRegistrations

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrations

UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Warning: Can't find topic Main.UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Related Topics: AdminToolsCategory