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Reset keyword in person import

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Emptying the person information field can be ensured using the RESET or NOLLA keyword in the fields where it is supported. Person import has two options to handle empty values in person import: 1) Safe (if a field value is empty then do not change existing values) 2) Strict (if a field value is empty then delete existing value of the field). All person import types and empty values mode and the RESET keyword behavior is described below.

 

Person import types and empty value modes

Person import types Empty value mode
Manual import (/wrm/admin/personimport.aspx)

Either of the following option can be selected from the drop down Empty values in import file.

  • Do not change existing field values (Safe)
  • Delete existing field values (Strict)
Person import (SFTP) - Scheduled task Empty value mode is always set to "Delete existing field values (Strict)"
Person import (REST API) - Scheduled task Empty value mode is always set to "Delete existing field values (Strict)"

Person import - Soap web service method ImportUsersFromCSV

 

/api/soapwebservice.asmx?wsdl

This method has a parameter named ignoreEmptyValues which set empty value mode for the person import.

 

ignoreEmptyValues = True means "do not change existing field values (Safe)"

ignoreEmptyValues = False means "delete existing field values (Strict)"

 

Person import - Soap web service method ImportUsersFromXML

 

/api/soapwebservice.asmx?wsdl

This method has a parameter named ignoreEmptyValues which set empty value mode for the person import.

 

ignoreEmptyValues = True means "do not change existing field values (Safe)"

ignoreEmptyValues = False means "delete existing field values (Strict)"

 

 

Empty value mode details

Empty value mode Description

Do not change existing field values (Safe)

 

Note: "Do not change existing field values (Safe)" is also known as ignore empty values in our system
  • If a field value is empty string "", it is ignored and not imported
  • If a field value is set to RESET then it is imported and its value is emptied
  • If a multi value field contains RESET then all its values are removed e.g units (a person can have multiple units)
  • If the Password field for a person contains RESET then a random password is generated when inserting a new person

Delete existing field values (Strict)
  • If a field value is empty string "", it is imported and its value is emptied
  • If a field value is set to RESET then its value is imported and set to empty string
  • If a multi value field contains RESET then all its values are removed e.g units (a person can have multiple units)
  • If the Password field for a person contains RESET then a random password is generated when inserting a new person