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Text file | Create Admin Units rule

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Rule description

This rule queries the specified text file data source that is in a comma-separated variable format (CSV) and creates new Active Directory Admin Units according to the Action section settings.

Note: The data source text file must be in the comma-separated values format (CSV). CSV-file should be in UTF-8 format in case of using letters with an accent: á, ä, é, í, ö, ü and etc.  

 

When to use this rule

Use this rule when you need to perform bulk creation of Active Directory Admin Units and corresponding delegation rules.

The Admin Units will get created based on the input file, and the delegations will be created with the same web queries and actions as defined in the existing delegation rule scopes, that is used to copy from.

The Query source text file requires the following CSV (comma-separated value) format:

AdminUnitName, ScopeDN, TrusteeDN
Admin Unit1,"OU=Ohaio,DC=company,DC=com","CN=Group1,OU=Users,DC=company,DC=com"
Admin Unit2,"OU=Ohaio,DC=company,DC=com","CN=Group2,OU=Users,DC=company,DC=com"

 

Rule Settings

Query Section

Setting name Description

Select Data Source

Specifies the text file to be imported.

The […] button allows the user to browse for the file and the Create/Edit button allows the creation or editing of the existing file in the built-in Data Source editor.

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Filter CSV Data

This setting specifies the filter that can remove data rows from the imported text file that satisfies the specific condition.

CSV file delimiter

Specify CSV file delimiter.

Initialization Script

 

Script

 For example, you can use PowerShell script to copy datasource CSV file from one place to another or to generate a CSV file with data from some external system.  

  

Action Section

Setting name Description

Delegation rule to use as a template

Select from the list a delegation rule that you want to use as a template. 

To select a delegation rule you should have at least one rule created in Admin Console in Home > Configuration > Roles > Web Administrators. 

The template delegation rule must have default Active Directory scope: default Admin Unit, Web View, and Actions.

Delegation rule name 

Specify the delegation rule name that will be created by the rule. 

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Create delegation rule for each new Admin Unit

Specify if you need to create delegation rule for each new Admin Unit.

 

Output Section

This section defines the output format of this rule.

To get more information about this section, please see the Output section article.

 

Enforce/Schedule section

This section defines the schedule for how often to run the rule.

To get more information about this section, please see the Enforce/Schedule section article. 

 

Change History

Version Notes
7.2.0 The rule is introduced in the product.

 

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