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7/27/2011 12:46:15 PM
jwp100
jwp100
Posts 1 		Hi,

I've started using Bulk AD Users for a number of AD related tasks, and this product rocks. I didn't see a post related to this so I thought I would just pose the question -

I often get requests accompanied by a user list for certain AD profile data. If the list contains the samaccountname everything is cool, but many times it does not and instead contains an employee number or other stored attr for user identification.

Is there an option/ability to change the "Get users from list" function to use a different attr instead of samaccountname?

thx
JWP
8/7/2011 8:17:11 AM
admin
admin
Posts 331 		Hi,

There isn't a way to customize the "Get users from list" in the current version of BulkADUsers - it might be a useful feature to add to future versions though. There are some workarounds to consider:

You might be able to use the "Get Users From Query" option instead. This allows you to use your own LDAP filters and it's also possible to extend the pre-defined list of filters by updating the LDAPFilters.xml file in the application directory.

It's possible to update accounts using the CSV update feature which allows you to pick which attribute you want to use to match rows in the CSV file to users in AD (binding attribute). I'd normally advise using a unique attribute like sAMAccountName, but it's possible to use other attributes.

Note: If you intend to update multiple accounts from a single row in the CSV file you need to check the "Allow multiple users per CSV row". If you intend a 1:1 mapping between rows in the CSV file, leave it unchecked - if multiple accounts are matched an error will be thrown.
e.g. If you use sAMAccountName as the mapping attribute, it doesn't matter if you check the box - the attribute is guaranteed to be unique. Other attributes might be unique, but it's not enforced - e.g. Employee number. In these cases, you might want to either update all accounts with duplicate employee numbers or throw an error to alert you to the problem. In some cases you might want to intentially update multiple accounts - e.g. update manager attribute for each department.

Hope this helps,

David
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