Do you have profiles data in another system? Have you acquired some regional data? Perhaps someone hosted a community event and provided you a list of attendees that are not in CommunitySuite. You can import a spreadsheet of profiles vs. creating the profiles one at a time.
It is recommended that the import be tested and verified in Sandbox before loading to your Live site.
- Navigate to the Profiles page and click Import in the left-side menu.
- Click [Download Template].
- The template will download as a .csv file.
- The template will download as a .csv file.
- Open the template, enter the profile information for each profile, and then save the template to your computer.
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Instructions for how to fill out the template are available on the import page.
- The file must be saved as .csv format.
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- Click Choose File.
- Select the .csv file from your computer.
- Click Process.
Processing a file will create a background job.
Import Profile Relationships
Relationships can be imported in bulk for profiles that already exist in the system. The Profile Create permission is required for this task.
- Navigate to the Profiles page and click Import Relationships in the left-side menu.
- Click [Download Template].
- The template will download as a .csv file.
- The template will download as a .csv file.
- Open the template, enter the profile relationship information for each profile, and then save the template to your computer.
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Instructions for how to fill out the template are available on the import page.
- The file must be saved as .csv format.
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- Click Choose File.
- Select the .csv file from your computer.
- Click Process.
Processing a file will create a background job.