Importing Staff/User Attributes via CSV

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Last updated: Mar 13, 2023 by Shashi Sreenivasa (Deactivated)
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Note

This may not be necessary if EdSmart is set up to automatically sync from your Student Management System nightly. Please contact your school ICT team to confirm if data is syncing into EdSmart, or contact EdSmart Support for assistance.  See this article for more information: School Data Management in EdSmart.


There is an Import option for User Attributes (Click Profile Name > Import Data).

Upload is via CSV, the file must contain the User Email Address, User ID and any number of other columns for the Attributes.

Note that the Attributes must be created in EdSmart before they can be mapped to the fields in the CSV. 

After upload, the columns can be mapped to Attributes.


Generating User ID's for the import

The User attributes import matches Users by EdSmart User Id value , this information is not available in the application and can be found in bulk through the Export action. As shown in the screenshot, go to Users page in EdSmart and click on Actions dropdown and select Export Users


A CSV file will be generated with the User ID's of all the Users as shown below, use this information in the Attributes import file that you are planning to use and upload to EdSmart


Note:

This feature is enabled on a per school account basis, you may need to Contact Support have it enabled for your school.