Bulk Registration

The TWikiAdminGroup can use BulkRegistration to register (i.e. create logins and UserTopics? ) for a group of people quickly. Create a table in the REGISTERTOPIC named below, setting each row to represent each user and each column to correspond to the metadata. Then press the button on this page to perform registration for those users. Unlike normal registration the administrator is assumed to have correct e-mail addresses for the users, so no verification is required. Note that the new users are not notified that they have an account. This is so you can prepare and verify the accounts before announcing them. To announce them use the BulkResetPassword feature: this will assign a new random password and notify users.

Bulk Registration usage

Any fields you define in this table will end up in the User's topic. If a form (such as UserForm) is attached to NewUserTemplate then the data will go in as META:FIELDS, meaning that you can use SEARCH formfield constructs to search.

If you use the UserForm then ensure that it contains all the fields you define here. Otherwise they will disappear when the user edits their home topic!

Mandatory fields

• WikiName
• Email
• FirstName
• LastName

Optional fields

• LoginName - if not set will register with WikiName

Settings

• • Set REGISTERTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrations
  • Set LOGTOPIC = UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

• • Set OVERWRITEHOMETOPICS = 0

Example format

| FirstName | LastName | Email | WikiName | CustomFieldThis | SomeOtherRandomField | WhateverYouLike |
| Test | User | you@example.com | TestUser | A | B | C |

To use this:

1. Make sure that the Custom fields appear on the UserForm
2. Copy the above table to your clipboard
3. Click through and paste this on UnprocessedRegistrations, save the topic and return here.
4. Click the Bulk register button below
5. Read UnprocessedRegistrationsLog
6. When you are ready, use the BulkResetPassword page to assign passwords and notify the users of their new accounts.

Notes:

1. The first row of the table dictates the heading format and that the fieldnames must be plain, i.e. must not contain bolded entries.
2. You are responsible for ensuring that the fieldnames appear in the Main.UserForm
3. Only members of the TWikiAdminGroup can run this.

UnprocessedRegistrations

UnprocessedRegistrationsLog

Report for Bulk Register

MatthewDentUser

• Added to users topic TWikiUsers:
• Password set OK
  • Writing topic MatthewDentUser
    • RegistrationHandler? : %SPLIT% * * %KEY%: %VALUE%%SPLIT% * * * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiGuest * * ---++ My Links * * * ATasteOfTWiki - view a short introductory presentation on TWiki for beginners * * WelcomeGuest - starting points on TWiki * * TWikiUsersGuide - complete TWiki documentation, Quick Start to Reference * * Sandbox - try out TWiki on your own * * UnprocessedRegistrationsLogSandbox? - just for me * * * * * * ---++ My Personal Data * * Note: if personal data is being stored using a secret database, then it is only visible to the user and to administrators. * * | E-mail | %USERINFO{"UnprocessedRegistrationsLog" format="$emails"}% | * * ---++ My Personal Preferences * * Uncomment preferences variables to activate them (remove the #-sign). Help and details on preferences variables are available in TWikiPreferences. * * * Show tool-tip topic info on mouse-over of WikiWord links, on or off: * * #Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = off * * ---++ Related Topics * * * ChangePassword for changing your password * * ChangeEmailAddress for changing your email address * * TWikiUsers has a list of other TWiki users * * UserDocumentationCategory is a list of TWiki user documentation * * UserToolsCategory lists all TWiki user tools * * * ---- * Notes to TWiki Administrator: * * Anything inside this "templateonly" section will not be copied to the home topic of the new user. It is a resource for the administrator to tailor the users home topic. * * On public TWiki's on the Internet user topics are often subject to spam so you may want to limit editing to the user himself. You can do this by moving these two lines to the Personal Preferences section above. Remove the small # in front of the "Set". * * Write protect your home page: (set it to your WikiName) * * #Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiGuest * * The default topic text above is for English speaking users. If you have a multilingual wiki community you can replace the "My Links", "Personal Preferences" and "Related Topics" sections above with the localized text below. Text enclosed in %MAKETEXT will be shown in the language selected by the user. Please note that the %MAKETEXT can be quite intimidating to new users. Consider translating above text to your own language if your community uses a non-English language. (Remove all text from %STARTSECTION{type="templateonly"}% to %ENDSECTION{type="templateonly"}% when you are done) * * Text for multilingual wiki community, copy from here to %ENDSECTION{type="templateonly"}% * * * ---++ My Links * * * ATasteOfTWiki - view a short introductory presentation on TWiki for beginners * * WelcomeGuest - starting points on TWiki * * TWikiUsersGuide - complete TWiki documentation, Quick Start to Reference * * Sandbox - try out TWiki on your own * * UnprocessedRegistrationsLogSandbox? - just for me * * * * * * ---++ Personal Preferences * * Uncomment preferences variables to activate them (remove the #-sign). Help and details on preferences variables are available in TWikiPreferences. * * * Show tool-tip topic info on mouse-over of WikiWord links, on or off: * * #Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = off * * ---++ Related Topics * * * ChangePassword for changing your password * * ChangeEmailAddress for changing your email address * * TWikiUsers has a list of other TWiki users * * UserDocumentationCategory is a list of TWiki user documentation * * UserToolsCategory lists all TWiki user tools * *
    • Using Form Fields

Related Topics: AdminToolsCategory