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Account Import Overview

To simplify mass deployments, you can use the Account Import feature to import user details into CA DataMinder from an external Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory or a source file. Account Import can:

• Import new users and groups into the existing CA DataMinder user hierarchy.
• Reorganize existing CA DataMinder users to synchronize them with an external user hierarchy, for example, an LDAP directory structure.
• Create new CA DataMinder accounts for unknown users. These are imported users who have no corresponding account in CA DataMinder.
• Add a domain as a prefix to all imported user account names, such as unipraxis\frankschaeffer.
• Update CA DataMinder user accounts with imported attributes such as e-mail addresses and employee IDs.
• Exempt specific users from policy. CA DataMinder can exempt users with specific LDAP Attributes or, if you import from an XML data file, users with the policyexempt attribute.

Note: For full details about user import operations, see the Platform Deployment Guide; search for 'Account Import'.