Provisioning Workplace accounts in bulk

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With each bulk upload you'll be prompted to decide whether you'd like to invite the accounts right away or at a later stage. If you select later, the accounts will be created in an uninvited state and will need to be invited at a later point.
Workplace supports the creation of user accounts in bulk via Comma Separated Values (CSV) files. Instead of provisioning employee accounts 1 by 1, you can upload a CSV or Excel file that contains information about each employee.
When uploading a CSV or Microsoft Excel file, you must include names and at least one of the following: email address, mobile phone number, or employee ID.
  • If you include an email address, the user will access their Workplace account through their email. This applies even if you include a mobile number or employee ID.
  • If you don’t include an email address but do include a mobile number, the user will access their Workplace account through their mobile number. This applies if you also include an employee ID.
  • If you include only an employee ID, the user will access their Workplace account through an access code.
With each bulk upload, you will be prompted to decide whether you'd like to invite the accounts at that time or later. If you choose later, the accounts will be created in an uninvited state and will need to be invited at a later point.
If you are creating a very large number of accounts, each individual import should contain no more than 2500 rows of employee data.
Create accounts in bulk by uploading a CSV or Excel file
  1. From your News Feed, click Admin PanelAdmin Panel in the left menu.
  2. Click People.
  3. Click Add People.
  4. Click Import a CSV or XLSX.
  5. Click the Import File button and upload the CSV or Excel file via the Import File button.
    • Clicking the Download Template button will download a CSV template. The document can then be opened in Excel and saved as an .xls or .xlsx file should you prefer to work with Excel.
    • Find out more about the profile information you can upload via CSV.
  6. Once the CSV file or Excel spreadsheet has been uploaded, click Set Language. You'll be presented with a confirmation prompt that will list errors in the CSV or Excel file or that will indicate whether the upload is complete. The first column will display the results for each row:
    • If the first column is empty then an account will be created for that employee.
    • A red octagon denotes that there's an issue with that row. An error message will explain the issue.
    • A blue circle denotes that the upload is incomplete.
    • A green check denotes that the upload is complete.
  7. Once the preview details have been confirmed you can create the new accounts by clicking the Save Changes button. The accounts will then be gradually created.
Until accounts are deactivated, employees will still receive emails and push notifications. See Bulk Deactivate for instructions on how to deactivate accounts.
Verifying Account Creation
To confirm that all accounts were created successfully, you can re-upload the CSV file or Excel spreadsheet by following the steps above, and verify that all rows have the checkmark in the first column. You can then click Cancel to skip attempting to create the accounts again. If you do this, you'll get a prompt saying the accounts already exist.
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