Import Roles

To import roles from an XML file, do the procedure in this topic.

Background and Setup

Prerequisites

An XML file with exported roles on your local machine.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                            <ArrayOfWFRoleExt xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                            <WFRoleExt>
                            <LastModifiedBy>MYDOMAIN\myuser.n</LastModifiedBy>
                            <LastModifiedDate>2016-04-13T22:38:03.093</LastModifiedDate>
                            <Name>Administrators</Name>
                            <Description/>
                            <CreatedDate>2016-01-30T05:52:26.7</CreatedDate>
                            <CreatedBy>mydomain\mydomainguest</CreatedBy>
                            <RightFlags>YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN</RightFlags>
                            <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                            <RoleMembers>
                            <WFRoleMember><ObjectID>00000000000000000000000000000000</ObjectID>
                            <ObjectType>All</ObjectType>
                            <Assignee>AgilePoint\John</Assignee>
                            <AssigneeType>User</AssigneeType>
                            <RoleName>Administrators</RoleName>
                            <CreatedDate>2016-03-17T16:35:09.643</CreatedDate>
                            <CreatedBy>AgilePoint\Andy</CreatedBy>
                            <ClientData/>
                            </WFRoleMember></RoleMembers></WFRoleExt></ArrayOfWFRoleExt>

How to Start

Click Manage.
In the Manage Center, click Access Control > Roles.

Procedure

On the Roles screen, click Import.
On the Import Roles screen, in the Import Action list, select an action to do if a role with the same name already exists.
Click Select File.
Select an exported XML file from the local machine that contains the roles to import.
Click Import.