Hi all,
For those who have been using NERM—when bulk loading contractors or non-employees, there doesn’t seem to be a way to map the identity status. By default, all contractors are imported with an Active status.
Of course, it’s possible to update this via API or scripting, but I’m curious—how have others approached this?
Hi Sunny,
You can achieve this by using the newly released bulk import functionality . Just configure your workflow to be a “bulk import” workflow. Have it create the profile and then call a sub-workflow to change and set the profile to whatever your desire.
Otherwise you nailed, would have to be scripted or a batch workflow. BUT with the new bulk import functionality is the way to go imo.
Hope it was helpful!
The default “Import Data” only allows mapping to defined “attributes” and status is a level above attributes in the data model (similar to ID, Created_at, etc.) that can’t be updated directly via this option.
You’ll need to create a generic ‘status’ attribute and use that in the import data. Then in the import workflow use conditions to map that status attribute to the actual profile status.