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Importing and Exporting ACS Objects through the Web Interface
For example, when fields that are related to a hierarchy are left blank, ACS assigns the value of the root
node in the hierarchy. For network devices, if Security Group Access is enabled, all the related
configuration fields are set to default values.
Creating Import Files
This section describes how to create the .csv file for performing bulk operations on ACS objects. You
can download the appropriate template for each of the objects from the ACS web interface. This section
contains the following:
•Downloading the Template from the Web Interface, page5-21
•Understanding the CSV Templates, page5-22
•Creating the Import File, page 5-22

Downloading the Template from the Web Interface

Before you can create the import file, you must download the import file templates from the ACS web
interface.
To download the import file templates for adding internal users:
Step1 Log into the ACS 5.4 web interface.
Step2 Choose Users and Identity Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Users.
The Users page appears.
Step3 Click File Operations.
The File Operations wizard appears.
Step4 Choose any one of the following:
•Add—Adds users to the existing list. This option does not modify the existing list. Instead, it
performs an append operation.
•Update—Updates the existing internal user list.
•Delete—Deletes the list of users in the import file from the internal identity store.
Step5 Click Next.
The Template page appears.
Step6 Click Download Add Templ ate .
Step7 Click Save to save the template to your local disk.
The following list gives you the location from which you can get th e appropriate template for each of
the objects:
•User—Users and Identity Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Users
•Hosts—Users and Identity Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Hosts
•Network Device—Network Resources > Network Devices and AAA Clients
•Identity Group—Users and Identity Stores > Identity Groups