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Chapter 5 Understanding My Workspace
Importing and Exporting ACS Objects through the Web Interface

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:
Step 1 Log into the ACS 5.3 web interface.
Step 2 Choose Users and Identity Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Users.
The Users page appears.
Step 3 Click File Operations.
The File Operations wizard appears.
Step 4 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.
Step 5 Click Next.
The Template page appears.
Step 6 Click Download Add Templa te.
Step 7 Click Save to save the template to your local disk.
The following list gives you the location from which you can get the 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
•NDG
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Location—Network Resources > Network Device Groups > Location
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Device Type—Network Resources > Network Device Groups > Device Type
•Downloadable ACLs—Policy Elements > Authorization and Permissions > Named Permission
Objects > Downloadable ACLs
•Command Set—Policy Elements > Authorization and Permissions > Device Administration >
Command Sets
Follow the procedure described in this section to download the appropriate template for your object.

Understanding the CSV Templates

You can open your CSV template in Microsoft Excel or any other spreadsheet application and save the
template to your local disk as a .csv file. The .csv template contains a header row that lists the properties
of the corresponding ACS object.