Load Account

Load Account loads/overwrites account information from a text file.

Location

Administrator module, Accounts Tab, Load button

Steps

1. User creates a load accounts file, use "Save" button to create a new file
2. User uses Generate Accounts to generate accounts
3. On the Admin, user clicks Load button and is presented with the Review Accounts Loading screen
4. Click Accept button to apply the changes

Load Accounts File format (Version 9)

In Version 9 the load account file has been made more flexible, in Version 8 the format was fixed and had 4 fields (team #, display name, active and password) and the fields were pipe "|" delimited, see below for more details and an example.

In Version 9 the field delimiter has changed to a Tab character, a number of fields have been added and the order of the fields is determined by the new required first line of the file.

The first line of the Load Account file is a list of fields (columns) separated by tabs. The list of field names are case-insensitive.

The remaining lines of the file should be the values corresponding to the fields listed on the first line.

Lines starting with # are considered comments (ignored)

Required Columns

If any of these columns are not present on the first line a error message will be displayed.

Name	Description	Example
site	site number	4
account	description of account name (short)	team5

Optional Columns

Name	Description	Example
password	password for account	foobar12
group	Group name associated with account	North Site
displayname	Name to be displayed on scoreboard	CSUS Hornets
permdisplay	Account displayed on scoreboard	true or false
alias	Alias name to be displayed for the judges	Alias 54
permlogin	Account permitted to login	true or false
permpassword	Account allowed to change their password	true or false
externalid	same as group	CSUS Hornets

Sample Account Load file

site	account	password	displayname
1	team1	passone	Team One

Load Account (Version 8)

Version 8 load file was limited to importing team information. Version 8 load only loaded account information for the current site.

The field delimiter is a vertical bar, not a tab.

Required Columns

Name	Description	Example
Team Number	Team account number	4
Display Name	description of account name (short)	team5
Active	whether account shown on board	true or false
Password	password for account	foobar12

Example File

1|Number 1|true|pass1
2|Team Number 2|true|myPass
3|My School Name|false|

See Also

• Changes in Version 9
• Account Permissions - permissions or abilities