Bulk move users from one group to another in XI 3.1

Question

Hi all,
I have a group that contains approximately 20,000 users. I now need to move around 7,500 of these users into a different group.
How can I do this programatically in bulk as I don't want to go through and manually change the groups of 7,500 users?
Thanks,
Chris

Answer 1

Hi Christian,
Assuming you would need to move users from one group to another and remove them from the previous group, you could use the attached java code.
To run the code, you would need to save it as .jsp file and paste it inside AdminTools application context.
The pre-requisite to run this code is to create a Text file with all the 7500 user names in it. The text file should contain one user per line
(example:
User1
User2
User3
You can get this information from query builder by running the below query
Select top 20000 si_name from ci_systemobjects where si_kind='user'
Initially do it for 2-3 users to text the results.
You would need to edit the jsp and modify these three lines
1.
                * Assign user to a group
               //Query for the group ID
               boQuery = "Select SI_ID From CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS Where SI_KIND='UserGroup' And SI_Name='UserGroup name'";
Above in SI_NAME, you would need to provide the usergroup name you want your users to be added to.
2.
if (boUserInfoObject.getGroups().remove(Group Id from which it has to be removed)) {
                        out.print("User removed from group successfully. ");
Above you would need to provide the id of the group you want the users to be removed from(i.e the current group from where you want them to be moved).
3.
* Path to file containing User names.
final String USER_FILE_PATH = "<Path of txt file from which list of users will be imported>";
Above you need to specify the path of the text file which contains all the user names.
Incase you require further assistance on SDKs, raise your concerns in the below space
http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/java-sdk
Thanks,
Prithvi