Primary Role: Business Administrators (BA)
Learning Focus: Apply
Where: Admin Portal
🧭Before You Start (Important)
Bulk updates apply immediately to live user accounts
Bulk updates are FULL REPLACE per field
Leave a field blank to preserve existing values
🎯Why It Matters
Saves time when updating many users
High risk if incorrect values are applied - Bulk Updates are FULL REPLACE
Changes affect live user accounts
⏱️When to Do This
Updating the same field(s) across multiple users
Making standardized changes (e.g., language, roles, supervisor)
📝What Can Be Updated in Bulk
Supervisor
Preferred Language (IETF language setting e.g., en-US, fr-FR)
Phone Number
Roles (ADMIN and/or TECH)
Special Rights (where permitted)
User Tags (key:value)
Status (Active / Inactive)
Only fields entered in the bulk update form are changed.
🛠️Steps
Open the User Management tab in the ANVL Admin Portal.
Filter or search to locate the users.
Select the checkbox next to each user to update.
Select Bulk Update Users
Enter values for the fields you want to update
Supervisor
Enter the Supervisor’s User ID (UUID)
Do not enter the supervisor’s name or email
👉 See Find a User ID (UUID) for help locating this value
Phone Number
Enter numbers only
Do not include spaces, dashes, parentheses, or special characters
User Tags
Use the format:
tag:valueExample:
Job Title:ForemanMultiple tags must be entered as comma-separated tag:value pairs
Leave fields blank to keep existing values
Select Update
Wait for the updates to process. You will see a small window for each user pop up in the right-hand corner. Wait for the pop-ups to stop.
Verify changes were successful in the Successful Submissions table.
→ Follow the steps in Verify User Update Results & Resolve Errors
Click Refresh or refresh the browser page.
Confirm changes were successful
✅What You Should See
Updated field value reflected directly in the table
User access and assignments updated as expected
⚠️Watch Out For…
This is a FULL REPLACE per field (entered values overwrite existing ones)
Supervisor updates must follow Group membership rules
Always review success and error results
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Job Role: Business Administrator | Permission Level: Admin / ANVL Web | Special Rights: Admin Portal