Add Users via CSV Upload

Where in Ambition can I update multiple users?

How do I prepare a CSV file for Upload?

Resource - Downloadable Example CSV Template

How do I upload and map the CSV to Ambition fields?

What if I encounter an error upon uploading the CSV?

Are the new users invited to Ambition?

Add Multiple Users

If you're needing to create less than 15 users, it may be faster to Update Users Manually.

1. Open the left navigation and click Administration > People > Users.

2. Click the + Create New User button.

3. Ensure Upload Users is selected in the Choose Creation Method dropdown.

Prepare CSV

The CSV must contain a header row with the following columns explicitly named.

Required Columns:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email
• Salesforce Username*

*If your organization uses our Salesforce integration...

If you use our Salesforce integration, Ambition will use Salesforce Username as the uniqueness constraint for users. Include an additional column on the CSV you wish to upload containing Salesforce Usernames.

Salesforce Usernames must in the form of an email address, xxxx@xxx.com.

Optional Columns:

Time Zone

• Supported Time Zones found here.
• Format examples: US/Eastern, America/New_York.
• If this column is included every row must have a value.

Is Manager

• True or False.
• If this column is included every cell must have a value.
• If you are updating an existing user from True to False ensure that the user is no longer managing any groups, otherwise Ambition will not make a change.

Is Admin

• True or False.
• If this column is included every cell must have a value.

Manager

If your organization uses our Salesforce integration, populate the column with the manager's Salesforce Username* instead of their email address. *(In some cases, an employee's Salesforce username and email address will not match.)

• The cells will contain a manager's username.
• To be assigned as a user's manager, the manager must have an active account in Ambition.
• If the username in the manager field belongs to a user that does not have the "Is Manager" permission, Ambition will automatically assign it during the upload process.
• If the manager information does not belong to user with an active Ambition account, it will clear an existing manager if previously set.
• If the cell is empty, it will clear an existing manager if previously set.

Group Memberships

• Set column name(s) to reflect group types existing within Ambition. Each cell value will be the name of an existing or new group.
  ↳ Need guidance creating group types prior to upload, check out this article.
• The cells will contain the name of the group where the user should be made a member.
• Ambition will automatically create groups that do not currently exist in Ambition. 
• Group types will not be created through this process. Only existing group types can be selected as mapping options.
• Group membership is a case sensitive field. Differences in spelling and capitalization from existing group names will create net new groups. Group names cannot contain semicolons.

Group Managers

• Set column name(s) to reflect group types existing within Ambition.
• The cells will contain the name of the group(s) where the user should be made a manager. Group managers are made a manager over all group members.
• If a manager manages multiple groups in the same group type, separate the group names with semicolons. Ex. Account Executive;Sr. Account Executive.
• Differences in spelling and capitalization from existing group names will create net new groups. Group names cannot contain semicolons.
• If the user being assigned as a group manager does not have the "Is Manager" permission, Ambition will automatically assign it during the upload process.
• If the manager manages multiple groups, the manager can be removed as a manager from a specific group by omitting that group name from the upload.
• If the cell is empty, it will remove the manager from managing all groups in that group type.

Integration IDs

• Unique Identifiers used in Ambition Integrations other than Salesforce.
  ↳ Ex: Phone Extension, Employee ID.
• Correlating data integrations must be established first before Integration IDs can be uploaded. Reach out to gethelp@ambition.com with questions.
• While Integration IDs will be mapped in the upload process, you are unable to map a single column to multiple Integration IDs. We recommend adding a separate column for each respective Integration ID.
• Note that including a column for Integration IDs, but leaving cells blank will result in removal of ID for any users with blank cells.

Example File Format

Header rows are required

Upload CSV

1. Note: If you do not have an active Salesforce integration, you will not see this step. Skip to the next step.

Choose the User Source from the dropdown. Here you have two options, both of which follow the same process but require different fields in the CSV upload file.

     A.) Salesforce: For customers with active Salesforce integrations, requires Salesforce usernames.
     B.) User Integration: Used for any integrations outside of Salesforce.

2. Click the Upload CSV button and select the CSV you desire to upload.

Ambition will detect how many rows of users you are uploading. Click Next to begin mapping.

Map CSV Fields to Ambition

3. Ambition will attempt to auto-detect the number of accounts and map correct fields. Verify that CSV fields match the appropriate Ambition field.

4. After verifying field mappings are correct, click the Create/Update Users button. 

Encountering an error upon uploading the CSV?

If at anytime you experience an error message, feel free to reach out to gethelp@ambition.com

Below are common error messages and how to resolve them on your own: 

Error Message: Unable to process the file upload: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'entity'.

Cause: Attempting to update a User who is synced via Salesforce where the User's email address and Salesforce Username differ.

Resolution: Add a column of Salesforce Username that contains the User's Salesforce Username as well as keeping the required Email column. If applicable, downloading the User Directory CSV will contain a Salesforce Username column.

If you have questions about adding a Salesforce Username column, or need assistance with bypassing this error, contact gethelp@ambition.com

Error Message: The following accounts with the 'username' field could not be found in the system: Problematic username(s) listed.

Cause: Attempting to update a User via the Salesforce User Source who does not have a Salesforce account.

Resolution: Remove Users without Salesforce account from the current CSV. Either manually update the respective users OR prepare a CSV that contains non-Salesforce users. Select User Integration during Step 1 of the Add User Process.

If you need assistance with bypassing this error, contact gethelp@ambition.com

Error Message: The following accounts with the 'username' field could not be found in the system: ". Are you sure these are correct?

Cause: Attempting to update a User(s) via the Salesforce User Source that appears twice on the CSV.

Resolution: Remove duplicate User(s) from CSV and reupload.

If you need assistance with bypassing this error, contact gethelp@ambition.com

Are my new users invited to Ambition?

Users added to Ambition through CSV upload will not automatically be invited to Ambition.

When viewing the user management page, you can invite all users who have not yet logged in by clicking the Actions button.

Click on Invite # Users to send out Ambition Invites.

If you only want to invite a segment of your uninvited users, learn more here.

      -- OR --

Within the "Last Login" column, you can invite a user for the first time or resend their invite if they have not yet logged in.

Users can also be invited from within their settings.