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Invite New Users and Export/ Import User Permissions
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Written by Alejandra Pizarro
Updated over 6 months ago

Only Admin users have access to the CSV Import & Export Tool.

You can use the CSV Import/Exporter to:

  • Invite new users in bulk

  • Export list of users with their permission levels

  • Update users' permission levels

Check out Managing your Runn users' access permissions to learn more about user permissions.

Users are free and unlimited so you can add as many as required.

What is the difference between users and people managed?

Check out this help article to learn more.

You cannot remove Users in Runn with the CSV Tool. You will have to remove them manually in Runn.


Invite New Users

1. Download template

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. Click on the Users and Permissions Tab, expand Invite New Users

  4. Click Download Template CSV

You will see some samples from the template for your reference. You can remove them and add your actual data to the file.

2. Preparing your data in the CSV file

Data Format and Requirements

Refer to the Data Format and Requirements section to prepare your data.

Here are some points to note:

Column headers

  • It is recommended that the column header names stay the same as those you see in the file downloaded from Runn

Remove all unrequired columns

  • If you have other columns on your spreadsheet that are not listed in the downloaded CSV file, please remove all these columns before importing

3. Importing CSV file in Runn

After preparing the CSV file, you can import the updated data in Runn.

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. Click on the Users and Permissions Tab, expand Invite New Users

  4. Click Import Invitations CSV

4. Uploading Invitations

Drag your file to the screen or click Import Invitations CSV

5. Matching the columns

On this screen, the items on the left are the column headers in your CSV file, while the items on the right are the column headers required in our CSV Tool.

If you haven't changed the column headers, they should be exactly the same. In this case, click Confirm

6. Reviewing Entries

Carefully scroll through the page and check if all the information is correct.

❌ What to do if there is an error?

Check out this article to learn more about how to fix errors.

If everything looks good, click Complete Import

Congratulations! You have successfully sent off the invitations! 🎉

7. Reviewing invitations sent

Go to Manage > Users, and scroll to the bottom, you should see the list of sent:


Update Permissions

If your account already has Users and you want to change their permission levels in bulk, you can easily download the existing permission levels, make the changes and re-import the CSV file to Runn.

The data in the newly imported CSV file will overwrite the existing permission level of the people in Runn.

If you need to invite new users, please use the Invite New Users CSV tool.

1. Exporting Existing Data

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. Click on the Users and Permissions Tab, expand Update Permissions

  4. Click Download Existing Permissions CSV

  5. Update the data in this CSV file.

User ID column

The downloaded file contains a numeric User ID column, which is a unique identifier in Runn.

Please do not make any changes to this column, or the CSV importer may not be able to identify which data point you would like to update.

2. Preparing your data in the CSV file

Data Format and Requirements

Refer to the Data Format and Requirements section to prepare your data.

Here are some points to note:

Column headers

  • It is recommended that the column header names stay the same as those you see in the file downloaded from Runn

Email, first name and last name are reference fields

  • You can see (ref) at the end of the column header, meaning this is a reference field to indicate which person the User ID is associated with.

  • Do not make changes to this field. Any changes made will not be updated in the system.

  • If you need to change a user's email address, you need to manually remove them and re-invite them with the new email address.

Remove all unrequired columns

  • If you have other columns on your spreadsheet that are not listed in the downloaded CSV file, please remove all these columns before importing

3. Importing CSV file in Runn

After preparing the CSV file, you can import the updated data in Runn.

  1. Hover your cursor to the top right-hand corner, click Settings

  2. Click CSV

  3. Click on the Users and Permissions Tab, expand Update Permissions

  4. Click Import User Permissions CSV

4. Uploading User Permissions

Drag your file to the screen or click Import User Permissions CSV

5. Matching the columns

On this screen, the items on the left are the column headers in your CSV file, while the items on the right are the column headers required in our CSV Tool.

If you haven't changed the column headers, they should be exactly the same. In this case, click Confirm

6. Reviewing Entries

Carefully scroll through the page and check if all the information is correct.

❌ What to do if there is an error?

Check out this article to learn more about how to fix errors.

If everything looks good, click Complete Import

Congratulations! You have successfully updated user permissions! 🎉

7. Reviewing User Permissions

Go to Manage > Users, you should see the list of users and their current permissions.


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