user_import: Generate a csv file to upload new user accounts to REDCap
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user_import

R Documentation

Generate a csv file to upload new user accounts to REDCap

Description

Used to generate a csv file that can be used to upload new user accounts to REDCap directly (via control centre). This requires a dataframe of at least 4 mandatory columns (corresponding to: username, first name, last name, and email address) and 4 optional columns (corresponding to: institution, sponser, expiration, comments). All optional columns will be blank unless otherwise specified.

Usage

user_import(
  df,
  username,
  first_name,
  last_name,
  email,
  institution = NULL,
  sponser = NULL,
  expiration = NULL,
  comments = NULL,
  path = NULL
)

Arguments

`df`	Dataframe of at least 4 mandatory columns (corresponding to: username, first name, last name, and email address) and 4 optional columns (corresponding to: institution, sponser, expiration, comments).
`username`	Column name (Mandatory) which corresponds to "Username".
`first_name`	Column name (Mandatory) which corresponds to "First name".
`last_name`	Column name (Mandatory) which corresponds to "Last name".
`email`	Column name (Mandatory) which corresponds to "Email address".
`institution`	Column name (Optional/Recommended) which corresponds to "Institution ID". Can be used to record the data_access_group / centre of the user.
`sponser`	Column name (Optional) which corresponds to "Sponsor username".
`expiration`	Column name (Optional) which corresponds to "Expiration". Must be in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM or MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM format.
`comments`	Column name (Optional) which corresponds to "Comments".
`path`	Path or connection to write to as .csv file.