[ARCHIVED] SIS Import failure

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swaldie
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I'm attempting to use the SIS Import utility to import a list of new users. However, I intentionally left of the user's SISID. I assumed this can be done because we regularly manually add users without specifying a SISID. Though there is conflicting information on the error report, it says that my attempt has failed:

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Is there a setting that needs to be toggled to permit this action?

TIA

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robotcars
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Hi  @swaldie 

The SIS CSV Import requires user_id for users, where user_id is the SIS users's id.

SIS Import Format Documentation - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation 

Creating manual users in the Canvas UI can be done without a user sis_id because it directly creates the Canvas User Record/ID. If you could create users without an SIS_ID, once created, you'd have no way to act on or update that record through future CSV Imports, as it's the only way to link it back to your SIS.

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