While trying to import “users’ with the user type of “Portal External User” I encounter an error: “Unable to link employee with guest user. Do you want to proceed operation and remove link?” I have tried adding the dialog box with the answer of yes and it still doesn’t work.
Import Scenario
Best answer by KrunalDoshi
Hi
Thanks for sharing the Import Scenario. You should set the Dialog Answer before setting the User Type. I have also change how you map the Linked Entity for Contact. Please see below screenshot.
However, please note that creating the User does not create a Contact unless it already exists, so your Linked Entity part may not work, for which you should create a separate import scenario to create Contact and then run this import scenario.
In Acumatica: A Portal External User is treated as a Guest User
Guest users cannot be linked to an Employee record
This combination is not allowed, which results in the error.
If your intention is to create external/portal users:
Portal External UserTrueThank you! How do I go about linking customer contacts to the users on this import? I appreciate any help you can offer.
+9Hi
Once all users are imported as a guest user, you will have to create another import scenario for Contacts screen (CR302000), map the contact with email and set Business Account accordingly.
Hope this helps!
Thank you. The issue I’m running into with the import scenario occurs when I select External User to represent a guest user. When I do this, I receive the popup shown below. I’ve tried configuring the dialog box to automatically answer Yes, but the import still fails.
The error message I receive is:
“Unable to link employee with guest user. Do you want to proceed operation and remove link?”
My import does not include an employee record; however, Acumatica defaults to expecting one. When selecting the External Portal, the system attempts to remove the employee link, but the import process does not accept the Yes response, causing the import to fail.
+9Hi
You need to import the uses as a guest user and Unrestricted External User.
+9Hi
Thanks for sharing the Import Scenario. You should set the Dialog Answer before setting the User Type. I have also change how you map the Linked Entity for Contact. Please see below screenshot.
However, please note that creating the User does not create a Contact unless it already exists, so your Linked Entity part may not work, for which you should create a separate import scenario to create Contact and then run this import scenario.
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