Description

We defined an automatic generation of primary IDs (Admin -> User Management -> General -> User ID Generation).

However, this is not applied when importing new users via SIS.

Resolution

This is expected system behavior.

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/040Configuring_User_Management/090Configuring_User_ID_Generation :
"You can configure the automatically generated user identifiers for new patrons that are added when an operator adds a patron on the Patron Identification page"
And later: "User identifiers are not generated when users are added or edited on the Manage Users page (see Adding Users); they are only generated when adding a patron from the Patron Identification page."

For SIS, it works differently as described here:
https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/user-management/sis/synch/:
"For new users, if the primary identifier is not supplied, the system generates a default one by concatenating the first and last name. If this value already exists cross-institution, a sequence starting from 0 is added until no match is found."

• Article last edited: 16-Apr-2021