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How to Bulk Upload Existing Providers

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Using the Provider upload in bulk uploads you can quickly add providers to your organization.

Getting your Data Ready

The linking data must be formatted using the attached template and each column must use one of the following values or value types.

Please note that there is a file size limit of 20 mb.

 

Column Name Required Value Example Mandatory
First Name Text Rachel Yes
Last Name Text Smith Yes
Email Text (email address) [email protected] Yes
Salutation

Mr.,Mrs.,Miss,Ms.,M.,Dr.,Prof.,Rev.,Mssr.,Reeve.,Rt Hon.,Sen.,Sgt.,Sr.

 

If blank: will default to M.

Ms. No
Gender

Male, Female, Other

If blank: will default to Other

Female No
Language

English, French, Spanish

If blank: will default to English

English No
Role Provider, Provider-Admin, Support Staff, Office Staff Provider Yes
Timezone

Asia/Bangkok
America/Toronto
America/Denver
US/Arizona
America/Phoenix
America/Edmonton
Africa/Abidjan
Etc/GMT+6
Etc/GMT-5
Etc/GMT-3
Pacific/Wake
Australia/Sydney
Australia/Melbourne
Asia/Seoul
Asia/Shanghai
Indian/Maldives
Indian/Cocos
Indian/Christmas
Australia/Perth
Australia/West
Asia/Dubai
Europe/Moscow
Europe/Paris
Europe/Copenhagen
Europe/London
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Mexico/General
America/Vancouver
America/Montreal
America/Anchorage
America/Halifax
US/Alaska
Canada/Atlantic
Canada/Central
Canada/Eastern
Canada/Mountain
Canada/Newfoundland
Canada/Pacific
Canada/Saskatchewan
Australia/Queensland
Australia/North
Australia/South
Australia/Eucla
Antarctica/Macquarie
Australia/Brisbane
Australia/Lindeman
Australia/Adelaide
Australia/Darwin
Pacific/Norfolk
Pacific/Chatham
Pacific/Auckland
Australia/Broken Hill
Australia/Lord Howe

 

If blank: will default to America/Toronto

America/Toronto No
Clinic Cost Centre Text   No
Default Location

Text (name of locations from Settings->Locations)

 

This value will determine what locations the provider can book at

  No

 

Completing the Bulk Upload

Uploading your File

  1. Login to the platform

  2. Navigate to Settings -> Bulk Uploads

    • If you do not see bulk uploads the feature not be enabled for your organization or your role does not have access to it.

    • If you are a Provider Admin role you can enable the bulk uploads flag within Access Management.
    • If your organization does not have bulk uploads enabled please contact us
  3. Click New Upload



  4. Select Provider from the Type of Upload dropdown



  5. Open your file by clicking Select Files



  6. Click Upload

 

Monitoring the Results

Once completed, you can monitor the progress within the Upload History section.

 

While processing the file the status will be In Process which can take a few minutes, it is recommended you refresh your page to confirm its status.

If an upload has failed to be processed the status will appear as Failed, if the system was able to process the file the status will be Completed. 

Please note that the file can be processed and be marked as completed but still have errors. As well, only the first error will be flagged as the system stops processing the row once an error is found.

Checking for Errors

  1. Click on View Results



  2. If there were any errors they will be flagged in the Results section, if there are none a No data available in table message will appear



    Otherwise the errors will appear




  3. Review the error message and correct the error
  4. Refer to the CSV Line and identifiers to locate the specific line with the error
  5. Create a new CSV file with the corrected details and reattempt your upload
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