Synchronizing with user directories

You can synchronize the user data from the user directories.

Do the following:

1. Select User directory connectors on the QMC start page or from the StartS drop-down menu to display the overview.

2. Verify that the user directory connector is Configured and Operational.

   Warning noteIf the user directory connector is not Configured or Operational, synchronization cannot be performed. The value of the User directory must be unique; otherwise the connector cannot be configured. Check the UserManagement_Repository log at this location: %ProgramData%\Qlik\Sense\Log\Repository\Trace.

3. Before you start the synchronization you might want to check if all or only the existing users will be synchronized. Select the user directory connector, click Edit and look at the setting Fetch user data on first access, then keep in sync under User sync settings:

• When selected, only the existing users are synchronized. An existing user is a user who has logged in to Qlik Sense and/or been previously synchronized from the configured directory service.
• When not selected, all the users, defined by the properties for the UDC, are synchronized from the configured directory service. You can create a filter to Active Directory, ApacheDS, or Generic LDAP if you only want to synchronize a selection of users.
4. Go back to the overview by clicking on User directory connectors in the top left corner.
5. Select the user directory that you want to synchronize.

6. Click Sync in the in the action bar. Starting synchronization of the selected user directories is displayed at the bottom of the page. During the synchronization the Status column displays:

   1. °External fetch
   2. °Database store
   3. mIdle

7. When mIdle is displayed, verify that Last successfully finished sync date and time is updated.

   Information note If the status is displayed as mIdle and Last started sync is more recent than Last successfully finished sync the synchronization has failed.
   Tip noteIf the user synchronization is unsuccessful, set the property Page size of search to no value (empty). This can solve the problem.

You have now synchronized the user data from the selected user directories. Select Users from the start page to display the updated user table.