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How to copy one user profile to another user profile

Troubleshooting


Problem

How to copy over a user profile (copy ' User Preferences' or ' User Portal tabs' or 'User Personal folders content'), which is useful in the following situations (among others): [

  • A user changes names and you are setting up an account in the new name.
  • A user moves to another namespace or your organization changes namespaces and new accounts must be setup.
  • Many new, similar user accounts must be created.
  • In order to save user profiles as a backup.
]

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1029766

Document Information

Modified date:
08 May 2025

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