Available audience upload fields
    • 01 Nov 2022
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    Available audience upload fields


    Article Summary

    There are several fields you can use when creating a CSV file to upload audiences to your site. 

    Required fields

    Field nameDescription

    name

    The name of the audience.

    Optional fields

    To provide values other than the default, include one or more of the following optional fields.

    Field nameDescription

    contextid

    Use this field if you wish to specify the context ID for the audience you are uploading. This could be the context ID of a specific course category.

    idnumber

    Assign a unique alphanumeric ID to the audience. 

    description

    You can describe the audience, which can help others to use it. 

    descriptionformat

    Specify the text editor formatting type you'd like to use for the description. Choose from:

    • 0 for Totara auto-format
    • 1 for Atto HTML editor
    • 2 for Plain text format
    • 3 for HTML format
    • 4 for Markdown format

    visible

    You can either set the audience to:

    • Visible using 1
    • Hidden using 0

    Additional fields

    You can use additional fields to link to information elsewhere on the system. As most of the additional fields involve looking up information from other parts of the system, it is advised that you use these with caution. 

    Field nameDescription

    context

    Enter the context of the audience being uploaded. For example, use system for a site-wide audience. 

    category 

    Associates the audience with a particular course category named here.

    category_id

    Associates the audience with a particular course category using that category's ID. 

    category_idnumber

    Associates the audience with a particular course category using that category's ID number. 

    category_path

    Associates the audience with a particular course category using that category's path. 

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