Update a unique user ID via CSV in Learning

Important to know

To access the unified Admin Center, admins can use two entry points, depending on whether or not their profile is connected. Users with connected profiles can use the Admin Center tile in the header or select Me > Manage users.

Users without connected profiles can select Me > Manage users.

LinkedIn Learning relies on a learner’s email address as a unique identifier. However, in certain contexts, some companies that use SSO may choose to use the unique_user_id attribute as a unique identifier instead (see Learn more section below).

If you'd like to update this unique ID either due to migration or because the old ID is no longer in use, you can do so by uploading a CSV with new unique values for your learners.

To update unique user IDs via CSV:

From Learning Management, select Me > Manage users.
From the Users tab, click Manage users via CSV, and from the dropdown, select Download all users via CSV or Download filtered users via CSV.
In the Customize fields... screen, enter the values in the relevant fields to include in your CSV download of all users.

Important to know

You must add the Unique user ID in the User attributes field or you cannot update the unique user IDs for the users in the file.
Click Download CSV.
In the downloaded CSV, add a new column with the heading: new_unique_user_id.
Add a new unique user IDs for the desired learners, and save the CSV file.
To upload the new CSV, navigate back to the Users tab.
Click Manage users via CSV, and select Upload Custom Attributes CSV.
In the pop-up window that appears, click Upload CSV and select the new CSV file you've created.
When the upload is processed, the value entered in the new_unique_user_id column will replace the original value in the unique_user_id column as that learner’s unique user ID.

Example

	preferred_first_name	unique_user_id	new_unique_user_id
Before Upload	Alex	XFJN
CSV Upload File	N/A	XFJN	7754
After Upload	Alex	7754

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