As a user and license management admin, you can add multiple new users and update existing users on your LinkedIn Talent Insights account using a CSV file. After you’ve added users, you can create user groups. This allows you to take actions on users as a group, such as sending email messages.
Here's a tip
You can download a CSV template or create or your own CSV file to upload. CSV files must include the required fields to upload successfully.
To upload your CSV to the LinkedIn Admin Center and save your changes:
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Sign in to Talent Insights.
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Click your profile picture at the top of your Talent Insights homepage and select Go to LinkedIn Admin Center from the dropdown.
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Click the Add Users dropdown from the Users tab.
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Select Add Users by CSV.
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Click the Upload CSV button in the bottom right of the pop-up window.
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Select your CSV file to upload from your computer and click Open.
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A banner appears on the All Users page confirming whether or not your upload was successful.
After your CSV file has been uploaded:
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We'll process the file, check for errors and notify you if you need to update any information.
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We'll send an email to the users you've added, with instructions on how to activate their accounts. If a user has been added as an inactive user, a welcome email is not sent.
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Your newly added users appear in the Users tab of your administrator account. Initially their status is "Invited". After they have registered and activated their account, their status changes to "Activated". If you have uploaded the user as inactive, they display in the user list as "Unassigned".
To download the CSV template and create your CSV file:
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Sign in to Talent Insights.
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Click your profile picture at the top of your Talent Insights homepage and select Go to LinkedIn Admin Center from the dropdown.
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Click the Add Users dropdown from the Users tab.
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Select Add Users by CSV.
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Click Download the CSV template from the pop-up window.
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Open the downloaded template in Microsoft Excel or a text editor application such as Microsoft Notepad.
- After you download the template, you can replace/enter information for each user you'd like to add in the five columns identified on the CSV template.
- See the Required fields on a CSV upload section below for more information.
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When you've completed adding your new users to the CSV template, save it on your computer.
Note: Please ensure you save the file with a .csv extension.
You must provide at a minimum users’ email addresses.
If you're not using the CSV template and creating your own file, make sure you use the following column headers:
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preferred_first_name
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preferred_last_name
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invited_email_address
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work_title
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license_talentInsights_talentInsights_status (see note below on replacing this license key depending on the license type you are trying to assign)
- Label as “active” if you would like to assign a Talent Insights license to this user
- Label as “inactive” if you do not yet want to assign a Talent Insights license to this user
The headers are case sensitive and must be all lowercase to avoid errors. Once you enter the headers, you can add a line for each user you'd like to add to your Talent Insights account and use commas to separate their values.
| If you are a… | Use this license key in your CSV upload |
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| Customer with a Starter or Advisor Package | license_talentInsights_talentInsights_status |
| Customer with a Leader Package and would like to assign your standalone licenses | license_talentInsightsLeader_standalone_status |
| Customer with a Leader Package and would like to assign your licenses for Recruiter license holders | license_talentInsightsLeader_allIn_status |
| Executive Search or Staffing customer | license_talentInsights_talentInsightsStaffing_status |
Check out the Examples of CSV Uploads section below for more information.
There is no record limit on a CSV upload.
Here's a tip
You may need to replace the license key above (i.e., license_talentInsights_talentInsights_status) depending on the license type you are trying to assign.
In the following example, John Doe and Jane Smith are added to an account and can access their LinkedIn Enterprise Application once they activate their profiles. They are both assigned a Talent Insights license, per the license status column. The Excel file is saved as a CSV file format.
CSV File (Opened in Excel):
