In order to bulk assign Vivis, they will need to be assigned to a room before they can be used. You can do this by populating and upload uploading the following CSV file directly into Vivi Central. This file is available to download in during the upload window further into the instructions.
Download the sample CSV:
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process (see image).
To assign multiple unassigned Boxes to rooms:
Navigate to ‘Organisation’ ‘Organization’ in Vivi Central and then select the ‘Rooms’ link to see a list of rooms.
Click ‘Bulk Assign’ on the top right corner of the page and . You can then upload the CSV in the required format to assign the devices to a Room (and event Location + Sub-Location, if required).
Guidelines of bulk updates
A maximum of 500 assignment is allowed in one assignments are allowed per request. For more device assignment, users are advised to split the csv To assign more than 500 devices, split the CSV file into multiple files with 500 or less fewer records each.
Make sure the Box you are Ensure that each box you’re trying to assign is present in your organisation organization and has NOT not yet been assigned to a room. Overwriting of Box which is Reassigning boxes that are already assigned to a room is restricted.
Keep the The columns in the your CSV in file should follow the same order as the in the template. MAC address Address and Room names are mandatory. Name are required fields, while Location and Sublocations Sublocation are optional fields.
You can use this bulk upload process to create new rooms and locations using this bulk upload process. Use . Be sure to assign unique room names for when creating different rooms.
If adding more devices to an existing room, make sure to For existing rooms, enable multi-display . However, for if you’re adding more devices. In new rooms, if you are adding more than one MAC address to the new room it adding multiple MAC addresses will automatically enable the multi-display.
You can assign new rooms to an existing or new ‘Location + Sublocation’ combination. However, once assigned, you cannot re-assign an existing room to a different ‘Location + Sublocation’. Leave the Location field blank if you prefer not to assign a Room to a Location. Add all Sub-locations in separate columns in their hierarchical order.
Leave Location blank to prevent assigning a Room to a Location.
Add all Sub-locations in separate columns in the order of their hierarchy.
If there are any errors with the CSV then none of the assignments will be processed. You will need to rectify those errors and re-upload the file to successfully complete the Box assignments. Below is an example of all the error messages you will see if the CSV file has incorrect information.
Once the device assignment is in progress, the user must not navigate away from the page, until the process is complete.
Users will be shown a confirmation message once the assignment is complete.
