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[Kristina Hoeppner <731647@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Preferably, there's also a check box for the admin to decide whether
existing user details (name, password, login) are updated from the csv
file or not. I.e.:

Scenario 1: Ignore duplicates in CSV file
- email test@xxxxxxxx already exists and belongs to Student Test
- existing record is kept without any change
- new accounts are created
- warning is issued that test@xxxxxxxx already existed and no change was made


Scenario 2: Update duplicates with CSV file information
- admin clicks the setting to update existing accounts with new information from the CSV file
- before admin continues he sees a pop-up message asking whether he is sure that he wants to proceed because if duplicates are detected, the information from the CSV file will overwrite them (username, name, ...)
- email test@xxxxxxxx already exists and belongs to Student Test
- existing record shall be updated to reflect the correct name of the user as it appears in an external directory, e.g. Student Test-QA
- the CSV file test@xxxxxxxx for Student Test-QA
- because the admin approved the setting to update duplicates, the test@xxxxxxxx account is updated with the new information
- new accounts are created
- after the upload is complete, admin receives warning messages on the screen alerting him to which accounts have been updated
- admin can save these warning messages as txt file for future reference, e.g. if a user has a question why his login details changed.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731647

Title:
  Ignore duplicates in CSV upload

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When an institution wants to upload their users via a csv file, but
  some of their users already have a Mahara account, i.e. the email
  address already exists in Mahara, an error message is returned and no
  new user accounts are created.

  Instead, only these duplicates should be ignored and all other
  accounts should be created. Thus, when a csv file is uploaded and
  existing accounts / email addresses are encountered, convert the error
  message into a warning that is printed to the screen and keep going
  with the account creation.