Send a batch email inviting multiple people to join your
community using the import tool on the Members page.
You can invite people to join only as regular members of a community;
you cannot invite them to join as owners of the community.
Before you begin
To send a batch email inviting people
to join a community, you must be a community owner or a member of
a public community. Verify with your administrator that your community
did not reach the maximum number of members and groups that can be
added.
You can use the import tool to invite
a group of people to join your community only when email is configured
to be displayed for your deployment. If your administrator configured
email to be hidden, then the Import Members button
does not display in the user interface.
You cannot resend or revoke batch community invitations.
Procedure
To invite multiple people to join a community, complete
the following steps.
- Open the Members page of the community
that you want to invite people to join.
- Click Import Members.
- Select Invite people to the community.
Note: If you are a community member, Invite people
to the community is the only option available.
- Complete one of the following steps:
- To invite people using their email addresses:
- Select Enter comma-separated email addresses.
- Enter the email addresses of the people that you want to invite, and click
Import.
Important: The email address format must match the
format of the profile records in the LDAP directory or Profiles database. If you use an invalid
email address, that is, one that does not match the format that is used in the profile records, an
error is displayed in the user interface.
- To invite people using email details in a comma-separated
value (CSV) file:
- Click Select a CSV file of email addresses.
- Click Browse to locate the CSV file containing
the email addresses of the people who you want to invite, and then
click Import.