Importing a list of objects during the Online Restore Wizard (4302181)

Import files are text files that contain one object per line. You can use any of the following to specify the object:

•  Distinguished name (DN)
• sAMAccountName attribute value
• User principal name (UPN)
• Logon name

When preparing an import file for selecting objects, you must escape reserved characters by prefixing such characters with a backslash (\).The reserved characters that must be escaped include:

•  Semicolon (;)
• Right and left angle brackets (< >)
• Backslash (\)
• Double quote (")
• Plus sign (+)
• Comma (,)
• Space or # character at the beginning of a string
• Space character at the end of a string. 

Other reserved characters, such as the equals sign (=) or non-UTF-8 characters, must be encoded in hexadecimal by replacing the character with a backslash followed by two hex digits.

The following are examples of some distinguished names that include escaped characters. The first example is an organizational unit name with an embedded comma; the second example is a value containing a carriage return.

CN=Litware,OU=Docs\, Adatum,DC=Company,DC=Com
CN=Before\0DAfter,OU=Test,DC=North America,DC=Company,DC=Com

To use the import File:

1. Start the Online Restore Wizard
2. Follow the instructions in the Wizard
3. On the Objects to Be Processed page, click Add | Import
4. Select the .txt file that contains the object you want to import