Unable to use password generating feature on XML Import of OJS users

[israel.cefrin]

Hi @Linn9000

@Linn9000

Does this mean there is a way for OJS to generate a password ?
Does this mean there is a way for OJS to send an email to newly created users ?

To force OJS to generate and send the password, you need to leave this tag out from your XML. You can confirm this info from this thread:

Notify users on user import through Users XML Plugin import

Apparently, we were doing it the correct way by just leaving out password. The error message made it sound like it was annoyed at seeing user_group_ref with no password before it, but it’s more about not providing the user_group info in the XML. Will post separately on that, but it would still be nice if it was clearer in the documentation that no providing any password information would prompt the system to auto-create one. Just my $0.02.

Best,
Israel