Can you rearrange sub-accounts?

Hi all,

Doing some spring cleaning of the Canvas instance I manage. I want to create an Archive sub-account and then move the existing sub-accounts we no longer use into it, is this possible?

I feel like if this isn't a feature it should be considered as it would clean up Canvas a bit especially for Accounts with many sub-accounts.

Thank you

Jai

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mzimmerman

Hi @JaiWOwen

If your sub-accounts have SIS IDs, then you can use the SIS imports tool to upload a CSV that places the sub-accounts under different parent accounts. There is some documentation of the file formats at https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.sis_csv.html , but the easiest way to get a CSV of your existing accounts is to run a provisioning report (Admin > Settings > Reports > Provisioning...) and choose "Accounts CSV" as the report you want to generate.

JaiWOwen

Hi @chriscas,

That's done it, this is only a PoC test so I'm working solely on the test site. I'm going to have a look around see if this had any impact on other things before I expand my testing.

Thank you for the help!

Jai

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