Child group parent relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

RE: Child group parent relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:35:24 GMT

Cool, thanks 🙂 I've re-read it and it's quite a bit more clear now, at least for me.

RE: Child group parent relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

btravis — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:33:14 GMT

I have updated the post to remove references to "folder" terminology to make it clear I was referring to group hierarchy.

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

ankitab0001 — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:33:42 GMT

Thanks btravis If you are satisfied with my answer may I request you to mark it as verified

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:55:58 GMT

I think I see the issue you're talking about, however (just FYI) it makes it a bit confusing to read when you refer to "folders", since Groups are not Folders in any sense (other than being a logically similar grouping device). But in terms of Appian objects, Groups have nothing at all to do with "folders".

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

btravis — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:44:36 GMT

Hi ankitab0001, that does make sense. thank you.

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

ankitab0001 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:52:49 GMT

I think it might have to do with the group security. When you create a child group from parent, it inherits the security from the parent. When you remove the child group from the parent, had the relationship been removed the administration priviledges (security) would also be removed and there's a high possibility for any process/UI to break. Therefore, Appian makes sure that the relationship is intact even when the sub group is removed and if someone removes the parent relationship, he should update the group security as well.

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

btravis — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:59:39 GMT

Hi, thanks for replying.... yes I was aware that if you remove the relationship it removes the membership as well. My question is more directed toward why doesn't Appian remove the relationship when then child folder member is removed from the parent folder. Is there some value in leaving the parent folder relationship in tact?

RE: Child group parent folder relationship not updated after removing child group from parent relationship, Is this expected?

ankitab0001 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 01:37:23 GMT

Hi btravis

If you remove the child group from the parent, only the group gets removed, not the relationship. You need to explicitly remove the parent relationship in the child group properties for the child group to be independent.