getgroupbyname function

RE: getgroupbyname function

garym — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:24:33 GMT

Thanks Mike...that was very helpful

RE: getgroupbyname function

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:36:06 GMT

For the record, I have confirmed what I said about the "group ID - Group Name" simply being how a group type object is rendered in the rule output. For anyone on 17.3 or higher you can choose "formatted" or "raw" output in the expression rule editor, and this should illustrate what i mean:
www.screencast.com/.../7ys1JN7HDc

RE: getgroupbyname function

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:23:42 GMT

From what I can tell, you're confusing the rendering of the "Group Type" output (displaying group ID & group name) with the actual output (simply a group type object). If the function "getdirectgroupmemberuserspaging" requires an object of Group Type, I would expect the code you showed us to work unless something else is wrong.

If you want to troubleshoot further, you could also try to see what happens when you call "getdirectgroupmemberuserspaging" while manually passing in an RI of type Group (or maybe just a group ID).

RE: getgroupbyname function

garym — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:00:23 GMT

Thanks for the replies. I know the group name in the form of text but how do I convert that to a group. The issue is the getgroupbyname returns the group id with the group name.

RE: getgroupbyname function

anuyag — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:09:53 GMT

Yes. The getgroupbyname () returns the group id with the group name. Will suggest use group name directly.

RE: getgroupbyname function

Sandeep Deshmukh — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 04:42:48 GMT

Hi garym ,

The return type of the getgroupbyname() is Group. But actually it will not return you group Name, it returns Group Id () like "[Group:57]".

If you only want group name you can use this expression :- group(getgroupbyname("XYZ group"),"groupName") but the return type will be text.
For getgroupmemberuserspaging function, I have tried this :- getgroupmemberuserspaging(getgroupbyname("XYZ group),1,5)

Hope this works for you.

Thanks,
Sandeep