Comparing groups using union

RE: Comparing groups using union

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:22:28 GMT

Yeah, the issue here is that groupsbytype returns a datasubset, while groupsforuser directly returns a list of groups. The data field inside the datasubset is always wrapped into a variant type. This is a historical inconsistency.

RE: Comparing groups using union

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:09:03 GMT

Just tried and it looks like the output for both of these functions are different. One gives a list of variants vs the other gives a list of groups.

RE: Comparing groups using union

erazemk6135 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:03:48 GMT

Thank you. Regarding my question about the type, is documentation missing about the type of the result of these two methods? Because in the documentation it seems to me both are of the same type.

Links:
https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.4/fnc_people_a_groupsbytype.html
https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.4/fnc_people_a_groupsforuser.html

RE: Comparing groups using union

Harshit Bumb (Appyzie) — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 13:49:49 GMT

Just wrap both of the parameters in togroup()

union(
  togroup(
    a!groupsByType(cons!TA1_ProjectTeamsPointer).data
  ),
  togroup(a!groupsForUser("testuser"))
)