Are there plugins to create user group during run-time?

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sudhak — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:18:48 GMT

one more question. which expression function actually returns the group id? I don't see it in the people function plugin. Has the uuid function, but then used with group() doesn't work. Any pointers would be of great help. Thanks!

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sudhak — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:16:54 GMT

great. thanks!

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saravanarajanj — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:11:39 GMT

Thanks chetany

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chetany — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:46:49 GMT

@saravanarajanj, the smart service is not useful since here rhe requirement is to create group from the SAIL UI itself. Either the Process writer plugin or a custom expression function which returns a writer can achieve this.

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saravanarajanj — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:35:09 GMT

Hi, we have Appian Smartservice for creating Custom Group.Thanks!
forum.appian.com/.../Create_Custom_Group_Smart_Service.html

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chetany — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:02:57 GMT

@sudhak, The solution given by Sikhivahans is a good one. It will get the job done. However, if you are looking for a function like a!createCustomGroup which is there in Appian 16.2, then I have created a plugin. I have created an expression function which can be used with bind(). It creates a custom group at runtime. Please find the attached zip file. you can go through the code - it works but is not perfect. I have not added validations for the different parameters the function takes. My expression function also has the name createcustomgroup().

SAIL example to use the plugin function created:
load(

local!grpName: fn!bind({}, createcustomgroup(
name: _,
description: "New group",
delegatedCreation: true,
membershipPolicy: "AUTOMATIC",
securityType: "PUBLIC",
groupPrivacy: "LOW"
)) ,

a!formLayout(

label: "Test group Add",
firstColumnContents: {
a!textField(
label: "Group Name",
value: local!grpName,
saveInto: local!grpName
)
}
)

)

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sikhivahans — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:31:12 GMT

@sudhak If your intention is to invoke the smart service in SAIL, for time-being you may replicate it by using the 'Start Process Writer' plugin at http://bit.ly/29UQyvg. So you can create a process model that creates a Custom Group. And this process model can be invoked from SAIL by making use of the plugin mentioned previously. A trade-off with this is, the plugin exhibits fire and forget behavior. So in order to overcome this, you need to interact with another SAIL component and then you can read the id of the created group by querying the database/ analytics.

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chetany — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:24:39 GMT

I would suggest that take a look at the source code of "Create custom Group" Smart Service. Re-use the same code and create an expression function. It should be a writer function that you need to create. A writer function is required if your expression function has side-effects. Then you can use the expression function in SAIL in combination with bind()

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vineeta6579 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:40:45 GMT

Its possible to execute smart service in sail, but 7.9 does't support it.

forum.appian.com/.../Appian_Release_Notes.html

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sudhak — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:26:40 GMT

Yes, I see this. However, it is not available as an expression function. Should I configure something?

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vineeta6579 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:25:55 GMT

The Create Custom Group smart service allows you to add new custom groups at runtime from your process applications. It is found under Appian Smart Services > Identity Management in the Process Modeler.

Ref link:- forum.appian.com/.../Create_Custom_Group_Smart_Service.html

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sudhak — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:18:44 GMT

Im running 7.9 and I don't see the createGroup smart service selection choices from the expression rule editor. Am I missing anything?

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vineeta6579 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:06:05 GMT

@sudhak Hi, have you had a chance to look at 'Create Custom Group' Smart Service at forum.appian.com/.../Create_Custom_Group_Smart_Service.html Or is it not what you are looking for?

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