Create users from a list of usernames from DB

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Hi All, 
 
 What is the best way to create multiple appian users from a list of usernames from the database (Each record has the necessary information for the user, name, last name, email etc) ? I'm just confused of how to set up the create user node for multiple users in this case. 
 
 thanks in advance

Mike Schmitt · Answer

It'd be best to create a process that accepts the username for a single new user as a parameter (and anything else helpful that you might need pertinent to a single user), then have a parent process that loads the list and calls the subprocess either in a process-loop or using MNI (i.e. a single-node loop, which is easier to setup but slightly harder to monitor / debug in case anything goes weird during testing). 
 If you need something more quick/simple/dirty, you could probably call the Create User node itself using MNI, though this would not give you the chance to do username-by-username checks for things such as whether it's eligible for account creation in your environment, post-processing like adding to one or more predetermined group(s), etc.

Create users from a list of usernames from DB

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