User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

Colton Beck — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:45:22 GMT

Of course. Happy to help.

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

allynj — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:42:38 GMT

Sounds Good... The way my brain is set up when it comes Appian ..there is no room for complexity.. I am only two weeks into the product.
Thank You for the suggestion.

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

Colton Beck — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:40:01 GMT

If that is the only user-related requirement, then you're probably fine sticking with your current design paradigm. If you think you'll need more custom user-specific fields that aren't defined user attributes like first name, last name, and address, you'd likely be better off storing all user metadata in an external database table.
Having some user data stored in Appian and other user data stored in the database would add complexity to accessing and updating the data.

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

allynj — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:34:57 GMT

Colton,

So to follow your suggestion should I create Datatype table with the fields I want to capture that is dedicated for user information. I really just want to be able to take the information for the person who is logged in and display there info for review and then have them update.. I will look at the attached doc.

Thank You

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

Colton Beck — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:28:50 GMT

Oh and indexing out the various attributes in the user() function should work for pulling the initial state of the user data.

RE: User Function () Pulling data and writing back to Admin Console

Colton Beck — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:26:13 GMT

If you want the address stored within the user's Appian persona, look into using the Update User Profile smart service to handle this.

Generally, we recommend using a dedicated database table as the system of record for user attributes, but regardless, the smart service referenced above should meet your needs.