Show members of group using grid

RE: Show members of group using grid

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 02 May 2024 19:16:29 GMT

thanks - also I just got your PM, but it won't allow me to reply (and it said so only after I'd typed one out).

RE: Show members of group using grid

Gus Lines — Thu, 02 May 2024 19:08:02 GMT

Hey Mike, thanks for pointing this out. We will investigate this matter and address it appropriately.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:24:51 GMT

If you have followup questions, you should stick to your original post (i note some of your replies here seem to have been "spammed" - April Schuppel can anyone look into that?). But there's no need for 3 separate posts on it - at the very least, it makes it confusing for us to keep up-to-date with how far you've gotten, and aside from that, makes the front page needlessly cluttery.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:33:06 GMT

[quote userid="274702" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/34570/show-members-of-group-using-grid/132594"]And you cannot make multiple calls to a!addMembersToGroup() inside a safeInto.[/quote]

To be fair though, it accepts multiple members, so unless one was trying to do the action for multiple people and multiple groups at the same time, there should be no issue.

[quote userid="274702" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/34570/show-members-of-group-using-grid/132594"]there is no a!filter() function [/quote]

Yeah i'm also having a hard time translating that one into something that would work on an interface. For a second I thought he might mean to filter on a!groupMembers(), but it doesn't take any filtering parameters.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Stefan Helzle — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:22:39 GMT

Hm ... there is no a!filter() function in Appian. And you cannot make multiple calls to a!addMembersToGroup() inside a safeInto.

As this might be confusing to Appian juniors, do you mind refining your answer?

RE: Show members of group using grid

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:42:40 GMT

To add new members, I'd go with a person picker below the grid where you can select an individual user then a special button nearby which, upon clicking, adds them to the group. I would not attempt to do this "in the grid".

To remove individuals, I'd suggest creating a column with a rich text icon and a dynamic link calling the function a!removeGroupMembers() on the username referenced in that row. You could potentially also enable selection of multiple rows and removing all selected members via a button click, however I'd only go with this approach if the row-by-row solution is *completely* unacceptable.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Shubham Aware — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:29:27 GMT

Use a!groupMembers(groupId) to store members in a local variable.
Display members and enable selection using a grid with checkboxes.
Use a!filter(members, selected) to get selected members for deletion.
Loop through selected members and use a!removeGroupMembers(groupId, memberId) to delete each.
Use a user picker and a!addMembersToGroup(groupId, userId) to add new members in a loop.
Remember, security clearances are required for modifying groups, and error handling is recommended.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Priyanshu Bhavsar — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:25:25 GMT

Thanks,

Can you explain in details how can I use groupMembers(), removeGroupMembers() and addMembersToGroup() using grid

RE: Show members of group using grid

Priyanshu Bhavsar — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:17:33 GMT

So, by delete and add the members means is, after listing all the members in grid, I wants to add/remove multiple members from within the grid.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Shubham Aware — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:11:55 GMT

Use groupMembers() to retrieve members. Display members in a grid.Add checkboxes for selection. Use removeGroupMembers() to delete selected members. Use addMembersToGroup() to add new members.

RE: Show members of group using grid

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:09:31 GMT

You can get a list of all members of a group with the function a!groupMembers(). Then you can use this array to serve as the data basis for a grid. I'm unclear what you mean by "delete and add the members", but you should be able to do various functions all on-form using controls in the grid (like rich text column values with dynamic links perhaps).