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September 12, 2023
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How to create users from existing users?

  • September 12, 2023
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Hi Team,

I am given a task to create users in Production. There is an account already existing in Production which I have to use as a mirror account. The mirror account is a part of lot of groups,

and I have to enter these users in each of them. Is there an easier way to do this? Since it is production environment, I cannot use any smart service directly without approval from higher mgmt. 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Ritika

Best answer by stefanhelzle0001

That "mirror account" idea is pretty common in SAP. Appian works differently and there is no built in way to replicate group membership from one user to another. You could create a small process to implement that.

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stefanhelzle0001
Brainy
September 12, 2023

That "mirror account" idea is pretty common in SAP. Appian works differently and there is no built in way to replicate group membership from one user to another. You could create a small process to implement that.

September 12, 2023

Thanks for the suggestion!

September 12, 2023

Hello Ritika, You can try to create 2 process models, One parent process where can have a process variable with type as integer (Multiple) where you for the groups to be passed and then after the start node add a start process in which you can use the smart service add group members and you can add the users to the groups.

September 12, 2023

Thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely implement this in the lower environment.

mathieud0001
Brainy
September 12, 2023

You could use the a!groupsForUser() function to find the groups for the user you want to mirror. Then it's just a question of creating a process to Add Group Members to the groups.