Change User Type Smart Service

Overview

The Change User Type Smart Service allows you to select a user and change the user's type from a Basic User to a System Administrator or from a System Administrator back to a Basic User.

See also: Manage User Rights and Security

Permissions needed

The user running the smart service must be a System Administrator or an Administrator of the user account to be modified. Attempting to complete this task without the proper user rights generates an error message for the process administrator and pauses the process.

Properties

• Category: Identity Management

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• Assignment Options: Unattended or Assigned.

Configuration options

This section contains tab configuration details specific to this smart service. For more information about common configurations see the Process Node Properties page.

Data tab

Node inputs

The following node inputs need to be entered on the Data tab displays the node inputs and node outputs for the Smart Service. You can add additional inputs and outputs, if needed. The default inputs are:

Input	Data Type	Required	Multiple
User	User	No	No
User Type	Integer	Yes	No

If the node is run without being assigned to a user (or a group) you must specify values for each of the Node Inputs listed in the table above.

You can either manually enter data into the text-field, or a value can be generated using the Expression Editor. For the User Type, select either Basic User or Administrator from the dropdown list. If creating an expression, use 0 for Basic User and 1 for Administrator.

When using the Expression Editor, you can reference and modify Process Variables, rules, constants, and other data. The expressions then populate your Node Input values.

If the node is assigned, the Node Input values are typed by your assigned user(s) into a form.

a!updateUserType()

The Change User Type smart service is available as an expression function that can be executed inside a saveInto on a Interface Component or as part of a Web API.

Syntax

a!updateUserType( user, newUserType, onSuccess, onError )

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
user	User	The user whose type will be changed.
newUserType	Text	The new type for the user. Valid values include ADMINISTRATOR (default), BASIC.
onSuccess	Any Type	A list of saves or an HTTP response to execute after the smart service executes successfully. Created with a!save() or a!httpResponse().
onError	Any Type	A list of saves or an HTTP response to execute when the smart service does not execute successfully. Created with a!save() or a!httpResponse().

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this smart service function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Incompatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

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