a!doesGroupExist() Function

Function

a!doesGroupExist( groupId )

Verifies whether a group with the specified group ID already exists in the environment.

Keyword	Type	Description
`groupId`	Number (Integer)	The ID of the group to be checked.

Boolean

Returns true when the specified group exists on the system, regardless of security.

This function is particularly useful to add error handling around group IDs that have been stored and then retrieved from a database.

a!doesGroupExist() cannot be used to define a column of process report data or in a process event.

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

a!doesGroupExist(6) returns true

a!doesGroupExist(null) returns false

if(a!doesGroupExist(ri!myGroup),
  group(ri!myGroup, "groupName"),
  "Unavailable"
)

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

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
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.

a!doesGroupExist() Function