View this page in the latest version of Appian. Update User Profile Smart Service Share Share via LinkedIn Reddit Email Copy Link Print On This Page Overview The Update User Profile Service Node allows you to update a selected user's personal data, including their name, address, phone number, supervisor and title. Any fields not modified will retain their previous information. If you do not select a user, any changes made are applied to the user running the node. Note: The Update User Profile Service Node can only be executed by someone who is a System Administrator. Attempting to modify a user account other than your own, without sufficient user rights generates an error alert for the Process Administrator and pauses the process. Properties Category: Identity Management Icon: Assignment Options: Unattended/Attended 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 Data tab displays all the node inputs and node outputs for the Smart Service node. You can add additional inputs and outputs, if needed. The default inputs generated for the Update User Profile node are: Input Data Type Required Multiple Choose User User Yes No Overwrite All Fields Boolean No No First Name Text Yes No Middle Name Text No No Last Name Text Yes No Nickname Text No No Supervisor* User No No Title Text No No E-mail Text Yes No Office Phone Text No No Mobile Phone Text No No Home Phone Text No No Address 1 Text No No Address 2 Text No No Address 3 Text No No City Text No No State Text No No Province Text No No ZIP Code Text No No Country Text No No Locale* Text No No Time Zone* Text No No Calendar* Text No No Custom Field 1 Text No No Custom Field 2 Text No No Custom Field 3 Text No No Custom Field 4 Text No No Custom Field 5 Text No No Custom Field 6 Text No No Custom Field 7 Text No No Custom Field 8 Text No No Custom Field 9 Text No No Custom Field 10 Text No No * See specific usage considerations for additional information. Node outputs This node does not return any values. Usage considerations Consider the following when using this smart service. General considerations If the node is run without being assigned to a user (or a group), you must specify values for each of the node inputs. If you want to overwrite all fields, including setting some fields to null, set the Overwrite All Fields input to true. You can either manually enter data into the text field, or generate a value using the Expression Editor. 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. Specific considerations Supervisor: If the user selected for the Supervisor field has been deactivated since the profile was last updated, an error is thrown and the process pauses by exception until a valid user or no user is entered for the field. Locale: The locale code of the user, such as en_US or de. If not provided, defaults to the environment's primary locale. Time Zone: The time zone ID of the user, such as America_New York or Europe/London. If not provided, defaults to the environment's primary time zone. To find the time zones available on your environment, view the Time Zone options in your User Settings or the Internationalization tab of the Admin Console. Calendar: The calendar of the user. If not provided, defaults to the environment's primary calendar. Valid values: gregorian, Epoch A T1, Epoch A T2, Epoch B T1, Epoch B T2, Umm Al Qura. a!updateUserProfile() The Update User Profile 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!updateUserProfile( group, overwriteAllFields, firstName, middleName, lastName, nickname, supervisor, title, email, officePhone, mobilePhone, homePhone, address1, address2, address3, city, state, province, zipCode, country, locale, timeZone, calendar, customField1, customField2, customField3, customField4, customField5, customField6, customField7, customField8, customField9, customField10, onSuccess, onError* ) Parameters Keyword Type Description group User The user whose profile will be updated. overwriteAllFields Boolean Set to true to overwrite all fields with the specified values (or null when no value is specified). Set to false to only overwrite fields with specified value and keep the original values when no value is specified. By default, this value is false. firstName Text The new first name of the user. middleName Text The new middle name of the user. lastName Text The new last name of the user. nickname Text The new nickname of the user. supervisor User The new supervisor of the user. title Text The new title of the user. email Text The new email address of the user. officePhone Text The new office phone number of the user. mobilePhone Text The new mobile phone number of the user. homePhone Text The new home phone number of the user. address1 Text The new address of the user. address2 Text The new address of the user. address3 Text The new address of the user. city Text The new city of the user. state Text The new state of the user. province Text The new province of the user. zipCode Text The new ZIP code of the user. country Text The new country of the user. locale Text The new locale code of the user, such as en_US or de. If not provided, defaults to the primary locale. timeZone Text The time zone ID of the user, such as America/New_York or Europe/London. If not provided, defaults to the environment's primary time zone. To find the time zones available on your environment, view the Time Zone options in your User Settings or the Internationalization tab of the Admin Console. calendar Text The new calendar of the user. If not provided, defaults to the primary calendar. Valid values: gregorian, Epoch A T1, Epoch A T2, Epoch B T1, Epoch B T2, Umm Al Qura. customField1 Text The new value of custom field 1 of the user. customField2 Text The new value of custom field 2 of the user. customField3 Text The new value of custom field 3 of the user. customField4 Text The new value of custom field 4 of the user. customField5 Text The new value of custom field 5 of the user. customField6 Text The new value of custom field 6 of the user. customField7 Text The new value of custom field 7 of the user. customField8 Text The new value of custom field 8 of the user. customField9 Text The new value of custom field 9 of the user. customField10 Text The new value of custom field 10 of the user. 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 Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions. Process Reports Incompatible Cannot be used to configure a process report. Process Events Incompatible Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event. Feedback Was this page helpful? SHARE FEEDBACK Loading...