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User and Group Browser Component

Function

a!userAndGroupBrowserFieldColumns( label, labelPosition, instructions, helpTooltip, rootGroup, pathValue, pathSaveInto, selectionValue, selectionSaveInto, readOnly, height, accessibilityText, showWhen )

Displays group membership structure in columns. Users can navigate through the structure and select a single user or group.

See also: Recipes

Parameters

Name Keyword Types Description

Label

label

Text

Text to display as the field label.

Label Position

labelPosition

Text

Determines where the label appears. Valid values:

  • "ABOVE" (default) Displays the label above the component.
  • "ADJACENT" Displays the label to the left of the component.
  • "COLLAPSED" Hides the label. The label will still be read by screen readers; see accessibility considerations for more information.
  • "JUSTIFIED" Aligns the label alongside the component starting at the edge of the page.

Instructions

instructions

Text

Supplemental text about this field.

Help Tooltip

helpTooltip

Text

Displays a help icon with the specified text as a tooltip. The tooltip displays a maximum of 500 characters. The help icon does not show when the label position is "COLLAPSED".

Initial Group

rootGroup

Group

The direct members of the initial group are displayed in the first column.

Navigation Path

pathValue

List of User or Group

The path from the first column to the current navigation.

Save Navigation To

pathSaveInto

List of Save

Variable or list of variables to update when a user clicks on a user or group.

Selection Value

selectionValue

User or Group

This user or group is displayed as selected when it is present in the navigation path array.

Save Selection To

selectionSaveInto

List of Save

Variable or list of variables to update upon selection of a user or group.

Read-only

readOnly

Boolean

Determines whether selection is enabled. Default: false.

Height

height

Text

Determines the height of the component.Valid values: "SHORT", "MEDIUM" (default), "TALL".

Accessibility Text

accessibilityText

Text

Additional text to be announced by screen readers. Used only for accessibility; produces no visible change.

Visibility

showWhen

Boolean

Determines whether the component is displayed on the interface. When set to false, the component is hidden and is not evaluated. Default: true.

Usage considerations

User, group, and user and group browser components comparison

The user and group browser components create Miller-columns-style browsers that allow users to select a user or group while browsing through a group membership tree.

screenshot of a user and group browser expanded

The three group membership browsing components are:

Similar to the user and group picker fields, these three components appear the same but differ in what they allow to be selected. Depending on whether users, groups, or users and groups should be selected, choose the group browser, user browser, or user and group browser, respectively. If the interface is only for browsing, use the group browser, as it is the only browser that can be configured to show only groups and not users.

Saving, selecting, and displaying values

  • If an initial group is not specified, only the label, tooltip, and instructions will be displayed.
  • Click a selected user or group to deselect the value. When a user or group is deselected, a null value is saved.
  • To make the selection required for submission or display validation messages based on the selection, pair the browser with a a picker or other component.

Using the pathValue and pathSaveInto parameters

  • Because users and groups can appear in multiple places in the browser at one time, a user or group only appears as selected if it is present in the pathValue array.
  • When a user or group is selected, the variables in selectionSaveInto are updated after the variables in pathSaveInto. This means that if a variable is updated in both saves, it will be updated to the value assigned in the selectionSaveInto when a user or group is selected.
  • When the component is read-only, the variables in selectionSaveInto are not updated when a user or group is clicked. However, if the selectionValue is set, a user or group can still be displayed as selected. pathSaveInto still updates as normal.
  • A user or group can only be deselected if present in the pathValue.
  • The first user or group in the pathValue must be a member of the initial group. Each subsequent user or group in the pathValue must be a member of the group that comes before it in the array. Otherwise, an error will occur.

Examples

Copy and paste an example into the INTERFACE DEFINITION in EXPRESSION MODE to see it displayed.

Using user and group browsers with picker fields

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a!localVariables(
  local!initialGroup,
  local!pathValue: a!refreshVariable(
    value: {},
    refreshOnVarChange: local!initialGroup
  ),
  local!selectionValue,
  local!readOnly,
  {
      a!sectionLayout(
        label:"Controls",
        contents:{
          a!pickerFieldGroups(
            label: "Initial Group",
            maxSelections: 1,
            value: local!initialGroup,
            saveInto: local!initialGroup
          ),
          a!checkboxField(
            labelPosition: "COLLAPSED",
            choiceLabels: {"Read-only"},
            choiceValues: {true},
            value: local!readOnly,
            saveInto: local!readOnly
          )
        }
      ),
      a!sectionLayout(
        label:"Component",
        contents: {
          a!userAndGroupBrowserFieldColumns(
            label: "User and Group Browser",
            rootGroup: local!initialGroup,
            pathValue: local!pathValue,
            pathSaveInto: local!pathValue,
            selectionValue: local!selectionValue,
            selectionSaveInto: local!selectionValue,
            readOnly: local!readOnly
          )
        }
      ),
      a!sectionLayout(
        label: "Selection & Path",
        contents: {
          a!pickerFieldUsersAndGroups(
            label: "Navigation Path",
            instructions: "Represents the current navigation from the rootGroup. Changing this could cause errors in the interface.",
            value: local!pathValue,
            saveInto: local!pathValue
          ),
          a!pickerFieldUsersAndGroups(
            label: "Selected User or Group",
            instructions: "The selected user or group only appears as selected if contained in the pathValue.",
            value: local!selectionValue,
            saveInto: local!selectionValue
          )
        }
      )
  }
)

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this component's compatibility with various features in Appian.
Feature Compatibility Note
Portals Incompatible
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.

The following patterns include usage of the User and Group Browser Component.

  • Add, Remove, and Move Group Members Browser (Hierarchical Data, Group Management): Display the membership tree for a given group and provide users with the ability to add, remove, and move user members from a single interface.

User and Group Browser Component

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