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Update User Profile Smart Service

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: Change User Type

  • 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.

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