a!groupsForUser() Function

Function

a!groupsForUser( username, isGroupAdministrator, groupTypes )

Returns the groups where the user is a member or has Administrator permissions.

Parameters

Returns

List of Group

Usage considerations

By default, the function returns the groups where the specified user is a member. Only one user can be specified in the function.

Users with Administrator permissions for a group are not always members of the group.

Invalid users will result in an error.

Using this function in a process model with autoscale enabled may result in degraded site or application performance. It should be used with caution and tested thoroughly before deploying it for real-world use. When the application is in production, use the Autoscaled Process Activity tab to monitor how the process performs at scale.

Examples

Get groups where the user is a member

Given a User, jane.doe, is a member of Groups: {[Group:7],[Group:8]}.

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a!groupsForUser(
  username: "jane.doe"
)

Returns

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List of Group
  7 - Group A (Group)
  8 - Group B (Group)

The list includes returned groups where the User is a member.

As long as the User is a member of the group, the list will include that user, even if the following are true:

• The User has Administrator permissions for the group.
• The isGroupAdministrator property for the function is set to 'false'.

Get groups for the logged in user

Given that you are a member of Groups: {[Group:7],[Group:8]}.

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a!localVariables(
  local!users: loggedInUser(),
  a!groupsForUser(
    username: local!users
  )
)

Returns

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List of Group
  7 - Group A (Group)
  8 - Group B (Group)

Get groups where the user is an administrator

Given a User, "jane.doe", is a member of Groups: {[Group:7],[Group:8],[Group:9],[Group:10],[Group:11]} and has Administrator permissions for Groups: {[Group:9],[Group:10]}.

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a!groupsForUser(
  username: "jane.doe",
  isGroupAdministrator: fn!true()
)

Returns

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List of Group
  9 - Group C (Group)
  10 - Group D (Group)

Though the User is a member of many groups, they are only assigned Administrator permissions for two groups.

Limit the groups by group type

Given the following:

• A rule input ri!groupType of type Group Type with a value of Team.
• The following groups' type is Team: {[Group:7],[Group:8],[Group:9],[Group:10],[Group:11]}.
• A user named Jane Doe is a member of groups {[Group:7], [Group:8]} and an administrator of [Group:9].

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a!groupsForUser(
  username: "jane.doe",
  groupTypes: ri!groupType
)

Returns

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List of Group
  7 - Group A (Group)
  8 - Group B (Group)

In this example, the returned list excludes Group 9, even though Group 9 has the correct Group Type. The list excludes Group 9 because the User has Administrator permissions for that group but is not a member.

Invalid user

Given User "john.doe" does not exist in the system.

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a!groupsForUser(
  username: "john.doe"
)

Returns

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Expression evaluation error at function a!groupsForUser: The username Invalid user: john.doe is not a valid user.

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