I tried to implement a workflow which needs the current user data object. Unfortunately, the documentation is not detailed enough to describe a simple funtion/workflow to retrieve the current user data object.
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Achieved this by updating a data record and retrieving the user from the UpdatedBy field.
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What a smart workaround!
I am coming to this subject after one year. Is there a better way to do it with the version 2022.9.2 ?
Is there any way to do it without modifying the record ?
With the some events like āonManualā, the variable āinvokerā seems to be type āauth.identityā. Is there any way to get the user from it ?
Thank you very much for your help guys !
You can use the invoker variable which hold the UserID of the User to get the User Details using āUser Lookupā function in workflow.
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Hi guys,
maybe someone can explain how you configured your function?
Iāve also configured a user lookup function with Arguments:
lookup* (ID):
value: invoker (Expression enabled)
target: agent
On testing my workflow, I receive an error:
Test failed: workflow 269709671613333506 step 29 execution failed: cannot cast value *auth.identity to ID (target lookup): unable to create ID: unable to cast auth.identity{id:0x326418c09000003, memberOf:[]uint64{0x3879c0a77000003, 0x3879c0a6c010003}} of type auth.identity to uint64
If Iām changing the value to a static userid āā (recieved from cli: corteza-server users list) the Workflow works successfully.
Iāve also converted the invoker value with Expressions into ID and also tested conversion to uint but both ways doesnāt work.
many thanks in advance.
Pascal
Hi,
No, at the moment not.
One note: the running user ID might be different than the ID of the person that triggered the workflow, because the workflow can be ārun asā.
Aa, I didnāt know about this invoker variable. That should work then.
Iāve encountered the same error before, and to fix it, I used a block to create and modify variables. I stored the āinvokerā variable in another variable of string type, naming it āVarID1ā; then, I assigned the āVarID1ā variable to a second variable I created of ID type, named āVarID2ā.
Next, I took this āVarID2ā variable and used it to perform the user lookup, like this:
User Lookup Block:
lookup*: (ID) VarID2
It worked for me.
`{
"workflows": [
{
"handle": "",
"enabled": true,
"meta": {
"name": "Teste Invoker",
"description": "",
"visual": null
},
"keepSessions": 0,
"steps": [
{
"stepID": "6",
"kind": "function",
"ref": "usersLookup",
"arguments": [
{
"target": "lookup",
"expr": "VarID2",
"type": "ID"
}
],
"results": [
{
"target": "VarUser",
"expr": "user",
"type": "User"
}
],
"meta": {
"name": "",
"description": "",
"visual": {
"defaultName": true,
"id": "6",
"parent": "1",
"value": "User lookup",
"xywh": [
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200,
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]
}
}
},
{
"stepID": "8",
"kind": "expressions",
"ref": "",
"arguments": [
{
"target": "VarID1",
"expr": "invoker",
"type": "String"
}
],
"results": [],
"meta": {
"name": "",
"description": "",
"visual": {
"defaultName": true,
"id": "8",
"parent": "1",
"value": "Define and mutate scope variables",
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]
}
}
},
{
"stepID": "12",
"kind": "expressions",
"ref": "",
"arguments": [
{
"target": "VarID2",
"expr": "VarID1",
"type": "ID"
}
],
"results": [],
"meta": {
"name": "",
"description": "",
"visual": {
"defaultName": true,
"id": "12",
"parent": "1",
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}
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],
"paths": [
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"name": "",
"description": "",
"visual": {
"id": "10",
"parent": "1",
"points": [],
"style": "exitX=1;exitY=0.5;exitDx=0;exitDy=0;entryX=0;entryY=0.5;entryDx=0;entryDy=0;",
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}
}
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{
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"value": null
}
}
}
],
"triggers": [
{
"resourceType": "compose:record",
"eventType": "onManual",
"constraints": [
{
"name": "namespace.handle",
"op": "=",
"values": [
"Workspace"
]
},
{
"name": "module.handle",
"op": "=",
"values": [
"ControleReajuste-CR"
]
}
],
"enabled": true,
"stepID": "8",
"meta": {
"description": "",
"visual": {
"defaultName": true,
"edges": [
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"label": "",
"visual": {
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}
},
"parentID": "4"
}
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]
}
}
}
]
}
]
}`