Re: [Unity-idm-discuss] user attributes in enquiry form

[Sander A. <sa....@fz...>]

Hi Krysztof,

sorry for the delay. Thank a lot for your feedback. I don't think that
we need a bulk action for adding attributes.

Best regards,
Sander

Am Freitag, den 12.05.2017, 08:22 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof Benedyczak:
> Sander,
> 
> W dniu 11.05.2017 o 11:15, Sander Apweiler pisze:
> > Hi Krzysztof,
> > 
> > we want to change the type of our email attribute from string into
> > verifiableEmail. We created a new attribute and want to copy the
> > values
> > from the old one to the new one. Because of vacations, business
> > travels
> > and other possible reasons, we do not prefer a copy with rest api.
> > 
> > We want to do the mapping with an enquiry form. But in our test the
> > enquiry form did not create a new attribute. The enquiry form has
> > two
> > automatically assigned settings.
> > 1. Auto acceptance of the form
> > 2. Add Attribute mail with expression: attr['email'] (condition:
> > true)
> > 
> > I guess the new attribute is not created because attr['email'] is
> > not
> > present. The same setting in registration from works. But in
> > registration form the user enters the attribute 'email'.
> > 
> > Is there a way to use existing user attributes in enquiry forms?
> 
> Yes, you are guessing correctly: attr is not holding existing user 
> attributes, rather those requested. We wold need to add existing 
> attributes to the enquiry MVEL context for this purpose what sounds
> as 
> anyway good idea. Though I think rather in Unity 2 branch where this 
> will be easier.
> 
> That said, I don't think that enquiry form is the best choice for
> this 
> use case. For automation of user-related tasks we have the bulk
> entity 
> operations feature. So what this call for is an action set attribute
> - 
> what is bit of work but shouldn't be too difficult. In context of
> Unity 
> 2 we should add even more powerful feature that will be ultimate 
> solution (even if bit harder to use): groovy entity processor. Then
> we 
> will have an opportunity to do just everything.
> 
> So if you want we can open a ticket for addAttribute bulk action.
> Anyway 
> I'll open 2 tickets for U2: groovy bulk action and adding existing 
> attributes to enquiry automation context.
> 
> Best
> Krzysztof
-- 
Federated Systems and Data
Juelich Supercomputing Centre

phone: +49 2461 61 8847
fax: +49 2461 61 6656
email: sa....@fz...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
52425 Juelich
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich
Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher
Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender),
Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt,
Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------