User create event with two roles workflow example

In this example, an administrator creates a workflow that submits a separate request to add two roles to the newly created user. The script is triggered when a user create event occurs.

Assumptions

Roles exist in the catalog.
Make sure to catch any error/failure conditions.

Example

1 The Script node gets a user ID from the event request and returns the user object.

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logger.info("Get User Id From Event Request: UserCreateEventWithSteps");
var content = execution.getVariables();
var requestId = content.get('id');

// Read event user information from request object
try {
  var requestObj = openidm.action('iga/governance/requests/' + requestId, 'GET', {}, {});
  var userObj = requestObj.request.common.blob.after;
  execution.setVariable("userId", userObj.userId);
}
catch (e) {
  execution.setVariable("failureState", "Validation failed: Error reading request with id " + requestId);
}

2 The Script node makes a call to create the request. The payload contains two catalog IDs for the Data Analyst and Security roles.

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logger.info("Submit Role Requests: UserCreateEventWithSteps");
var content = execution.getVariables();
var userId = content.get('userId');
var failureState = content.get('failureState');

// Define request payload
if (!failureState) {
  var requestBody = {
    priority: "low",
    accessModifier: "add",
    justification: "Request submitted on user creation: UserCreateEventWithSteps.",
    users: [ userId ],
    catalogs: [
      { type: "role", id: "b9224b9ae535c9eab3f493dc206ac689dc9f6733b417d0def37f8969bef3e95dad7c812e4585056f698c7b3eb15c970dfa939eca8217741af187978359af13df"},
      { type: "role", id: "e7ec51656c6f5ca297d82772a681e3069d8a7c24c04f15afaa8060856e17ad6e76f88bdeb635d4dc8c3d8faa462f376189322e85df379ae0721fcb2d28d1a222"}
    ]
  };

  // Create requests
  try {
    openidm.action("iga/governance/requests", "POST", requestBody, {_action: "create"})
  }
  catch (e) {
    execution.setVariable("failureState", "Unable to generate requests for roles");
  }
}

3 The Script node completes the request.

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logger.info("Finalize Request: UserCreateEventWithSteps");
var content = execution.getVariables();
var requestId  = content.get('requestId');
var failureState = content.get('failureState');

if (!failureState) {
  try {
    // Update event request as final
    var decision = {'status': 'complete', 'outcome': 'fulfilled', 'decision': 'approved'}
    var queryParams = { '_action': 'update'};
    openidm.action('iga/governance/requests/' + requestId, 'POST', decision, queryParams);
    logger.info("Request " + requestId + " completed.");
  }
  catch (e) {
    execution.setVariable("failureState", "Unable to finalize request.");
  }
}

4 The Script node handles any failures.

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logger.info("Failure Handler: UserCreateEventWithSteps");
var content = execution.getVariables();
var requestId  = content.get('requestId');
var failureReason  = content.get('failureReason');

// Update event request as final
if (failureReason) {
  var decision = {'status': 'complete', 'outcome': 'cancelled', 'decision': 'rejected', 'comment': failureReason, 'failure': true}
  var queryParams = { '_action': 'update'};
  openidm.action('iga/governance/requests/' + requestId, 'POST', decision, queryParams);
  logger.info("Request " + requestId + " completed.");
}

The [example-user-create-event-send-email-workflow], [example-user-create-event-catalog-lookup-workflow], and User create event workflow - request two roles examples present User create event workflows. However, you can also adjust the workflows for User update events. For example, in the User create examples, the user object returns the current or after state of the user:

var userObj = requestObj.request.common.blob.after

Update events also have access to the before (or pre-update) state by referencing the object, which you can also use in your scripts.

var userObj = requestObj.request.common.blob.before

Download the JSON file for this workflow here.

Learn more about how to import or export workflows in workflow editor canvas.

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User create event with two roles workflow example

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