Get Users Presence activity

An activity that gets the status of a Slack user.

Configure the Get Users Presence activity

To configure the Get Users Presence activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Good to Know

To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:
Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

How to Start

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Slack tab.
On the Slack tab, drag the Get Users Presence activity onto your process.

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Get Users Presence activity.

Good to Know

Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Display Name	Function: Specifies the activity name that shows in your process. Accepted Values: One line of text that can have spaces. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Function: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Accepted Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No

Field Name

Definition

Display Name

Function:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Accepted Values:

One line of text that can have spaces.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:: Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Accepted Values:: More than one line of text.
Default Value:: None
Accepts Process Data Variables:: No

Get Users Presence Configuration

Specifies information about the user's status to get from Slack, and store in process data variables.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Slack	Function: Specifies the access token that connects to your Slack service. Accepted Values: A list of access tokens configured for your environment. Default Value: None
Create	Opens this Screen: Access Token for Slack Function of this Screen: Configure an access token to connect to Slack.
Use Bot Access Token	Function: Specifies whether to use a bot access token that connects to your Slack service. Accepted Values: Selected - Uses a bot access token to connect to your Slack service. Deselected - Uses a Slack application or custom integration access token to connect to your Slack service. Default Value: Deselected Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
User Name	Function: Specifies the name of the user or the process data variable that contains the user ID or user name. Accepted Values: A user name from the list. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Support for user names in this field is available in these releases: AgilePoint NX OnDemand (public cloud) AgilePoint NX Private Cloud or AgilePoint NX OnPremises v7.0 Software Update 2 or higher
User Presence	Function: Specifies a process data variable that stores the values active or away as user presence. Accepted Values: A process data variable. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
Online Status	Function: Specifies the process data variable. Accepted Values: A process data variable with a Boolean or string value of true or false. The value true sets the online status is active if the user is connected to Slack. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
Auto Away	Function: Specifies the process data variable the user presence as auto away. Accepted Values: A process data variable with a Boolean or string value of true or false The value true marks a user as away if Slack server does not find one action from the user within 30 minutes. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?
Manual Away	Function: Specifies a process data variable that stores the values true or false to manually mark a user as away or active. Accepted Values: A process data variable with a Boolean or string value of true or false The value true manually marks a user as away. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?