Users Info activity

An activity that gets the information about a Slack user.


Users Info activity

Configure the Users Info activity

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

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Slack tab.

    Open Slack tab
  3. On the Slack tab, drag the Users Info activity onto your process.

    Drag Users Info activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Users Info activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

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

Fields

Field NameDefinition

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

Users Info Configuration

Specifies the configuration to get information about a user from Slack.

Figure: Users Info Configuration screen

Users Info Configuration screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

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

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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:

User Properties - Property Name

Function:
Shows a list of user properties.
Accepted Values:
The default list of user properties.

Selected Properties - Property Name

Function:
Specifies the user property for the selected user.
Accepted Values:
Read only.

Selected Properties - Variable

Function:
The process data variable to store user properties.
Accepted Values:
  • One line of text that can have spaces.
  • A process data variable.

    You can use Process Data screen to specify a process data variable.

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?