Create Child Group activity

An activity that creates a child group in Slack to hide all the previous chat history from a new member who joins the private channel.


Create Child Group activity

Configure the Create Child Group activity

To configure the Create Child Group 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 Create Child Group activity onto your process.

    Drag Create Child Group activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Create Child Group 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

Description:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Allowed Values:
One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

  • Letters
  • Numbers
  • Spaces
Default Value:
None
Accepts 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

Description:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Allowed Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
No

Create Child Group Configuration

Specifies the information to create a child group.

Figure: Create Child Group Configuration screen

Create Child Group Configuration screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Slack

Description:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Slack service.
Allowed Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Slack
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Slack.

Group Name

Description:
Specifies the Slack group to clone and archive to create a new child group.

This creates a new child group with the name of the group you select. The group name that you select renames with [Existing Group Name]-archived.

Allowed Values:
A group name from the list.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Store Response Group ID in this Variable

Description:
Specifies a process data variable that stores the new child group ID from Slack.
Allowed Values:
A process data variable that accepts an alphanumeric string with no spaces or special characters.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

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