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Assign permission to portal user

Note:

This deluge task assigns a specified permission to specified customer portal user.

This task returns a MAP value in the format {"profileName":"<specified_permission>","screenName":"<specified_email>"}

<variable> = thisapp.portal.assignUserInProfile(<email_ID>, <permission_name>);

Param	Explanation
<variable> (optional)	Variable which will hold the returned value.
<email_ID>	Email id of the customer portal user to whom the permission must be assigned. Points to note for this parameter: You can specify multiple email addresses in a list format. If the specified customer portal user does not exist, the new user will be added with the specified permission. You can view the email addresses of existing customer portal users in the application from the Customer Portal page. Applicable data types are List and String.
<permission_name>	Name of the permission which needs to be assigned to the specified customer portal user. Points to note for this parameter: If the specified permission does not exist, execution of the script will be stopped during runtime and an error message will be displayed. You can view the existing customer portal permissions in the Customer Portal Permissions page. Data type is String.

Param

Explanation

(optional)

Variable which will hold the returned value.

<email_ID>

Email id of the customer portal user to whom the permission must be assigned.

Points to note for this parameter:

You can specify multiple email addresses in a list format.
If the specified customer portal user does not exist, the new user will be added with the specified permission.
You can view the email addresses of existing customer portal users in the application from the Customer Portal page.

Applicable data types are List and String.

<permission_name>

Name of the permission which needs to be assigned to the specified customer portal user.

Points to note for this parameter:

If the specified permission does not exist, execution of the script will be stopped during runtime and an error message will be displayed.
You can view the existing customer portal permissions in the Customer Portal Permissions page.

Data type is String.

When a record is Created
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Created or Edited
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Edited
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Deleted
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
Other workflow events
On a scheduled date	No
During approval process	Yes
During payment process	Yes
In a Custom Function	Yes
In an Action item in report	Yes

A sample snippet assigning "Customer" permission to a customer portal user.

thisapp.portal.assignUserInProfile("john@zillum.com", "Read");