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Question

So I have custom forms for onboarding / offboarding users. We sometimes know 2-3 weeks in advance so I would like to add the ability to schedule these for the future. I added a a custom date attribute to the forms but I'm not sure how I integrate them.

If I add a statement at the beginning of the on/offboarding task to check the custom / if the date isn't today then do nothing, but how do I then kick off a scheduled task to take all the data that was inputed and then process the request on the given date?

Answer 1

Hello,

Unfortunately, there is no such possibility for user creation as there is just no way to preserve the data anywhere. As an option, you can have a CSV file with users to be created and a scheduled task with a script. The script will only create accounts when the date in the corresponding column is today. You can use Script 3: Only create new users from the following article as base for yours: https://www.adaxes.com/script-repository/import-new-and-updated-users-from-csv-file-s246.htm.

As for use deprovisioning, you can have a Web interface form with only a single custom date attribute (e.g. CustomAttributeDate1). The attribute will be used to specify the date when a user must be deprovisioned. In this case, your scheduled task will look like the following:

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Thanks. With out deprovisioning we have a few fields that need to be completed in the form - using this method are the fields saved? I.e we have a section to enter in the IT ticket number and who gets e-mail access. If I set a date in the future and enter in the ticket number and e-mail rights, will those variables be picked up and used on the selected date?

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Hello,

That is something that you can use other Adaxs custom attributes for. The values specified I the form will be set as for regular AD properties and will be available in the scheduled task.