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Fetch role of app user

Note: This task is applicable only to Zoho Creator.

This deluge task fetches the role of a specified user.

This task returns the role of a specified user. The returned data-type is TEXT.

<variable> = thisapp.permissions.roleForUser( <userDetail> );

Parameter	Description
<variable> (optional)	Variable which will hold the returned value.
<userDetail>	Email ID or the Username of the user whose role will be returned. Points to note for this parameter: You can view the email addresses and users names of existing users in your account from the Account Setup page, and the existing users in your application from the Users page. If you find an email address in place of a username in the users page, it is due to that user not being registered with Zoho. Once the users create an account with Zoho, they will be assigned a username. If the user is not found, this function will throw a runtime error. Data type is Text.

Parameter

Description

(optional)

Variable which will hold the returned value.

Email ID or the Username of the user whose role will be returned.

Points to note for this parameter:

You can view the email addresses and users names of existing users in your account from the Account Setup page, and the existing users in your application from the Users page.
If you find an email address in place of a username in the users page, it is due to that user not being registered with Zoho. Once the users create an account with Zoho, they will be assigned a username.
If the user is not found, this function will throw a runtime error.

Data type is Text.

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 to fetch the role of a user.

roleName = thisapp.permissions.roleForUser("john@zillum.com");