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Supported "User Authentication" app/macro input for the gallery

Status: Inactive Submitted by on ‎02-03-2016 07:38 AM
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Our team is still fairly new to the Gallery, so if there's something existing that I'm missing, I'd be glad to hear it.

I recently found the following thread : http://community.alteryx.com/t5/Publishing-Gallery/Get-App-User-name-at-Run-TIme/m-p/775/highlight/t...

 

Which included a text box input with a title of "_cloud:UserID".  I was able to use this to pull in things such as the users login information, email address, etc.

I would like to be able to use a function similar to this in order to generate user-specific usage reports, or dynamically update a "Send Email" tool with the email of the running user.

However, when I inquired about this "_cloud:UserID" API call, I was told that it is an undocumented and unsupported call.

Ideally, I'd like an application/macro tool that does something similar - which takes the user's credentials automatically from the gallery and runs the Application based on those credentials.  This could modify Emails or filter the output of the Workflow.  I'm sure there are other use cases as well.  I think having an officially supported tool to manage this would allow for a wide variety of dynamic applications on the gallery.

 

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Alteryx
‎11-20-2019 03:37 PM
Status changed to: Inactive
 
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‎11-20-2019 03:53 PM

The status of this idea has been changed to 'Inactive'. This status indicates that:

 

1. The idea has not had activity in the form of likes or comments in over a year.

2. The idea has not reached ten likes.

3. The idea is still in the 'New Idea' status. 

 

However, this doesn't mean your idea won't be implemented! The Community can still like and comment on this idea. With enough renewed interest, this idea can be brought back into the 'New Idea' status. 

 

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riverotoledo_21
8 - Asteroid
‎03-03-2020 06:04 AM

This is very important to the scale which apps in Gallery can deliver custom and more straight-foward solutions and meet corporative/governance standards.

 

In my current Project in a Big Retailer we need loads of Security Checks and Customized Access for given apps.

 

Also, simplifying the gathering of user credentials would make Alteryx a very easy to configure interface to input data with automatic poka-yokes and data consistency checks. 

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