How can it be got the list of groups the current user belongs to?

[AlePinto]

Good afternoon, 

I need to get all the groups the current user logged in belongs to. That is to say, the group privilegies enabled for the current user.

This info will be used to determine if it has capability on doing some action or not on a specific step defined particularly for my sequence.

Regards, 

Alejandro

[Gloorious_Leader]

Hi AlePinto,

The CurrentUser object exists in StationGlobals. To access their privileges, you'd use StationGlobals.TS.CurrentUser.Privileges and parse through each object in the container as necessary.

StationGlobals.TS is a hidden property by default, you can show hidden properties by selecting the option from the Preferences tab in the Station Options menu.

[AlePinto]

I did not know all that info was present in that container and i appreciate your quick answer. Anyway, what i am looking for is what group privileges such as Auditor, Operator, Technician, Developer and Administrator, available in User Manager, are enabled for the current user in order to determine its capabilities without accessing each privilege individually through the container you mention.

Another way might be asking the list of users that belong to Administrator group, for example, and checking if one of them matches the current user to determine if it is Administrator but i do not know how to do it.

[Gloorious_Leader]

Take a look at this KnowledgeBase Article: "Is It Possible to Obtain the Profile or Group of an Existing User?"  I think it will help to answer your question.

[AlePinto]

Yes, that is exactly what i need! I have read this article but as i am not familiar with using methods (TestStand APIs) for example i couldn't implement it yet.

I think i have to use a Statement step with Expression similar to this:

RunState.Engine.GetUserGroup("administrator")
User.Members
RunState.Engine.CurrentUser() 

But i need more help to make it work...

Thanks!

[CharlieRodway]

Hi Alejandro,

I've put together a sequence that should get you started:

GetUserGroups(string User, array of strings[0..empty] Groups)

You can pass in the current user login name and the sequence will search through all group members for a match and return back an array of groups the user is a member of.

(see attached sequence file).

I hope this helps,

Regards,

[AlePinto]

Hello CharlieRodway,

Thank you very much for the solution! Anyway, i couldn't open this file since i have installed TestStand 2013 and i would need a downgrade of that sequence file to access to it.

Regards,

Alejandro

[CharlieRodway]

Hi Alejandro,

i'll save it as a TS2013 sequence file shortly.

[CharlieRodway · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please find attached the TestStand 2013 copy of the sequence file.

Regards,

[AlePinto]

Thank you very much for your time and the complete solution i needed to implement it. 

Regards, 

Alejandro