Active Directory Output

This tool provides the ability to add users to or remove users from an Active Directory group. In order to use this tool you must have permission to manage users of the designated Active Directory groups.

This tool is not automatically installed with Alteryx Designer. To use this input, download it from the Alteryx Analytics Gallery.

Installation

1. Run the installer workflow.
2. Follow the Windows install wizard prompts. Note: if you change the installation directory, make sure that you select the parent Alteryx folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Alteryx) to ensure that the files are placed in the proper locations for the application to find.
   1. If you're upgrading from a previous version you may be prompted to close Alteryx or have to reboot your computer later. Elect to reboot later so that you may continue with the installation. Note: you will not actually have to reboot your computer for the tool to work.

Configuration Properties

• User Id: Select the incoming field containing the user principal name (e.g. username@domain.com).
• Group Name: Select the incoming field containing the name of the group to/from which users will be added/removed.
• Domain: Select the incoming field containing the UPN suffix (e.g. domain.com) of the domain to which the group belongs. Note: this may not necessarily match the domain of the user. For example, if you were to add a North American user to a European group the user Id would be something like "username@nala.company.com" while the group's domain might be something like "emea.company.com".
• Action: Select the incoming field containing the action to perform on the designated group. The acceptable values are:
  • Add
  • Remove