IT Pro: How to read groups from Google Directory

Modified on: Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 9:46 AM

Information about group membership can be used to distribute different email signatures to groups of users.

This is useful when the data source is not updated or does not contain enough information to create group segments via field data.

Create a field in Xink. Preferences > Fields, click the '+' button.
Add the Property name ‘groupCnList’.

Xink accounts created from Feb 2018, will include 'Groups' field by default.

How to read groups from Google Directory

When users are imported to Xink, the default field 'Groups' will display the security groups that a user is a 'member of' in google directory.

Please submit a support ticket and we'll activate upon request.

How does group memberships show for employees?

Example:

["Services","TEAM FLY","_Fleet_Monitor_Export","Release_Manager","IT-admins","IT users","TEAM EXCHANGE","IT-IN","Second_Line","_Fleet_Monitor_Managers","E3 - Full","SMC Designers","IT-IN Xware Test","System_Owner","Team Mobile","Service_Now_Users","Intune - E3 EMS license","TEST - TH"]

How to create a rule to target user's group membership

Go to 'Preferences' and click 'Rules'. Now create a rule where you check the 'Groups' field:

Don’t use the extra condition. It makes it more difficult to maintain. Keep one rule to one group check.

Move the rules up and down if you want to change execution order. It will stop at the first rule where the condition is met.