Configure a name generator

App tutorial · Step 11 of 25

Build a three-form app that creates an Active Directory user and manages its group memberships.

In this step, we'll set up a name generator to support the user create action we'll eventually be adding to this app. We can reuse the ng_AD name generator that we created in the basic tutorial.

1. Go to the Name Generator tab.

2. Select ng_AD as the Generator Name. The input and output fields are populated.

   • Input fields are the values required by the name generator’s methods.
   • Output fields are the generated names returned to the app.

   The app supplies the input values below instead of using the generator’s original filter.

3. Configure the Input Fields:

   Name	Allow empty value	Source	Value
   first_name	No	Variable	new_FirstName
   last_name	No	Variable	new_LastName
   employee_id	Yes	Constant	(empty)

4. Configure the Output Fields:

   Name	Variable
   ng_sAMAccountName	Create variable ng_sAMAccountName
   ng_userPrincipalName	Create variable ng_userPrincipalName
   ng_cn	Create variable ng_cn

5. We'll click Save to save our progress so far.