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Determine role of logged-in user

Note: This task is applicable only to Zoho Creator.

This deluge task is used to check if the logged-in user belongs to a specified role or not.

This task returns boolean value 'True' if the logged-in user belongs to the specified role. Otherwise, it returns 'False'.

<variable> = thisapp.permissions.isUserInRole( <Role_Name> );

Param	Explanation
<variable> (optional)	Variable which will hold the returned value.
<Role_Name>	Name of the role to check if the logged-in user has been assigned to that role. Points to note for this parameter: If the specified role name does not exist, execution will be stopped during run-time and an error message will be displayed. You can view the list of existing roles in your application in the Permissions page. Data type is Text.

Param

Explanation

(optional)

Variable which will hold the returned value.

<Role_Name>

Name of the role to check if the logged-in user has been assigned to that role.

Points to note for this parameter:

If the specified role name does not exist, execution will be stopped during run-time and an error message will be displayed.
You can view the list of existing roles in your application in the Permissions page.

Data type is Text.

When a record is Created
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Created or Edited
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Edited
On Load	Yes
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
On User input	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes
When a record is Deleted
On Validate	Yes
On Success	Yes
Other workflow events
On a scheduled date	No
During approval process	Yes
During payment process	Yes
In a Custom Function	Yes
In an Action item in report	Yes

A sample snippet being used to determine if the logged-in user belongs to the "Manager" role.

boolVal = thisapp.permissions.isUserInRole("Manager");