Deactivating dynamic group updates
Dynamic groups are created whenever a team or a task assignment is created using an expression. These expressions select users based on user attributes, group membership, and various other criteria. As a result, a dynamic group is created in the database. Because updating dynamic groups can be time consuming, you can configure IBM® Business Process Manager to deactivate specific triggers to prevent dynamic group updates.
When are dynamic groups updated?
There are
several triggers that can cause dynamic group updates:
- When IBM Business Process Manager internal groups or a member of an internal group are updated in the Process Admin Console.
- When a user logs in to a IBM Business Process Manager web interface, the external group membership is replicated based on the external security provider settings. If changes are detected, dynamic groups are recalculated.
- When a user updates user attributes in the Process Admin Console or while using a REST API.
- During task creation using dynamic group expression.
Configuring IBM Business Process Manager to deactivate dynamic group updates
Modify the 100Custom.xml configuration
file to deactivate updates for the specified triggers, as shown in
the following example:
<properties>
<server merge="mergeChildren">
<update-dynamic-groups-on-login merge="replace">false</update-dynamic-groups-on-login>
<update-dynamic-groups-on-task-creation merge="replace">false</update-dynamic-groups-on-task-creation>
<update-dynamic-groups-on-uadchange merge="replace">false</update-dynamic-groups-on-uadchange>
</server>
</properties>