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Discover an effective approach to find all group memberships for users in Domino using LotusScript. Learn how to generate a comprehensive CSV summary of users and their associated groups.
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The Simplest Solution to Discover All Group Memberships for Users in Domino

Navigating the complex web of user group memberships can often feel overwhelming, especially in large organizations where numerous groups are in play. Many administrators find themselves asking: What is the simplest way to find a user's group memberships? This guide aims to provide a detailed step-by-step guide to solving this problem using LotusScript within the IBM Domino environment.

Understanding the Problem

Imagine you manage a domino group called Main_Group that contains numerous employees. For example, this group includes:

John Smith

Peter Smith

Jeff Smith

Your goal is to list every group that these employees belong to, formatted neatly into a CSV file. This file would look something like this:

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Accomplishing this task involves querying the names.nsf database efficiently, ensuring that we gather all relevant group memberships while avoiding potential looping issues caused by group hierarchies.

Solution Breakdown

To solve this problem, we will create a series of functions written in LotusScript that accomplish the following:

Build a key/value store mapping each user to their respective groups.

Recursively search each group to identify all memberships without encountering infinite loops.

Format the results for output as a CSV.

Step 1: Build the Key/Value List

The first function, getGroupKeyValues, processes the Groups view within the names.nsf database. Here is what it does:

It reads through all the groups and their members.

For each member, it stores the associated groups in a list format.

Code Example:

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Step 2: Search Groups Recursively

Next is the searchGroupsRecursive function, which ensures we explore all groups assigned to a user without revisiting any group—thus preventing infinite loops.

Code Example:

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Step 3: Formatting the Output

Finally, we need a function to compile the user groups into a formatted string suitable for CSV output. This function will call the previous functions to ensure we have gathered all required data.

Code Example:

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Conclusion

With these functions, you can efficiently extract all group memberships for a collection of users from your Main_Group. The outlined solutions minimize database queries and elegantly handle potential recursive loops. This structured approach lays the foundation for creating a comprehensive CSV report that reveals the group associations of your organization’s employees.

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