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Use Case: Checking for Offensive Names

When a new user is created, you may want to check if the username is offensive. The following process outlines how to check for offensive names using a Policy Xpress policy.

1. Be sure that the appropriate fields in the Create User task's profile screen are set to Validate on Change = Yes.
2. In Policy Xpress, create a policy of type 'UI' .
3. Under the Run at Events tab, select the State 'Validate on Change' and the Create User task.
4. Create the following data elements to check the first name:
   • Get the first name attribute (Attributes, User attribute, Get)
   • Parse the first name to all lower case letters (General, String parser, To lower)
   • Check the first name against offensive words in a database table (Data sources, SQL query data).
5. Create similar data elements as in Step 4 to check the last name.
6. Create an action rule as follows:
   • Condition—first name is not equal to "" (this occurs if the query returns a message that the name is offensive)
   • Action—message that displays (Messages, On screen message) indicating the offensive name.

   This rule will force the user to change the name before submitting the Create User task again.

7. Create a similar action rule as in Step 6 for the last name.