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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.