Aging taks to immediate manager in AD

[Javeedb]

ONce the user submit the infopath forms his immediate manager shoudl get an
e-mail. Manager e-mail address has to be pulled from AD.
Is it Possible?
IF yes please guide me.

 

[Ben Walters]

Hey Javeeb,
Have a look at the code in the LDAP web service
http://www.codeplex.com/ldapwebservice
I used this web service (with some slight modifications) to do exactly what
your asking. It'll basically give you a head start to connect to your LDAP
server and start pulling information about users.

Hope this helps

Cheers,
Ben Walters

 

[Javeedb]

Hey Ben,

Thanks for your resposne, I was able to pull the user information from AD
using web services in MOSS 2007. But the problem i am trying to design a
workflow where when a user submit a form using form services in MOSS 2007 an
task should be asigned to his reporting manager which is there in AD, but not
sure how to us look-up in workflow which will point to submitting user
manager.

Looking forward to hear form you.

 

[andyoye]

Can you able to get the Manager's info from the AD for the user who is going
to submit the form?

 

[Javeedb]

Yes only manager name not the e-mail address, once i get manager e-mail
address or i can ask the user to fill the approver e-mail address but my
question is how to use that field infomation in the SPD workflow.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards
Javeed

 

[andyoye]

Publish the "Manager" field to form library, create a WF in SP, select "Send
Email" action.

For To: click the GAL/book icon, select & add "Workflow Lookup..." under
"or select form existing Users and Groups",
"Source" would be "Current Item",
"Field" would be the field of the form which has Manager info ( domain\john)
published by you to the form lib.