[rt-users] Setting user CustomField through Perl Script

[Ruslan Zakirov]

my ($status, $msg) = $user->AddCustomFieldValue( Field =>
'Department', Value => 'XXX');
$RT::Logger->error("Couldn't add CF value: $msg") unless $status;

perldoc lib/RT/Record.pm
perldoc lib/RT/User*.pm
perldoc ...

On 3/29/06, Jason Fenner <jfenner at vitamix.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have a global CustomField called "Department" defined as type User in
> my RT 3.4
>
> Through an external Perl script I query my Active Directory server for a
> particular username and find a key called: Department.  Once I find that
> key, I want to set the above CustomField for that user in RT to that
> same value.
>
> However, I am stumped as to what object method, etc you use with RT in
> order to set a CustomField value for a user?
>
> Can anyone toss me any clues?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jason Fenner
>
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Best regards, Ruslan.