Okta Workflows How-To: Search for Groups Using Custom Search Criteria in Okta Workflows

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Max Katz

Staff Developer Advocate, Okta Workflows

Max Katz is a Staff Developer Advocate for Okta Workflows. Max loves the no-code automation space and creating educational content. Before Okta, Max led the North America Developer Advocacy team at IBM. Before IBM, Max led developer advocacy for a cloud-based mobile app platform, Appery, helping it grow from zero to over 400,000 developers. Max regularly writes on his http://maxkatz.net blog. 

19 December 2022 Time to read: ~

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. 

This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to search for groups using custom search criteria? 

Getting started

The Okta – Search Groups card allows to search for groups in your organization using custom search criteria.

In this example, the card will return all groups that start with No-code.

Search groups

The Custom Search Criteria field has:

  • profile.name – path to the group name
  • sw – starts with

Note: You need to show the Custom Search Criteria field when adding the card, or click ⚙️> Choose fields after the card has been added.

Testing the card returns two groups that start with No-code:

Search result

In addition to sw (starts with) operator, you can use other operators:

Search operators

Ok, one more thing. Need to create a custom list filter? Check our the guide below.

Learn How to Create a Custom List Filter in Okta Workflows

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About the Author

Max Katz

Staff Developer Advocate, Okta Workflows

Max Katz is a Staff Developer Advocate for Okta Workflows. Max loves the no-code automation space and creating educational content. Before Okta, Max led the North America Developer Advocacy team at IBM. Before IBM, Max led developer advocacy for a cloud-based mobile app platform, Appery, helping it grow from zero to over 400,000 developers. Max regularly writes on his http://maxkatz.net blog. 

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