add alternate name in WS API

I think changing an extension is not considered a move. Does it create an alternate name by default?

We should add alternate name in the WS api for 2.4... I created a jira

Thanks
Chris

From: grouper-users-request@internet2.edu <grouper-users-request@internet2.edu> on behalf of Julio Polo <julio@hawaii.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 11:06 PM
To: grouper-users@internet2.edu
Subject: [grouper-users] Renaming a group using web services

I want to use web services to rename a group without creating the alternate group name. To do that, this page says that I have to pass the 9th parameter moveAssignAlternateName as false:

https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Group+Save

Since I'm using XML, it sounds like I have to provide the preceding 8 parameters before I can provide the 9th parameter, but many of those 8 parameters only make sense if I'm copying or moving. Is renaming a group treated as moving a group?

If I'm renaming a group to a different name without changing folders (e.g. rename a:b:c:oldName to a:b:c:newName), what values should I provide for those first 8 parameters if I want to minimize unnecessary changes?

Alternately, is there a WS call to delete the alternate group name after renaming a group?

-julio

Julio Polo
Information Technology Services
University of Hawaii