Screen name should not be required when Autogenerate User Screen Names is enabled

Issue

• When enabling Autogenerate User Screen Names, the Object Action still mandates a Screen Name field, which is an inconsistency.

• The aforementioned behavior can be reproduced by doing the following steps:

  1. 1. Go to Instance Settings → Users → Fields
     2. Enable Autogenerate User Screen Names
     3. Create a new Liferay Object
     4. Go to Actions → Add Object Action → Action Builder
     5. For Trigger → When, select Standalone
     6. For Action → Then, select Add a new Object Entry on User

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.4+
• Liferay DXP Quarterly Releases

Resolution

• Unfortunately, this is an intended behavior, however as a workaround, in order to bypass the required field, you can fill the “wrong mandatory” field with a “–fixed string–” value.

• When the action is performed, the system, because the instance settings is turned on, ignores it and generates a correct screen name.