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CheckAdministrator

Applies to the following products: 
Questionmark OnDemand
Questionmark Perception
Questionmark OnPremise
Applies to the following Perception versions: 
Perception 5.7

This method processes an administrator name and a password and checks whether there is an administrator with the administrator name, and if so, whether the password is theirs. The status code is returned and indicates whether the administrator name exists, and if so whether the password is correct or not. Any other error occurs, a SOAP fault message will be returned.

The password must be sent in plain text.

Available in:
  • Version 4.1 +
  • Version 5.1 +

Parameters

Input name Description Data type Optional field?

Administrator_Name

The name of the administrator to be verified

String

N

Password

Administrator's password. The password must be in plain text.

String

Y

Response

Output name Description Data type

Status

0 - The administrator exists and the password is correct

1 - The administrator exists and the password is incorrect

2 - The administrator does not exist

Integer

Administrator_ID

If the administrator exists, their Administrator_ID is passed back.

String

Troubleshooting

Please refer to the following page for any error codes that are displayed when using this method.

Appendix - Error codes