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Group ID from name

The Okta connector has the Read Group card, which takes a group ID and returns group information such as name and description.

You want a card that works the other way, you have a group name, and you want to get the group ID. The Okta connector does not have a card for that, but you can use the following flow:

Several things to note:

• The Okta-Search Groups uses the First 200 Matching Records option.
• The Object-Get card will return an empty value if a group doesn’t exist.

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