User can Create a Thing but cannot Modify that Thing

I am creating an app while will allow users to select from a list of suggested controls, to generate their own security policies. Each suggested control is linked to a y/n field, with an additional y/n field for when the User clicks ‘Adopt Policy’, having reviewed the policy following their changes.

The Thing is created by this workflow, as the User selects a particular Policy set:

This creates this Thing in the Database:


With these Privacy Rules:

And the Thing is linked to the User here.

The creation of the Thing works. However, when I try to modify the Thing later in the user journey with this workflow, no changes are made in the database:

I am seeking to establish this as a one-to-one relationship, such that a User can have only one set of Policy controls at any time, and would be grateful for any help, as I cannot see what I am missing.

Does the User actually have a ‘User Accounts Controls’ item assigned?

(nothing in your screenshots suggest that it does - which is probably why you can’t change it)

Possibly not.

My User has a User Account Controls field, my User Account Controls have a User field, and my workflow creates a User Account Controls, setting the User to Current User.

But I cannot see them being associated in my DB.

Is there a step I am missing to achieve this?

Many thanks for your help!

You’re missing a step to assign the ‘User Account Controls’ item to the User.

So, after creating the ‘User Account Controls’ item in your WF, add a step to make changes to the Current User and add the User Account Controls item to the User Account Controls field on the User.

I have added that step and it looks like my problem is solved.

Sincere thanks!

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