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he new Drupal module CiviCRM Entity exposes 11 CiviCRM objects as Drupal Entities and provides rules support for these entities.  In this article I will demonstrate how to create a simple rule, which creates a synced Drupal user for the contact when the contact gets a membership.

This how-to assumes you have the Rules module and the CiviCRM Entity module installed.

Create the rule:

• admin/config/workflow/rules/reaction/add
• For name enter "Create Synced User When Contact Gets Membership"
• For React on Event: Select "CiviCRM Membership has been created"
• Click Save
• Under Actions select "Create Linked Drupal User Account"
• Click Continue.
• The default value for the CiviCRM contact Contact Data selector field should already be correct,but ensure it is: "civicrm-membership:contact-id-contact".
• Check Activate account and Send account notification email if you wish.
• Click Save.

You can extend the rule

If you would like to only create the user for a specific membership type.

• Under Conditions click the Add Condition link
• For the Select the condition to add field select Data Comparison
• Under Data to Compare use the data selector find the membership type id field of the membership object. It should be this: "civicrm-membership:membership-type-id".
• Click Continue
• Under Operator select Equals
• Under Data Value enter the membership type id of the membership type you'd like to create linked Drupal users for.
• click Save