https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/1043/topic-area-email-notifications-i-have-a-development-where-i-need-toTopic area: Email Notifications I have a development where I need to notify the current task owner of an update to the process, however I am not able to retrieve the current user that has taken action on the active task in order to notify them via emailen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/3578?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:18:50 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:bee915b8-d70e-41d0-a9f2-e3ef3eeb8effdgoninonIs there an easier way to to get the current task owner, other than using a report? Will Appian be implementing functionality to make this easier in future releases?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/3545?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:55:14 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c6787d67-fe41-4050-bbff-9475f2a58b73Sathya Srinivasan.. Be advised to be prudent is using this feature. I would recommend using this for only those areas where you know for sure that the data should be up-to-date.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/3544?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:54:25 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:afc2bfba-5629-4760-91c2-19db47503543Sathya Srinivasan... of the User input task. What this does is to refresh the data in the form. This only leaves you to focus on updating the pv! or the source of data with the correct value.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/3543?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:53:44 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:295a44f5-8e68-4804-b4a8-c498888f9321Sathya SrinivasanSo what is the end goal? To display the changed data in the form or to notify the task owner? If its the former, you can use the &quot;Refresh form data every time the form is viewed&quot; which is a check-box available under the &quot;Other&quot; tab<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/3525?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:41:45 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:78cc0730-78eb-4379-ac7a-f7f018c7f3dcSrinivasanYou might get the current task owner using reports.<br />Please refer the link below.<br /><a href="/search?q=OriginalPostID-76084">forum.appian.com/.../e-76084</a><br /><br />or else you have to put those notes into the form field, and check &quot;Refresh default values every time the task form is viewed &quot; in the other tab of that form. So that whenever the notes are updating, the current task owner can see it.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/3524?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:58:43 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:5c1b7d24-80da-403c-a59e-04d3030c826ebalajikyou can try loggedInUser()<div style="clear:both;"></div>